21 February 2008 16:03 GMT / By Katie Scott
Phones4U is making a bid to grab a larger share of the direct sales market via phone and online selling by buying one of its main rivals.The mobile phone giant is buying Dial-a-phone for an undisclosed sum.
Dial-a-phone runs several websites and a phone-line ordering service out of Kentish Town and Northampton.
According to online reports, its 300 staff sold over 120,000 contracts in 2007.
Phones4U, in comparison, has 440 high-street shops as well as an online sales operation.
Phones 4u intends to keep the Dial-a-phone brands (Dial-a-phone and Mobile Express) operating.
There has been no information on what will happen to staff but apparently there is not to be a big cull.
The deal is expected to complete by the end of the month. Biz, Phones, Mobile phones, Phones4U, Dial-a-phone
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