The company will be launching is Cursor system after a trial with Maxon in the summer.

The Cursor technology piggybacks on to any GSM network and is said to track the position of a GSM phone to within 125m or better.

In the USA all mobile phones will by October 2110 have to be able to identify the users location for emergency calls.

Cursor uses existing GSM network infrastructure to determine the phones location after a call to selected service providers such as vehicle roadside assistance and travel information services.

It requires only a software upgrade to the phone. CPS expects this upgrade to cost little or nothing extra.

Maxon will bring out the first Cursor-equipped phones. Under the terms of its deal with CPS at least 500000 Maxon phones will be fitted with Cursor.

The Maxon handset deal ensures were well on course to deliver Cursor on schedule said Cambridge Positioning Systems chief executive Chris Wade.

Now we can focus on the applications that will use the location technology and resolve the marketing proposition.

CPS is a venture-capital-backed organisation formed in 1995.

EMCs figures confirm all our expectations about the massive and growing success of GSM said Alan Hadden president of the Global Mobile Suppliers Association.

GSM will shortly deliver new high-value services and offer a clear migration path to support third generation multi-media services.

The company offers a product called Churn Prophet that identifies characteristics of subscribers who have cancelled in the past. The resulting profile is used to predict which subscribers are likely to cancel in the future.

While it is impossible to eliminate churn Lightbridge helps transform data into actionable customer intelligence says the company.

Brian Jordan (26) was remanded in custody charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a Ben Holland-Martin with intent to harm him at his home in December 1996.

Jordan who also worked as a club bouncer is also charged with robbing Holland-Martin of his BMW cash credit card and his fathers war medals.

Sergio has been acting MD of the division since last October as well as being regional sales director for mobile phone sales in the UK and Ireland.

The A-R-T naming system has been conceived to help dealers and customers differentiate Ericsson phones.

The A-Class will be positioned at the lifestyle and value-for-money end of the market.

R-Class kit will be high-performance products carrying the latest functionality. T-Class will be the small phones where the emphasis is on design. Within these families a combination of numbers and letters will communicate differences between each class and product range. High numbers will be used for later models with more features.

Dealers will quickly familiarise themselves with the Ericsson A-R-T naming system. The system is also designed to help Ericsson introduce new products quickly and to establish a market communications investment system that will last beyond the individual products life said Keith Westcott MD of Ericsson Consumer Products.

Trade creditors include Banner Telecom ( 6754) European Telecom ( 5878) Fone Range ( 1034) Hugh Symons ( 1016) and Kondor ( 1050).

The biggest creditors are BT ( 213000) Inland Revenue ( 162000) and Customs and Excise ( 57000).

The Phone Shop Communication Centres was set up in March 1997 by director Paul Butler. Another director Guy Houghton resigned in October 1997.

The Phone Shop claims its troubles started in September 1997 when it set up a direct sales operation and took on extra staff.

But high staff turnover and insufficient management control caused this division to trade at a loss for many months until a year later when it was radically overhauled.

The company had also been hit hard by commission clawback of nearly 90000 from Securicor Cellular Services. A further 60000 was lost by a breakdown in relationships with sub-dealers and franchises.

Another 60000 was lost when the company opened a shop that operated both as a mobile phone dealer and computer retailer.

The shop in Worcester Park started racking up losses almost immediately due to difficulty in recruiting sufficiently skilled staff.

Two former employees were charged and convicted of theft of stock but the stolen equipment was never recovered. The shop only moved into profit last November when the computer sales side was shut down.

The Phone Shops bankers clamped down on the company after a 73000 cheque issued by a very reputable debtor had to be represented after at first bouncing.

A further 50000 of bad debt meant that the company was insolvent even though it had since turned itself around. BT and Customs and Excise agreed to a voluntary arrangement and an undertaking to repay debt from trading profits within three years but the Inland Revenue vetoed this.

The SPH-WP10 combines functions of a digital watch with a handset. It weighs 50g (with battery) and measures 67x58x20mm. Talk time is said to be 90 minutes with 60 hours of standby. Other features are voice activated dialling phone directory and vibration alert.

Tandy has appointed a new national account manager for its dealership division to identify and recruit new dealers into the Tandy network.

The new man is Kevin Cartlidge who moves up from district sales manager for the Midlands. Cartlidge has been with Tandy for 18 years.

Tandy now owned by The Carphone Warehouse currently has 160 dealers in the UK and Eire. Around six per cent of total Tandy sales come from the dealership division.

Tandy says it had 50 enquiries from independent electrical retailers at a recent trade show who were looking to be appointed as new Tandy dealers.

Cartlidge reports to Barry Liddle business development manager for the dealership division.