CCS Insight RSS feed - related articles for: “3” UK acquires 95 additional retail outlets from O2 as part of The Link http://www.ccsinsight.com On Tuesday O2 set out its stall for fixed and mobile converged offerings in the U.K. with the acquisition of Be, a U.K.-based broadband provider, for £50 million. http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/O2_goes_on_acquisition_trail_buying_Be_broadband_and_taking_control_of_The_Link Announcing its latest results, Hutchison Whampoa revealed that it has abandoned its target of EBITDA http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/Highly_competitive_UK_mobile_market_puts_pressure_on_3 Carphone Warehouse has launched Talkmobile, a service offering low-cost, short term contracts with bundles of voice minutes and texts. Carphone Warehouse is aiming the new servi http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/Carphone_Warehouse_launches_Talkmobile_MVNO_with_Vodafone The publication of the annual results from France Telecom / Orange, T-Mobile and Telefonica / O2 in the last week has confirmed the 2006 metrics for the UK market. However, whi http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/The_UK_market_shows_healthy_growth_in_2006_but_worrying_trends_are_emerging 3's UK network was recently awarded the “Best Mobile Messaging Service” at the 3GSM Awards for its support of Windows Live Messenger on its network. http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/3s_services_such_as_MSN_Instant_Messaging_and_See_Me_TV_gather_momentum O2 UK has launched a new initiative called “Fair Deal” http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/O2_UK_launches_a_Fair_Deal_initiative_designed_to_keep_customers_loyal The French telecoms regulator ARCEP has said it plans to sell a fourth 3G UMTS mobile telecom license next year. http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/France_to_sell_fourth_third_generation_mobile_licence_next_year In a further development to the decision by Vodafone to end its distribution relationship with Carphone Warehouse in the UK it has been announced that the retailer has agreed with http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/Vodafone_makes_concession_to_Carphone_Warehouse_allowing_it_to_offer_upgrades Vodafone has announced that Phones 4u will be the exclusive third party retailer for Vodafone contract customers on the UK high street. http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/Vodafone_UKs_exclusive_agreement_with_Phones4u_affects_Carphone_Warehouse Vodafone UK has signed an agreement with BT Wholesale to provide its customers with Vodafone branded consumer fixed-line broadband http://hotline.ccsinsight.com/article/Vodafone_UK_embraces_convergence_and_signs_up_with_BT_to_offer_broadband