Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new Galaxy Note phablet and a larger version of its curved-screen S6 edge smartphone, marking a fresh bid by the South Korean company to revive momentum in its handset business.

Apple and Samsung are working with the GSMA to kill off the traditional SIM card.

Britain’s electronic spying agency, in co-operation with the US National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.

Chiquita shareholders got yellow and chose green.

Japan’s SoftBank Corp is in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation, the Hollywood studio behind the Shrek and Madagascar movie hits, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

Apple has revealed there were more than four million pre-orders of its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 24 hours, exceeding its initial pre-order supply.

Mobile operator Vodafone said today it will not renew its network agreement with British retailer Phones4u.

US stocks stabilised yesterday after earnings from a major beer brewer helped the market stem its recent declines.

FTC says the company has not done enough to stop kids making unauthorised purchases, writes Joe Kloc

A presidential advisory panel says telephone information collected in bulk by the National Security Agency and used in terror investigations “was not essential to preventing attacks” and has proposed sweeping changes to US government surveillance programmes.

Vodafone says it is in advanced talks to sell its 45% stake of Verizon Wireless back to the US mobile phone service provider for $130bn in cash and stock.

Vodafone is increasing its network spending by 50% to more than £900m (€1.05bn) this year as it prepares for the launch of super-fast mobile internet.

A call centre has delivered an early Christmas present of 250 jobs to an unemployment blackspot.

Herb Hribar is the latest in a long line of CEOs at Eircom, writes Kyran Fitzgerald. And as the company emerges from examinership and financial restructuring, he is seeking to get the former semi-State company back on its feet

Superfast mobile broadband is to be launched in the UK later this year after T-Mobile and Orange got the green light to run 4G services.

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is understood to be considering a move on Britain’s mobile phone market.

Mobile phone giant Everything Everywhere today reported an increase in smartphone contracts as its overall customer numbers stabilised.

A US woman was shocked to receive a $201,000 phone bill - which was no mistake.

The UK’s four biggest mobile phone brands plan to work together to develop new technology, including systems that allow consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for products in shops.

The cost of calling mobile phones from other networks and landlines is set to become cheaper after Ofcom imposed a reduction in charges.

The company behind merged mobile phone giants Orange and T-Mobile today posted a drop in sales and earnings in its first annual results.

Everything Everywhere - the company behind merged mobile phone brands Orange and T-Mobile - has returned to growth in the third quarter, albeit by the slimmest of margins.

MOBILE phone users are in line for zero charges for roaming in the EU after four of the largest telecommunications companies lost their case in the European Court of Justice.

TONY MARTIN, one of the favourites for this year’s Tour de France, won the FBD Insurance Rás three years ago and the team he led back in 2007, Thuringer Energie, is set for a return for this year’s edition of Irish cycling’s showpiece which gets under way on May 23.

IN 2000, at the height of the tech bubble, telecom operators fell over themselves to snap up 3G or third generation mobile licenses in an auction in Germany.

Britain's largest mobile phone operator is to be created this week as the proposed merger of Orange and T-Mobile is expected to win approval from European regulators, it was reported today.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone will muscle into the iPhone market on January 14 with its UK launch of the popular handset, the company said today.

A film of Kylie Minogue in stockings and suspenders astride a bucking bronco has been named the best ever celebrity viral ad.

MOBILE phone companies lost the first round in their battle to get rid of the cap and raise prices on mobile phone roaming charges.

Four of Europe’s largest mobile network operators suffered a setback today in their legal battle to stop the EU imposing limits on the cost of using mobile phones abroad.

The London market reached another high for the year today as rising gold prices boosted miners and more merger news added to positive sentiment.

Mobile phone giants Orange and T-Mobile today revealed plans to join forces in a tie-up which will create a new market leader in the UK.

Orange and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom have agreed to merge their UK businesses to create a mobile phone giant with around 28.4 million customers, it was announced today.

Mobile phone operators Vodafone and O2 are understood to be locked in a £3.5bn (€4bn) bid battle for rival T-Mobile UK, it was reported today.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone today said it lost 46,000 Irish mobile customers in the three months to the end of June.

A potential bidding war for mobile phone operator T-Mobile was in prospect today after reports said O2 owner Telefonica was eyeing the business.

Vodafone is considering a bid to buy T-Mobile UK in a deal that would create Britain’s biggest mobile phone operator, it was reported today.

Pink thrilled thousands of volunteers filming a commercial in London this week when she made a surprise visit to sing for the crowd.

Two US friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt, exchanging a thumbs-flying total of 217,000.

GOOGLE launched its much anticipated mobile phone yesterday — using the company’s Android software designed to improve the speed and quality of using the internet on mobile handsets.

BLACKBERRY will release the latest version of its email enabled mobile phone later this month in an ongoing technology battle with rivals Apple and Nokia.

Regulator Ofcom today said mobile phone operator O2 had met its extended deadline to roll out 3G services to at least 80% of the UK population.

CONSUMERS here can finally get to see what all the fuss has been about when Apple’s new iPhone — which combines mobile phone, mobile internet and an iPod — officially hits the Irish market in a few weeks.

Two of Britain’s biggest mobile phone operators today announced a deal to share their “third generation” mast network.