More layoffs as the industry tries to grapple with waning consumer demand for mobile phones. The UK’s mobile phone retailing giant Carphone Warehouse is expected to cut around 400 jobs mainly among its support staff as part of its cost savings drive it outlined in January, according to the Guardian.co.uk,…

The UK’s Carphone Warehouse has slashed the price of Nokia’s Comes With Music 5310 handset from £127.10 ($185) to £82.18 ($119), a scant two and a half months after it hit store shelves. The all-you-can eat service has been dogged by skepticism from the start, and aside from Tuesday’s price…

Despite the gloomy economy, the UK’s Carphone Warehouse said today in its third-quarter earnings report that its retail revenues had climbed 13 percent to £1.01 billion ($1.47 billion) compared to the same period the previous year, thanks in part to strong sales in the UK pre-pay market over the holiday…

Carphone Warehouse profit dropped by 11 percent to £39 million ($58 million) between April and September but, in answer, the group on Tuesday confirmed plans to split itself in two - the Best Buy Europe electronics retailer, created when the US giant bought half of Carphone for $2.1 billion in…

Carphone Warehouse provided details of its massive European expansion plans today with its partner Best Buy that will require an investment of £90 million ($154 million), reports the Times Online. The plan initially calls for building four to five big-box stores in the UK next year, but will expand to…

Carphone Warehouse profits rose 81 percent to £124 million ($242.39 million) in the year to March 29, on 12 percent better revenues of £4.47 billion ($8.73 billion). But the group has a “cautious” outlook for the next year, “given the poor economic climate and inflationary pressures on European consumers”. It…

U.S. electronics store Best Buy said today that it is paying $2.1 billion for half of Carphone Warehouse in order to enter the European consumer electronics market, Reuters reports. Carphone’s 2,400 existing stores will continue to operate under the Carphone Warehouse and Phone House brands in nine European markets, and…

The Carphone Warehouse in is to begin selling mobile apps and content from Handango’s catalog in its European stores. It’s a rather unique move - though there is a wealth of online downloads out there, many customers never both to add to the applications there handset came preloaded with when…