Shebang, the company behind the Go Mobile retail chain, is planning its own mobile virtual network.
The Go Mobile network will be promoted online and via Go Mobile stores. It's a prepaid service and, unlike many other MVNOs, will be available with a choice of handsets.
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Airtime and accessory distributor Avenir Telecom has announced that it's now able to make connections to the T-Mobile UK network on behalf of its dealers.
The company, which has been in business for more than 20 years, was already able to connect via Orange, O2, and Three UK. It had previously stopped offering T-Mobile connections in 2009.
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Mobile News reports that staff in the 40 Go Mobile stores owned by Shebang have been told they must either join its franchise program, run by The Purple Partnership, or face redundancy.
Apparently 84 staff are affected; if they don't want to run their own store, they will be offered positions at other franchise stores or a redundancy package.
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Online research company comScore has published the latest figures from its comScore MobiLens service.
It shows that 5.8% of mobile subscribers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - a total of 13.5 million people - have accessed online retail sites recently. That's an overall 80% increase from 2010.
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Everything Everywhere has published its second quarter and first-half results for 2011.
The one-year-old company, which is responsible for Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, has seen turnover and mobile service revenue both drop slightly year-on-year, although mobile service revenue was up when the effects of regulation were excluded.
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