Three to end tie-up with Carphone Warehouse

LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile phone deals from Three UK will no longer be available in Carphone Warehouse stores from next month as Britain's smallest network operator focuses on selling through its own shops and online.

Carphone Warehouse, which has over 780 stores in the UK, said on Thursday that from early December it would no longer be selling or upgrading Three offers through its channels, ending a 10-year relationship between the two groups.

Three, owned by Hutchison Whampoa, has 348 of its own British stores. It has already pulled out of a similar deal to offer its contracts through retailer Phones4U.

(Reporting by Neil Maidment; Editing by Paul Sandle)