Jelly in finals for top award

Jelly MD Gareth Limpenny said: Jellys performance has given us a great deal of satisfaction and continues to drive the company forward.

The Chessington-based B2B division will compete in the marketing category.

Russell replaces Fuller at 3

Kevin Russell has been appointed CEO of 3 UK replacing Bob Fuller who will now retire at the end of June after being with the network for four years. />Russell who has been deputy CEO of 3 UK since January 2007 joined Hutchison in 1995 and was later appointed CFO of Partner Communications Company in 1999. He then became CEO of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) in 2001. />Fuller became COO of Orange UK in 1997. He rejoined the Group in September 2001 as co-CEO of H3G Italia Spa and was appointed co-CEO of 3 UK in May 2003.

Vodafone honour Huawei

Huawei provides products and services for handsets and equipment that are used across the across the network. The award was presented as recognition for the companys outstanding performance in those areas.

The ceremony was held at Vodafones Newbury headquarters and Huawei Europe president William Xu was delighted to receive the award. He said:

We are delighted to have been awarded the Outstanding Performance Award by Vodafone. The award recognises Huaweis commitment to providing industry-leading products and solutions rapid response as well as outstanding delivery.

Vodafone global supply chain management director Detlef Schultz said: Huawei received this award for consistently showing a deep understanding of our business needs.

The award also recognises Huaweis determination to help Vodafone achieve its strategic objectives.

Vodafone launches new net bundle

The new Vodafone Mobile Internet Data Pack will cost £7.50 a month and allows users 120MB of data per month the equivalent of viewing 160 web pages.

Customers will be able to view Internet sites on their handsets which are presented in the same format as they are on computers.

Vodafone CEO Nick Read said: Vodafone Mobile Internet will revolutionise the way our customers use the Internet. The service is both easy to use and personalise allowing millions of customers to make the most of their time.

Ofcom launch charges review

Additional charges are placed on customer bills after late payment bounced direct debits and in some cases termination fees are applied. The review will examine whether the charges are set at a fair price or if they should be enforced at all.

Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards said: Consumers of communications services see headline prices fall. But they must not be misled. As they make their choice of provider they need confidence that any additional charges are fair transparent and justified.

Sagem Orga sign T-Mobile SIM deal

Sagem Orga Vice President Julien Zuccarelli said: We are very excited about winning this contract. Its common knowledge that T-Mobile has an especially intensive supplier certification process that is designed to ensure a continuous high level of quality for products and services for their own customers.

Free broadband hits Carphone profits

Pre-tax profits dropped to £123.1million as Carphone counted the cost of the £80.5million launch of free broadband.

The launch of the service was hampered as the company struggled to meet demand. Customers were forced to wait for months before being connected leading to a consumer backlash.

The group attributed profit losses to increased admin costs incurred by employing additional staff to deal with the customer service issues surrounding the new service.

Carphone chief executive Charles Dunstone said: Distribution profits are up 22% and in the 12 months since we launched our broadband proposition we have become the number three player in the UK broadband market.

The customer service issues which arose from the unprecedented response to our free broadband offer have now substantially been addressed.

Demand continues to be strong and customer confidence in the service is increasing.

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Vodafone to restructure

Efficient wants the network to release as much as £38 billion to shareholders.

Vodafone share shave underperformed for the sector and shareholders are getting twitchy about low returns from their Vodafone investment.

Efficient Capital wrote to the company asking for four motions to be put to the annual meeting scheduled for July 24.

`Vodafones share price has underperformed the FTSE 100 over the past five years by 28 percent Glenn Cooper Efficient Capitals chairman said in the statement.

“A major reason for this is Vodafones inefficient capital structure. Our resolutions aim to rectify that recognizing the long term quality of earnings of the company.

Office updates for Windows 6.0

The updates will give users new features that include the ability to send faxes and ZIP support.

Microsoft has also announced that a Japanese version of Windows Mobile 6 smartphone software will be released on HTC Sharp and Toshiba devices later this month.

Microsoft General Manager of Mobile Communications Business Tony Mestres said:

We are currently seeing great traction for Windows Mobile in Japan and are working closely with our partners to introduce a wide choice of devices in the market.