Acton based mobile phone dealer Olive communications have launched a new mobile phone recycling initiative with the Care International, one of the worlds top three aid agencies. By encouraging customers to give back their old mobile at time of upgrade Olive are hoping to raise £10,000 this year that will go towards Care International’s ongoing projects in the third world

Olive Communications director Rob Saffman said “More and more of our customers are asking about recycling old mobile handsets. Care international have been a long standing customer of ours and it made perfect sense to partner with them for this recycling initiative which will allow us to contribute to the fantastic work that they do. We were amazed that recycling can generate up to £70 for old handsets and hope to comfortably exceed the £10,000 target by the end of the year.”

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The BBC Watchdog programme from Monday 31st March 08 included concerns from customers who incurred high charges for using mobile data services while outside the UK.

Transparent pricing is a key part of Olive’s commitment to provide customers with good value mobile broadband and internet, both in the UK and abroad. All Olive customers are advised by text message the moment they connect to a network of the charges for voice, text and data services. For laptop users, the same message is shown on the screen used to connect to our mobile broadband service.

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Acton based mobile phone provider Olive Communications has made 4,000 new connections and upgrades in February, its best month since the firm’s establishment in August 2002. The company, which provides handsets to small and medium sized businesses, is a T-Mobile busienss partner and is Blackberry accredited. It is also a Yes Telecom Gold Partner and a member of the Orange Corporate Club. It reported a turnover of £9million last year – a 600% growth over the previous two years. Olive managing director Mark Geraghty said “Our recent growth has been based on a huge increase in the number of Blackberry and data connections we are currently doing. We have developed close relationships with a number of IT resellers and consultants and are finding this to be a hugely successful route to market”.

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T-Mobile has launched a partner programme dedicated to BlackBerry resellers, which the firm has claimed will give VARs preferential treatment on sales of the email device. The BlackBerry from T-Mobile: Partner Programme is an extension of the firm’s Business Partner Programme, launched in May.

John Fannon, national sales manager at T-Mobile, said: “There are 17 benefits available for partners accepted onto the programme. These include: preferential pricing on BlackBerry products, which will mean partners receive cheaper units; marketing support from T-Mobile; and increased commission.” However, Fannon said the mobile provider will be strict on entry to the scheme. To qualify for the benefits partners must sell 150 BlackBerry connections per quarter, with 80 per cent of those on two-year contracts. T-Mobile has 17 partners in the UK and is hoping to include more than half in the BlackBerryprogramme. Partners that have already joined include WN1 Communications, Olive Communications and BusinessMobiles.com.

Mark Geraghty, managing director of Olive Communications, said: “This is a very positive thing for our firm. We hope to put a better proposition to our customers and being part of the programme will help us do that.”

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