Reynolds-Lacey and Radford join Rich List

Radford is ranked as the 709th richest person in the UK with his 49 million stake in Project Telecom and other assets.

Reynolds-Lacey comes in at 751 based on her 99 per cent stake in Mobilefone Group which the Sunday Times reckons is worth 50 million.

John Caudwell is named as the countrys 31st richest individual with 773 million. But his fortune is down 200 million on 2001s Rich List following a re-evaluation of the Caudwell Group.

Charles Dunstone is in 99th place with 329 million. Like Caudwell Dunstone is one of the Sunday Times biggest fallers as the slump in The Carphone Warehouse share price wiped 341 million off Dunstones last valuation in the Sunday Times Rich List a year ago.

Other mobile industry names in the Rich List are ITSs Richard Emanuel at 152 ( 221 million) InterCitys Alan Jackson at 321 ( 107 million) and Phones Internationals Peter Jones at 333 ( 100 million).

Java games for Link shoppers

The colour games will be available for 9.99. Once a Java game has been installed it will remain in the phones memory until erased. There is no additional cost to play unlike using WAP where the phone makes a data call as the game is played.

The introduction of these two colour games into the Max It Up! range paves the way for a whole new mobile gaming experience claimed Joe Garner The Links marketing director.

As mobiles offer more processing power gaming software will become increasingly sophisticated. For now were delighted to offer these two gaming favourites which we anticipate will be the first of many Java games we will launch he added.

Orange gives movie buffs an online ticket

This follows an agreement between Orange and m-commerce provider Digital Rum. Booked cinema tickets are collected via the cinemas ATM collection points while other events tickets are posted to the customer or collected at the venue.

Digital Rum has content partnerships with Odeon Cinemas Warner Village Cinemas and Way Ahead Box Office.

Your Communications brings out DIY account management

Using the site customers of Your Communications can check their billing history up to a month back access on-line help and track spend on individual handsets.

A Tech Spec section contains news of latest comms developments and runs tips for users including the latest security advice.

Weve listened to our customers. The new website enables customers to take more control of their spend on mobile communications as well as giving them access to interesting information and advice said Paul Lawton Your Communications director of mobile services.

Your Communications is the new name for the Norweb Telecom Group which is made up of Norweb Telecom Intercell and Netforce. Norweb started in 1994.

Its parent company is the FTSE 100 company United Utilities.

Just over a year ago Your Communications was the victim of a SIM card fraud whereby thousands of SIMs were sold to two Nottingham service providers but not activated.

M-Fusion wins big MTV deal

M-fusion has teamed with mobile content developer Mad Box Media to produce MTV-branded polyphonic ringtones screen logos and games on branded MTV 2Go cards which will be sold in 20000 retailers by the end of the year.

M-Fusion beat off competition from three other unnamed distributors to sign one of the biggest content deals in the industry.

The card which started shipping last week will be supported by a multi-million pound advertising campaign and offer exclusive products.

One.Tels virtual offering to dealers (from P1)

This follows its decision to sell its products exclusively in The Link until the end of the year.

One.Tel head of mobile Asif Aziz told Mobile News last week that One. Tel aims to emulate Virgin Mobile by having a strong high-street presence.

We are looking at independent dealers and other distributors said Aziz. We chose Dixons group to get things rolling. They were keen to work with us and The Link (Cont P2) matches well with the One.Tel brand. Virgin Mobile has been very successful because it is now available in some 6000 outlets in the UK. Thats the business model we wish to follow he continued.

One.Tel is a subsidiary of Centrica group.

It launched in July this year saying it would look to off-the-page advertising and sales to existing Centrica customers.

The company offers a single tariff with a line rental of 4.99 per month with no bundled minutes and call charges to landlines of 15p per minute peak and 5p off peak. Off-net calls are charged at 40p peak and 30p off-peak.

One.Tel offers a choice of eight handsets starting at 39.99 for a Nokia 3410 or Siemens A50 at the low-end rising to 249.99 for the Samsung T100.

TDK gets behind Microsofts Bluetooth product range

Earlier this year Microsoft promised it would offer Bluetooth support in its PC Windows XP operating system.

TDK will ship its own Bluetooth software as well as Microsofts version because Microsofts software is designed for connecting PC peripheral devices such as Bluetooth keyboards mice and gaming devices.

TDKs Bluetooth software is designed for connecting mobile computers mobile phones and desktop computers. TDK is also about to release an update to its Bluetooth software that will allow picture messages to be sent to and from Bluetooth MMS handsets such as Nokias 7650 and Ericsson T68i.

TDKs MD Nick Hunn says Microsofts endorsement of Bluetooth will increase the development and use of wireless technologies.

Hunn reckons the deal will give TDK a sales edge over its rivals:

Our products have Microsofts seal of approval and have passed the necessary tests. We should be able to offer these products faster than other manufacturers.

TDKs go blue range of Bluetooth products (USB and PC Card Bluetooth adapters) are distributed by Hugh Symons and Data Select.

DTI inspectors to look at mloop report

Mloop liquidator Jonathan Sinclair of Sinclair Harris has forwarded his report into mloops demise to the DTI. Sinclair chaired the creditors meeting on July 25 and gave a full statement of the defunct companys affairs.

Mloop went bust in May owing 1.38 million. Its seed capital ran out and its planned flotation was abandoned. It was unable to raise any further private finance. Founder CEO Byron Rose was the main investor. He and his company Fonexco lost 1.5 million. Other backers included Carphone Warehouse chairman Charles Dunstone and part of the Tibbet and Britten logistics company International Supply Chain Limited which lost around 500000.

Sinclairs report centres on the conduct of the directors. Sinclair interviewed various former officers of mloop including Rose as well as a number of creditors.

The decision of whether Roses behaviour as a director deserves prosecution now lies with the DTI. If it chose to prosecute and Rose is found guilty he could be banned from being a director of a company for a number of years.

Dolphin tempts TETRA users with revamped Nokia handset

In fact the new Nokia THR850 handset weighs 196 grams which is almost twice as much as the average GSM handset.

Dolphins service differs from GSM because it offers instant walkie-talkie style communications between one or many corporate users as well as text and standard voice calls.

Dolphin CEO Tony Greaves claims the new handsets are crucial to the ongoing development of Dolphins proposition.

Dolphins loyal customer base has waited patiently for second-generation handsets to see we really mean business.