Carphone Warehouse reports 13 pct rise in revenue

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC, Europe's largest mobile phone retailer, warned Thursday that challenging times lay ahead even as it reported a 13 percent increase in retail revenues to 1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) in the last three months of December.

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Carphone Warehouse co-founder resigns directorship

Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross has resigned as a director of Big Yellow, the self-storage company said Thursday.

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Best Buy teams up with leading European cell phone retailer

Consumer electronics chain Best Buy Co. Inc. is establishing a foothold in the European market with a $2.1 billion investment in the continent's largest cell phone retailer, allowing the American company to roll out its trademark big box stores in Europe, the companies said Thursday.

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Apparently it has taken the government to broker a deal between the BPI and six major broadband providers (BT Retail, Virgin Media, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse).

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Thousands of parents could be punished if their children download music and films illegally via the internet under anti-piracy measures to be announced by the Government today.

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Virgin Media has sent about 800 letters to customers warning them that they should not be downloading illegal music files via file-sharing sites. It is part of a 10-week campaign it is running in conjunction with the BPI to "educate" users about downloads.

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Barclaycard, the UK's largest credit card provider, may be fined by the telecoms watchdog, Ofcom, for persistently making silent telephone calls to people's homes.

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Ofcom have announced plans to allow BT to increase the cost it charges its rivals for line rental for telephone and internet access. This is expected to increase the cost of broadband in the UK.

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Best Buy, the world's biggest electronics retailer, will pay £1.1 billion for half of Carphone Warehouse and will open its first stores in Europe in 2009, the companies said Thursday.

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Peter Gabriel's online music empire is reduced to a holding page, following the theft of servers from his web host over the weekend.

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Today O2 is launching its national home broadband service. O2 have teamed up with BT to offer national coverage. Prices for O2's mobile customers start at £7.50 a month. However other customers will have to receive the service through BT which will cost £17.50 a month.

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Carphone Warehouse have rejected the music industry's proposals to police customers for illegal downloads. Backed by the government the proposals involve disconnecting customers who illegally download music and films through a three strike policy.

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The head of one of Britain's biggest internet providers has criticised the music industry for demanding that he act against pirates. The trade body for UK music, the BPI, asked internet service providers to disconnect people who ignore requests to stop sharing music.

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Online advertising technology company, Phorm, which collects information about the browsing habits of internet users in order to display more relevant advertising, has called on members of the internet community to examine its technology after fears over privacy.

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Carphone Warehouse has prompted Ofcom to investigate BT over making customers renew their 12 month phone contract. BT offer customers free evening and weekend calls if they agree to sign up to a 12 month contract.

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I'm fascinated by the new public ratings website, www.plebble.com, which enables the public to rate businesses for their service and value for money.

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Mobile phone operator, O2, has announced a huge jump in customer numbers thanks to demand for Apple's iPhone which is only available on its network. O2 says that the number of people visiting its 450 stores throughout the UK has risen by 3 times in the last 2 months.

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Telecoms provider BT has announced plans to install more modern cabling capable of delivering broadband at speeds of up to 20 times faster than existing networks at a new housing development at Ebbsfleet in Kent.

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Retail giant Tesco plans to launch its own home IT support service to rival the likes of PC World, Dixons, Currys, Comet and Carphone Warehouse.

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Satellite television operator, Sky, has announced its 1 millionth customer, making it the UK's fastest growing broadband provider this year.

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Digital media broadcaster, Virgin Media, is to offer faster broadband speeds capable of delivering on-demand video in an effort to compete with BSkyB and TalkTalk.

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Ofcom has sent a letter to six of the UK's largest ISP's calling for them to allow their customer to try out broadband connections before they sign up to a contract. Companies including BT, Carphone Warehouse, Orange and Tiscali received the letter.

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Quarterly growth slowed by 29% in Carphone Warehouse's broadband business. Carphone Warehouse's AOL and Talk Talk services signed up 89,000 new customers in its latest quarter.

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Mobile phone operator O2, owned by Spain's Telefonica, has won the exclusive contract to sell Apple's much-hyped iPhone in the UK. The phones will be sold in O2, Carphone Warehouse and Apple stores from 9 November costing £269 including VAT.

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Dell Signs Deal With British Mobile Retailer

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Paul Potts, a salesman from The Carphone Warehouse won the first season of Britain's Got Talent. He will be performing in front of Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family on December 3, 2007.

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Carphone Warehouse has won the auction to buy the UK's third-largest internet provider, AOL UK. BBC business editor Robert Peston said Carphone Warehouse, owner of the TalkTalk broadband and phone offering, was paying £370m for the operation.

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