The Carphone Warehouse

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC (LSE: CPW), known as The Carphone Warehouse, is Europe's largest independent mobile phone retailer, with over 1,700 stores across Europe. They are based in the United Kingdom. Outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the retailer is named The Phone House. The company was co-founded in 1989, when most portable phones were too bulky to carry and called car phones, by current CEO Charles Dunstone. Dunstone put £6,... more

Date founded:

  • 1989

Industry:

Business

Address

The Carphone Warehouse Headquarters

London Greater London

Ticker symbol:

Stock exchange Ticker symbol
  • CPW

Employees and other personnel:

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