Virgin Mobile managing director Graeme Oxby said last week that Virgin Mobile’s new ‘Bonus Minutes’ prepay tariff, its first core tariff change in seven years, would cut through rivals’ “cluttered and confusing” propositions during the Christmas quarter.

Around one million pounds of traders’ funds, frozen in offshore bank accounts in the Dutch Antilles since August last year in a dispute over VAT fraud, has been released.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said last week that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) should repay around 18 million pounds in withheld VAT to UK traders.

Vodafone has signed a landmark deal with telecoms union Connect that gives formal union rights to hundreds of Vodafone employees.

T-Mobile launches ‘pay-per-day’ mobile broadband

In this week’s edition of the Mobile News podcast the team discusses the latest Google ‘gPhone’ rumours’.

Independent retailers hit out at Apple’s policy on iPhone unlocking last week.

Accessories distributor Strax has signed a total fulfilment deal with T-Mobile in the Czech Republic.

Comment Retail Services has launched music download business Datz.com.

The Mobile News blogs section has been updated and this week Ian White talks about the perks of being a journalist and what it was like to work for Richard Desmond.