Carphone Warehouse today announced plans to create a European consumer electronics empire after striking a £1.1bn (€1.4bn) deal with US group Best Buy.

Carphone Warehouse has reported a near-10% fall in annual profits after the Talk Talk owner counted the cost of its troubled launch of free broadband.

Carphone Warehouse today warned of additional costs of up to £15m (€22m) as it battles ongoing customer service problems at its TalkTalk broadband arm.

India is to raise allegations of racism against one of its Bollywood stars on Celebrity Big Brother as the number of complaints about the show rose to 15,000, it was revealed today.

E-mails have been sent to Channel 4 containing threats against Celebrity Big Brother housemates, police said tonight.

Carphone Warehouse said today that it had signed up 476,000 to its “free” broadband product Talk Talk and admitted its customer-service provision had not kept up with demand.

Carphone Warehouse gave a further boost to the telecoms sector today as it looked to build on a 36% rise in first-half profits with a move into the broadband market.

A BOSS at Carphone Warehouse has sold shares worth €1.5 million two weeks after his fellow co-founder did the same, it emerged yesterday.

A boss at Carphone Warehouse has sold shares worth £10m (€15m) just two weeks after a fellow co-founder did the same, it emerged today.

The boss of Carphone Warehouse today said he was cashing in shares worth around £10m (€14.9m) as the firm rang up a 34% hike in annual pre-tax profits.

Carphone Warehouse today emerged as one of the retail sector’s success stories over Christmas after figures showed an 11.2% leap in same-store sales.

Carphone Warehouse posted profits ahead of expectations today, after benefiting from a “buoyant” mobile market and the growth of its TalkTalk service.

Carphone Warehouse chairman Charles Dunstone says it's reaping the benefits of years of investing in customer service.