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Articles tagged with: Phones 4u
UK Operators in Bid to Buy the Phones4u Retail Chain
UK mobile phone retailer, Phones 4u could be brought by one of the mobile network operators, sparking a possible bidding war between the companies. The trade magazine, Mobile Today reported that some operators are collaborating for a potential carve-up of Phones 4u's 450 stores, direct sales and insurance assets. more
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Tata Wins $100 Million IT Contract from UK Mobile Phone Retailer
UK mobile phone retailer, Phones4U has signed a US$100 million agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide a full range of managed IT services to 4uGroup, the holding company behind Phones 4u and other organisations in the UK telecommunication and financial services marketplaces. more
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Mobile Phone Dealers Jailed in £1.6 Million Trading Fraud
Two directors of dealerships selling mobile phone products and services for UK retailers such as Phones 4U have been sentenced to jail for abusing the introductory sales commission system. Jonathan Shulton and James Cahill, who pleaded guilty to fraudulent trading, were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to two years, three months imprisonment and to 240 hours Community Punishment Order respectively. more
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Phone Retailer Agrees to Stop Breaking Consumer Protection Laws
UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom says that it has received legally-binding undertakings from the aggressive phone retailer, Phones 4U committing them to change a number of their practices which will stop them from breaching consumer protection laws relating to the sale of mobile handsets and contracts. more
Phones 4u Buys Online Mobile Phone Retailer
Private equity backed UK mobile phone retail chain, Phones 4u has brought rival online phone retailer, Dial-a-Phone for £9 million (US$18 million). Dial-a-Phone employs approximately 300 staff in Kentish Town and at its distribution centre in Northampton. more
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
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Vodafone Unveils 3G-Heavy Christmas Lineup
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Mobile phone operator Vodafone Group, Monday unveiled its Christmas handset lineup, featuring a large number of 3G phones spanning a broad price range. more
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Carphone Shares Plunge On Vodafone Deal With Rival
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Carphone Warehouse shares fell more than 16% early Thursday after Vodafone Group did a deal with a rival that means the UK mobile retailer will no longer be able to offer Vodafone contracts. more
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O2 Tops Mobile Phone Retailer Survey
O2 and Phones 4u rank highest in satisfying customers with their mobile phone retail experience, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 UK Mobile Phone Retailer Study. The study measures customer satisfaction with the seven leading mobile phone retailers in the UK based on exit interviews with buyers and browsers. For the first time, the ranking is based on the combined results of two surveys, one executed in the summer and one in the winter, in order to minimize seasonal fluctuations. The three factors driving customer satisfaction with mobile retailers are staff (39%), offerings and promotions (39%) and the store (22%). more
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UK starts clampdown on mobile phone theft
The UK mobile phone industry and The Metropolitan Police Service, backed by the Home Office, has unveiled an 'Immobilise Phone Crime' initiative to clamp down on mobile phone crime. more
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