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Apple iPhone stocks run dry

News Apple's UK and US online shops both say the 8Gb and 16Gb versions of the iPhone are "currently unavailable" while in the UK, Carphone Warehouse has also sold out of both versions. When asked when the company might be restocking, a Carphone...

Tags: stock, carphone warehouse, o2, apple

[12 May 2008]

Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost

News Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is to sell 50 per cent of its retail business to US retail giant Best Buy for £1.1bn - and plans to use the cash to grow its broadband business. Carphone Warehouse, which operates the 'free' broadband brand...

Tags: talktalk, broadband, carphone warehouse

[09 May 2008]

iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut

News An 8GB iPhone now costs £169, while the 16GB version costs £329 - but many O2 and Carphone Warehouse outlets have now sold out of both. Meanwhile, Carphone Warehouse - the only other retail outlet for the iPhone in the UK - confirmed it has sold...

Tags: carphone warehouse, o2, iphone

[02 May 2008]

Laptops are the new mobile phone, says <strong>Carphone</strong> <strong>Warehouse</strong>

Laptops are the new mobile phone, says Carphone Warehouse

News These are the words of Carphone Warehouse founder and CEO Charles Dunstone. "The laptop is the new mobile phone. The retailer was addressing the Retail Week Conference in London about how to weather the continuing downturn in consumer spending.

Tags: dunstone, laptop, carphone warehouse, retail

[12 Mar 2008]

Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked

News Various companies are backing the IT PDP, including British Airways, the BBC, BT, Carphone Warehouse, Cable & Wireless, Cisco, EDS, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, LogicaCMG, Microsoft, Oracle and Vodafone. A new Masters level fast-track training programme has...

Tags: grads, jobs, skills, track

[24 Jan 2008]

Indian suppliers to double UK IT market share

News In the last 18 months, UK companies including Carphone Warehouse, DSG and Skandia have all committed to £100m plus contracts with Indian service providers. India's five largest IT services suppliers will double their market share in the UK by 2011.

Tags: india, deals, suppliers, tech

[23 Jan 2008]

Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach

News Carphone Warehouse has been warned it could face prosecution for exposing the personal details of thousands of customers online and, in some cases, inadvertently setting debt collectors on them. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the...

Tags: carphone warehouse, privacy, data loss, ico

[16 Jan 2008]

Carphone Warehouse gears up for Christmas

News Demand for the Apple iPhone at the Carphone Warehouse (CPW) is nothing compared to the sort of demand for phones the retailer expects in the week before Christmas. CPW senior project manager Bhavesh Chavda told silicon.com, peaks in customer demand...

Tags: datawarehouse, iphone, carphone warehouse, apple

[22 Nov 2007]

iPhone in the UK: Hands up who wants one?

News The iPhone will go on sale at 18:02(GMT) on 9 November across Apple's stores, O2's high street shops and The Carphone Warehouse stores - 1,300 outlets in all - as well as online via the trio's websites.

Tags: o2, apple, iphone, coverage

[05 Nov 2007]

Carphone Warehouse signs $200m Indian IT deal

News Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has signed a $200m five-year deal with Indian IT company Patni. Carphone Warehouse CTO, Simon Post, told silicon.com Patni will do offshore support and maintenance and onshore application development.

Tags: offshoring, patni, carphone warehouse

[18 Oct 2007]

Ofcom consults on next generation access

News BT's 21CN is the best-known and largest example but Colt's NGN is due to go live next year; Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk NGN is a year old; and Cable & Wireless, Thus and BSkyB's Easynet are also joining in.

Tags: ngn, bt, broadband, fttc

[27 Sep 2007]

Dell: Plenty of room to grow in retail and consumer space

News So far Dell has announced retail relationships with Wal-Mart and Sam's Club in the US, Carphone Warehouse in Europe and Bic Camera in Japan. Dell CEO Michael Dell, at a San Francisco event to trumpet new storage products for small and medium-size...

[11 Sep 2007]

Leading CIOs make shortlist for top award

News Betfair, Carphone Warehouse and Fosters EMEA are among those shortlisted for the IT Services Project. Top execs from companies including the AA, Tesco and Unilever will be battling it out for the title of CIO of the Year at the fifth annual CNET...

Tags: technology, shortlist, business, cio

[23 Jul 2007]

Orange and TalkTalk the pits of customer service

News Fellow 'free' fat-pipe provider TalkTalk, from the Carphone Warehouse, was not far behind - with 31 per cent of its customers dissatisfied with its service despite its overhauling of its customer service operations in a deal with CRM vendor...

Tags: fat pipes, provider, uk, fat pipe

[03 Jul 2007]

Centrica takes £196m hit on IT systems

News Centrica sold the AA to a private equity group in 2004 and sold OneTel to The Carphone Warehouse in 2005. UK energy supplier Centrica has taken a £196m hit on its balance sheet after writing-down the value of redundant IT systems it no longer uses.

Tags: centrica

[22 Feb 2007]

Only CIOs can put a stop to sloppy telecoms

News Carphone Warehouse's entrance into broadband, for instance, was "spectacularly poorly thought through - it's a case of people thinking it's not hard to do telecoms". CIOs must get themselves onto the board - or consign their companies to shabby...

Tags: easynet, telecoms, cio

[09 Feb 2007]

Carphone Warehouse slapped over nuisance calls

News The Carphone Warehouse has been fined £35,000 by Ofcom for making excessive silent calls during a three month period last year. Carphone Warehouse is one of four companies to be rapped by the telecoms regulator for "causing annoyance to consumers...

Tags: fines, carphone warehouse, ofcom

[31 Jan 2007]

Dial-up dearer than broadband: Official

News Broadband price-drops are thought to have been inspired by the recent crop of free broadband offers from the likes of Carphone Warehouse. With the majority of the UK now on broadband, the cost of a fat pipe connection has fallen to below that of...

Tags: narrowband, dial-up, broadband

[18 Jan 2007]

Re:Viewing 2006: The year in mobile and wireless

News Carphone Warehouse and Sky are arguably the two main protagonists in this movement to consolidate services, with both launching 'free' broadband services and VoIP within weeks of each other and stepping firmly outside of their comfort zones.

[15 Dec 2006]

Orange to charge fat pipe waverers

News The veiled reference to other ISPs is likely to be aimed at Carphone Warehouse, whose customers have experienced lengthy delays in trying to migrate away from the company. Orange has become the first broadband provider to charge users for switching...

Tags: switchers, switcher, mac, orange

[01 Dec 2006]

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