HOWZAT

Mayor calls for mobile giants to form Olympic team

Boris Johnson talked to the mobile sector’s biggest hitters about ensuring the Olympics has a digital flavour

Orange seeks green light for merger

Orange is understood to be about to detail formally its attempt to create a ‘super-operator’ in a tie-up with T-Mobile

BT rivals face price rises to plug pension gap

Telecoms regulator will examine whether to increase charges for phonelines in a move to pay down the shortfall

Telephone codes may all be changed again

Ofcom has raised the prospect of introducing 'overlay' codes as the regulator tries to overcome a drought in numbers

Broadband and iPhone boost Carphone's profits

Britain's second-biggest broadband provider has increased its earnings forecast after unexpectedly strong first half

Carphone Warehouse raises profit forecast

Telecoms group expects to complete its demerger by March 2010 as rising numbers of new broadband customer lift sales

Tesco could spark price war in iPhone sales swoop

In surprise move, the supermarket will begin selling Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS before Christmas, and may start price war

Tesco may spark price war in iPhone scoop

Supermarket giant hope to introduce the phone in stores before Christmas, striking a blow against Orange and Vodafone

Telent shuts its final-salary pension scheme

The rump of the former Marconi telecoms has about 56,000 members in its scheme, of whom about 35,000 draw a pension

EU adopts controversial Telecoms Package

Controversial Telecoms Package means internet users can be disconnected for illegal file-sharing if guilt is proved

Vodafone tries out premium data tariff

Mobile phone giant to experiment in Spain with plan to offer business users priority data access, at a premium price

Vodafone asks for $2bn tax feud extension

Mobile phone giant needs more time to respond to Indian tax department's demands for $2bn in capital gains