It is the largest in Vodafones history and will involve branding on the sidepod nose and front wing of the Ferraris. The Vodafone brand will also appear on the drivers overalls and helmets. Vodafone also gets the opportiunity to market directly to Ferraris fan base.

This is an exceptionally good deal for us says Vodafone chief executive officer Chris Gent.

It is moving us into the super league of world-wide branding.

Vodafone dipped its toe into the world of Formula One last year when it had a small amount of branding on the Jordan cars. This was mainly its website address.

The Ferrari deal dramatically upstages Oranges sponsorship of the Arrows team which has yet to produce a team capable of competing for the world championship let alone podium places.

F1 reaches a world-wide audience of 52 billion people each year.

Power and Associates 2001 UK Mobile Telephone Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Of households with at least one mobile phone the portion with two or more phones has increased from 52 per cent last year to 67 per cent this year.

Orange remains in top position for the fourth year running achieving a customer satisfaction score of 108 points for pre-pay.

One 2 One was the most improved network for customer satisfaction says J.D. Power.

Nearly one in 10 housholds with a mobile phone has a WAP phone. Yet just one in three is actually used for internet access.

There has been a significant decrease this year among non-WAP phone owners expressing an interest in accessing the internet with their mobiles says Gunda Lapski director of telecoms and utilities for J.D. Power.

The difference may well be a reflection of the negative publicity that has surrounded WAP.

Peter Sheridan told police a bomb had been planted at London Bridge railway station. He made the call at 11pm on July 11 and told a New Scotland Yard receptionist it would explode in 20 minutes.

But police traced the hoax call to his mobile phone. Sheridan a pipe fitter pleaded guilty to making the hoax call.

He is expected to be jailed for more than six months once he appears for sentencing.

The 4.99 vouchers are being sold from Woolworths. Dixons The Link WH Smith Currys and The Carphone Warehouse.

They are activated by calling a voucher hotline or visiting the official website.

On activation Big Brother fans get text alerts about the latest goings-on in the Big Brother House.

Ring tones are also included in the price. BTCellnet is the main sponsor of Big Brother II.

The slogan for the campaign is Youre on holiday. Theyre not. Rub it in.

The campaign is the first effort for Vodafone by its new agency WCRS. The TV campaign will run for six weeks on national terrestrial and satellite television.

The TV work is supported by radio press posters on-line and ambient media activity. Posters will appear not only in the UK but overseas as well.

Unemployed Algerian Abdulkader Merhabi (31) of Ilford Essex pleaded guilty to attempting to steal the 199 phone from Isabelle Briche at Paddington station on May 23.

The Court heard it was around 5.30 pm when two plain-clothed policemen noticed Merhabi walking from a platform at Paddington tube station through to the concourse at the mainline station eyeing women passengers. The under cover police followed him and saw him watching Isabelle Briche as her phone rang she spoke on the phone and replaced it in a holster on her waist.

Meharbi then crept behind her and tried to grab the phone with his left hand. He tried to remove the phone with his right hand. but she felt the movement and removed the phone from the holster and placed it on the table in front of her.

Merhabi walked away followed by the two policemen who stopped and arrested him. He was remanded on bail until June 21.

This is not going to be an easy ride but the rewards will be vast. A Group managing director can expect a package topping 500000 a year said Caudwell Group boss John Caudwell

The recruitment programme will be called the Caudwell Graduate High Flier Scheme and will seek graduates who were high achievers at university.

We as a Group are missing opportunities in UK and European markets because we simply cannot recruit exceptional people fast enough.

The first stage in the planned recruitment drive is Caudwells attendance at three key recruitment fairs: on June 20 June 22 and 23 in various locations throughout the country.

Judgment was given in Clerkenwell County Court on Wednesday May 2 and follows non-payment of two advertisements that appeared in Mobile News last June and August.

The advertisements were for a mobile comms exhibition Chestergate was trying to launch at the NEC in Birmingham but which never took place. They were placed by Chestergate executive Justin Bird.

Chestergate Exhibitions originally defended the summons issued against them on the grounds that the invoices raiased had not been sent to the correct division.

But the company failed to appear at the five-minute hearing in which District Judge Stary issued the Judgment against Chestergate.

Chestergate said its show had not been cancelled but merely postponed.

Yet there have been no ann-ouncements about a second date.

European Telecom chief executive David McKinney said: I can confirm that European Telecom is currently in discussions with Philips France.

However these discussions are yet to be concluded. When I can let you have further details I will.

European Telecom last month sold a majority 81 per cent stake in ET France to Cyber Telecom for 1.15 million. Both companies then contributed 193000 each to establish a new French logistics venture.

It uses their own telemetry device called blackBOX to send a signal via a computer to customers handsets – cutting down on the time and expense of using mobile phones land-lines or written material.

Director of sales and marketing Mike Langley said:

For example a pub chain could send a text message to everyone on their database informing them of a two-for-one drink offer and potentially a very good night out.

A travel agent may want to remind all its customers who have booked a holiday to make sure they remember to get currency and insurance – this is a quicker and cheaper way to do it – you press one button and the message goes to one person or a group of people – you are totally in control over who receives what information and when.