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Articles tagged with: Carphone Warehouse
Carphone 3Q Disappoints; Outlook Unchanged
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Carphone Warehouse Group, benefiting from solid Christmas sales, Friday posted a 3.1% rise in third-quarter gross profit and a 14% jump in revenue and said full-year growth expectations remained unchanged. more
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Carphone Warehouse Censured Over Data Protection Breaches
The UK data and privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says that it has found dominant UK phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, and its sister company TalkTalk, in breach of the Data Protection Act after investigating complaints concerning the way in which both organisations processed and stored personal information. more
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Orange UK CEO Hires 3 Former Virgin Mobile Executives
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Newly appointed Orange UK Chief Executive Tom Alexander Thursday announced the appointment of three senior executives to his management team as part of a drive to turn around the fortunes of the UK's third-largest mobile operator. more
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Carphone Warehouse Shares Jump on Vodafone Takeover Rumours
Shares in UK headquartered mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse jumped sharply on the London stock exchange after rumours of a takeover bid emerged. Top tip seemed to be that Vodafone was looking at the company again, particularly for its non-UK retail assets. more
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O2 CEO: Tens of Thousands of iPhones Sold in UK Over Weekend
O2, Apple's exclusive iPhone network operator in the U.K., said that "tens of thousands" of people bought the iPhone in the first weekend since going on sale, adding that two-thirds of those people were new customers, from rival operators or not currently on a contract. more
T-Mobile Has Sold More Than 10,000 iPhones in Germany
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- T-Mobile, the mobile services arm of Deutsche Telekom, said Friday it has sold more than 10,000 of Apple's iPhones on the first day of sale so far in Germany. more
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FOCUS: France Upsets Apple's iPhone Party In Europe
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- As Apple and European mobile operators get ready for the launch of the long-awaited iPhone on Friday, in France the party has been pushed back and the sheen taken off Apple's normally slick marketing efforts. more
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Deutsche Telekom CEO: iPhone Demand Possibly Outpacing Supply
"We're not giving out precise forecasts, but registrations on our Web site lead me to believe (the Christmas sales period) will be a strong sales period," Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann told CNBC Europe. more
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Carphone Warehouse 1st Half Revenue +18%, Expands in USA
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Europe's largest mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Group, Thursday reported a 18% increase in first half revenues and announced a major expansion into the U.S., saying it will open 1,000 stores by 2009. more
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Phones4u Retains Vodafone UK Exclusive Contract Sales Deal
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group has renewed its mobile phone sales deal with private-equity backed retailer Phones4u, for contract customers. more
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