Whither Dunstone's blog?
Blog What's happened to Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone's blog? A swift call to the CPW press office reveals that Dunstone "probably will be posting again". A more cynical mind than mine might perhaps suggest that Dunstone simply doesn't have...
[November 10, 2006, 8:59]
Carphone Warehouse 'cleared' over free broadband claim
News According to Charles Dunstone's blog, Carphone Warehouse is "delighted and relieved to be able to report that common sense has prevailed and we will still be able to advertise the service as free". Dunstone added that the company will be making...
[July 14, 2006, 12:45]
Carphone Warehouse co-founder resigns
News Ross resigned as a director on Sunday after using 136.4 million of his shares in Carphone Warehouse against the loans, said Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone on Monday. Over the weekend the company was notified that deputy chair...
[December 8, 2008, 12:59]
Carphone Warehouse to split in two
News Carphone Warehouse sold half of its phone retail side to the US-based electronics chain Best Buy a year ago, and chief executive Charles Dunstone said in Friday's results statement that the time had come to separate the resulting joint venture...
[June 5, 2009, 13:11]
Carphone Warehouse buys AOL UK
News Carphone Warehouse became involved in June, when reports suggested chief executive Charles Dunstone wanted AOL UK's expertise in unbundling — the ISP has 600,000 dial-up and 1.5 million broadband customers in this country.
[October 11, 2006, 11:30]
Carphone Warehouse scores with 'loss leading' broadband
News Chief executive Charles Dunstone told the City on Tuesday that take-up of the offer had "exceeded our most optimistic expectations". When combined with our 2.6 million Talk Talk voice customers, our impact and influence on the UK residential...
[June 6, 2006, 12:35]
Mobile phone market needs 3G, says Carphone Warehouse
News Carphone Warehouse's financial year will end on 31 March, 2002, and company chief executive Charles Dunstone has forecast that full year earnings could be up to 10 percent lower than market predictions.
[January 23, 2002, 15:58]
Carphone Warehouse buys Tiscali for £236m
News In a conference call on Friday morning, Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone said his company had always been "very clear that we know the price that we're happy to pay for this business and we won't overpay.
[May 8, 2009, 12:38]
Mobile market tipped to boom again
News The arrival of camera phones and third-generation networks, plus competition between operators and handset-makers, are acting as a heady cocktail that will tempt users to upgrade, according to Charles Dunstone, Carphone Warehouse chief executive.
[November 4, 2003, 11:35]
Carphone Warehouse downplays talk of AOL UK buy
News According to a report in The Times, Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone revealed on Tuesday that he was keeping a "close eye" on AOL UK. Dunstone would have to spend around £1bn to secure AOL UK, The Times believes.
[June 7, 2006, 16:50]
Carphone Warehouse freebie broadband stumbles
News On his blog, Carphone Warehouse Charles Dunstone recently said such three-month delays were being prevented by "an increasing rate of daily activations". Dunstone will have to face the City on Tuesday to give an update on the progress of service’s...
[June 5, 2006, 17:20]
Top mobile execs to launch handset auction site
News Mloop's backers include Charles Dunstone -- the founder of Carphone Warehouse -- and Simon Murray, formerly chief executive of Hutchison Whampoa. Consumers could soon be offered a greater choice of mobile phone handsets if an online marketplace for...
[November 13, 2001, 13:10]
No free broadband for businesses
News After Carphone Warehouse got rapped on the knuckles by the advertising regulator for calling its broadband "free", chief executive Charles Dunstone blogged: "We do remain however the only mass market supplier of Free Broadband available without...
[August 1, 2006, 9:20]
Opposition mounts against P2P disconnection plan
News The letter's signatories — TalkTalk's Charles Dunstone, BT's Ian Livingston, Orange's Tom Alexander, the Open Rights Group's Jim Killock, Consumer Focus's Ed Mayo and Which? The heads of the UK's largest ISPs have co-signed a letter of protest...
[September 4, 2009, 17:40]
Hands-free mobiles 'increase normal radiation'
News Managing Director of The Carphone Warehouse Charles Dunstone, however, disputes altogether the findings of the report on earpieces. Hands-free mobile equipment may actually increase the amount of radiation a user is exposed to by as much as three...
[April 4, 2000, 16:02]
Vodafone gambles on 'biggest ever launch'
News Charles Dunstone, Carphone Warehouse chief executive, said: "Vodafone deserves credit for putting everything under one roof, using a simple brand. Carphone Warehouse's Dunstone added: "That makes sense, giving people the opportunity to try it.
[October 25, 2002, 8:16]
Demand outstrips supply on Nokia 3G phone
News Charles Dunstone, Carphone Warehouse CEO, this morning said his company cannot satisfy demand for Nokia 7600 terminals on 3 networks in the UK and Sweden, which are units of Hutchison Whampoa. Dunstone was generally positive about progress in the...
[February 26, 2004, 10:50]
Carphone Warehouse unbowed by 'free broadband' ruling
News Last week, the firm's chief executive, Charles Dunstone, wrote on his blog that Carphone Warehouse "will still be able to advertise the service as free". Carphone Warehouse will be allowed to continue to advertise its broadband service as "free...
[July 19, 2006, 12:30]
Carphone Warehouse takes wraps off 'free' broadband
Talkback Charles Dunstone of carphone warehouse has an e-mail address which is 'cdunstone@cpw.co.uk' The service is cheap and its cheap for a reason. Unable to connect to the network for more than 10 minutes during the entire 3 week period during which we...
[July 25, 2006, 8:59]
Mobile handset figures branded fake
News Charles Dunstone, chairman and chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, told the Financial Times that "A lot of people buying pre-pay phones are not new to the market. Network operator Orange announced on Monday that it had gained 2.6 million...
[April 9, 2001, 10:08]
