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Articles tagged with: Carphone Warehouse and O2
O2 UK Offers Apple iPhone on Pre Pay Tariffs
O2 UK has announced that it is to offer the Apple 3G iPhone on a Prepay tariff in a couple of weeks time. The 8GB model will be sold for £349.99 and £399.99 for the 16GB model. Prepay customers will also receive inclusive unlimited data and Wi-Fi for 12 months following activation, which company values at £120. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, prepay, iphone, apple, bt, bt-openzone, hotspots, UK
O2 Confirms Winning Irish iPhone Exclusivity
O2 Ireland has confirmed that it will be the exclusive Irish carrier for Apple's iPhone when it makes its official debut in Ireland on March 14th. The iPhone will be sold in Ireland through O2 and Carphone Warehouse retail stores - as happens currently in the UK. iPhone will be available in an 8GB model for €399 (US$600) and a 16GB model for €499 (US$750). more
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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
Related Tags: prepay, telefonica, bt-group, bt, chief-financial-officer
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
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, virgin-mobile, telefonica, bt, orange-uk, vodafone-group, paris, paris, UK
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
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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Carphone Warehouse Launches MVNO on Vodafone Network
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Europe's largest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse Group, Tuesday launched its own low-cost U.K. mobile phone service, after signing a deal to rent out part of Vodafone Group's network. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, prepay, mvno, telefonica, telefonica-o2, UK
Former Virgin Mobile Exec Takes Over as Boss of Orange UK
Alexander, a former chief executive of Virgin Mobile in the UK, will take up his new role in December while Ghillebaert will become France Telecom's executive vice president of sales and customer experience, France Telecom said in a statement. more
Related Tags: virgin-mobile, france-telecom, bt, orange-uk, UK
Carphone Warehouse 2Q Adds +19%, Broadband Slows
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Carphone Warehouse Group, the UK broadband and mobile phone provider, Wednesday said that it expects to report first-half pretax profit in the range of GBP53 million to GBP56 million (US$108 million to US$114 million), after speeding ahead with plans to migrate customers on to its own internet network. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, telefonica, bt, UK
O2 To Withdraw Contract Sales From Phones 4U From April
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Mobile phone operator O2, a subsidiary of Telefonica, said Thursday that it will stop selling new contracts to potential customers via the UK-based Phones 4u retail chain from April 1. more
Related Tags: prepay, phones-4u