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Carphone Warehouse to resell 3G service
Talkback Well that should fall in line with my experience of CarPhone warehouse. I purchased two Motorola phones over Xmas from their Milton Keynes branch. Both phones were camera ready. They sold me two Virgin Mobile accounts to go with the phones.
[January 19, 2004, 9:16]
Carphone Warehouse and Centrica tipped for One.Tel takeover
News With the future of troubled Australian telco One.Tel still unclear, it appears that its profitable UK operations will be bought by either Carphone Warehouse or Centrica. According to sources within One.Tel, it will come down to a straight fight...
[June 27, 2001, 16:00]
Carphone Warehouse to shake up broadband market?
Talkback Found this online interview which also analyses the challenges for Carphone Warehouse and predictions for the future broadband market.http://w3.cantos.com/cantos/dyn/org.php? So, a possible broadband price war is on the cards?
[April 24, 2006, 10:26]
Carphone Warehouse's laptop treasure hunt
News The decision in July by Carphone Warehouse to offer a laptop as an incentive to sign up to AOL's broadband service surprised a lot of people, but this week the mobile retailer has gone a step further and decided to give away 200 laptops as part of...
[September 5, 2007, 17:07]
Carphone Warehouse to boost broadband business
News Mobile-phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is to sell 50 percent of its retail business to US retail giant Best Buy for £1.1bn, and plans to use the cash to grow its broadband business. Carphone Warehouse, which operates the broadband brand TalkTalk...
[May 12, 2008, 9:28]
Carphone Warehouse hits out at rivals
News Carphone Warehouse responded to its plummeting share price on Thursday by engaging in an extraordinary war of words with Vodafone and its new high-street retail partner. Vodafone announced on Thursday that it will stop offering its phones through...
[October 12, 2006, 17:40]
Carphone Warehouse downplays talk of AOL UK buy
News As speculation grows over the future of AOL's UK arm, Carphone Warehouse has played down reports that it may be poised to launch a bid. According to a report in The Times, Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone revealed on Tuesday that...
[June 7, 2006, 16:50]
Carphone Warehouse in 'serious' data breach
News Carphone Warehouse has been warned it could face prosecution for exposing the personal details of thousands of customers online and, in some cases, inadvertently setting debt collectors on them. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the...
[January 17, 2008, 11:02]
Carphone Warehouse co-founder resigns
News Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross has resigned after failing to declare that he had used shares in the company as collateral against personal loans. Ross resigned as a director on Sunday after using 136.4 million of his shares in Carphone...
[December 8, 2008, 12:59]
Carphone Warehouse buys Tiscali for £236m
News Carphone Warehouse has agreed to buy Tiscali's UK broadband business for £236m, a move that will make it the largest domestic broadband provider in the UK. Tiscali's service will be integrated with Carphone Warehouse's residential broadband...
[May 8, 2009, 12:38]
Carphone Warehouse to split in two
News Carphone Warehouse is to split into two separate companies, decoupling the retail and broadband operations. In its preliminary annual results, Carphone Warehouse said the demerger would be completed by July 2010 at the latest.
[June 5, 2009, 13:11]
Carphone Warehouse rapped over 'two-tier pricing'
News Price-comparison website uSwitch.com has criticised Carphone Warehouse for charging some of its customers £10 per month more for their broadband if they are not connected to an unbundled exchange. The charge applies to those customers whom Carphone...
[May 29, 2007, 12:22]
Mobile phone market needs 3G, says Carphone Warehouse
News Carphone Warehouse is relying on GPRS and 3G handsets to boost its business in the second half of 2002, after the company warned on Wednesday that the tough state of the European mobile market will damage its earnings for this year.
[January 23, 2002, 15:58]
Carphone Warehouse scores with 'loss leading' broadband
News The early demand for Carphone Warehouse's Free Broadband Forever product has nearly doubled expectations, according to the mobile phone retailer. If you assume that all the people who've signed up get provision, then Carphone Warehouse is in joint...
[June 6, 2006, 12:35]
Carphone Warehouse buys AOL UK
News Carphone Warehouse has bought AOL UK for £370m, following a protracted and secretive bidding war. Carphone Warehouse became involved in June, when reports suggested chief executive Charles Dunstone wanted AOL UK's expertise in unbundling — the ISP...
[October 11, 2006, 11:30]
Carphone Warehouse 'eying broadband unbundling'
News Reports on Monday claimed that Carphone Warehouse is planning to invest millions of pounds in installing its own equipment in BT's local exchanges - a process known as local-loop unbundling (LLU). At present, Carphone Warehouse resells BT's...
[October 31, 2005, 17:05]
Carphone Warehouse unbowed by 'free broadband' ruling
News Carphone Warehouse will be allowed to continue to advertise its broadband service as "free", despite a ruling against its advertisements by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Last week, the firm's chief executive, Charles Dunstone, wrote on...
[July 19, 2006, 12:30]
Carphone Warehouse freebie broadband stumbles
News Carphone Warehouse’s much-hyped offer of free broadband for its Talk Talk customers seems to be stumbling under the weight of its own success. A spokesperson for Carphone Warehouse confirmed to ZDNet UK that current sign-ups will have to wait at...
[June 5, 2006, 17:20]
Carphone Warehouse 'cleared' over free broadband claim
News Carphone Warehouse will be cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over its promotion of "free" broadband, the company's chief executive claimed on his blog on Thursday. According to Charles Dunstone's blog, Carphone Warehouse is...
[July 14, 2006, 12:45]
Carphone Warehouse takes wraps off 'free' broadband
News Carphone Warehouse has put an end to speculation on its free broadband product by revealing what it calls "free broadband forever". For £9.99 a month and an additional £11 line rental, Carphone customers will get free local and national calls...
[April 11, 2006, 18:10]
