Orange To Review High-street Strategy
News Orange has revealed it is reviewing its high-street strategy, particularly with regard to the big two phone chains Carphone Warehouse and Phones4u. The news comes the day after Vodafone announced it would no longer sell phone contracts through...
[October 13, 2006, 12:55]
Mobile Retailers In Domain Name Duel
News Mobile phone retail heavyweights Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U are involved in a spat over the ownership of a domain name. Surfers who enter www.phones4you.co.uk into their browser instead of www.phones4u.co.uk will find themselves directed to...
[November 18, 2002, 16:18]
Nicely Optimised Supply Chain You've Got There...
Blog Whoops - it seems O2 and Phones4U have untied the knot, in an echo of last year's tragic Voda/Carphone breakup. Voda's even congratulated O2, "you go girl"-stylee, for breaking free of its loveless marriage.
[February 21, 2007, 15:55]
Low-key Launch For 3
News The first commercial 3G service in the UK got underway on Monday, in a notably low-key launch. As expected, Hutchison kicked off 3 -- its high-speed mobile service -- on 03/03/03, but the company has already attracted criticism for the fact that...
[March 3, 2003, 10:30]
CallNet Reopens Totally Free Internet Floodgates
News CallNet, the little ISP that went totally free and then buckled under demand, has reopened its customer registration process three months after it all got too much. CallNet failed to predict that unrestricted, completely free dial-up Internet...
[February 7, 2000, 15:13]
Private Equity Firms Eye Carphone And NTL
News Private equity firms are rumoured to be circling both mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse and uber-ISP NTL. According to a report in The Times, NTL is in the cross-hairs of an unnamed private equity outfit willing to pay £10bn for the ISP...
[August 17, 2006, 10:40]
Vodafone To Extend Apprenticeship Scheme
News Mobile giant Vodafone has committed to boosting its involvement in an apprenticeship scheme to help young people gain qualifications while learning on the job. The government-backed scheme offers young people a mixture of on- and off-the-job...
[February 26, 2008, 7:45]
A Year Ago: CallNet Reopens Totally Free Internet Floodgates
News It's back, it's ready and it's still totally free. CallNet reopens the floodgates. Will Knight reports CallNet, the little ISP that went totally free and then buckled under demand, has reopened its customer registration process three months after...
[February 7, 2001, 6:02]
