25

Sep

2012

Brightstar acquires Mobile Phone Xchange trade-in business

Author: The Fonecast

International wireless equipment distributor Brightstar has acquired UK-based mobile phone trade-in business Mobile Phone Xchange.

MPX offers online recycling deals to consumers and also provides trade-in facilities for Vodafone shops.

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18

Jul

2012

Yahoo! gains a new CEO while RIM loses a patent case and O2 loses service

Podcast - 18th July 2012

Author: The Fonecast

It's a good week for Yahoo! as it appoints Marissa Mayer - previously Google employee number 20 - to the role of CEO. However, things aren't as cheery at Research In Motion, which has been ordered to pay over $147 million in a patent case.

Meanwhile O2 UK is recovering from a network problem that left around a third of its customers disconnected for almost a day.

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