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  1. BT exits Hong Kong mobile market. BBC, 31/12/02
  2. BT sells Hong Kong stake at massive loss. Ananova, 31/12/02
  3. Gary Winnick resigns from Global Crossing. Ananova, 31/12/02
  4. The workers who need trade unions most can't join them. Guardian, 27/12/02
  5. Britain catches the broadband bug. BBC, 27/12/02
  6. BT forced to slash broadband prices. Independent, 24/12/02
  7. Royal Mail faces £8m fine for poor business service. Guardian, 24/12/02
  8. Thus pounce in C&W break-up. Scotsman, 23/12/02
  9. Jamaica: In the land of Marley, C&W is King. Inquirer, 23/12/02
  10. All I want for Christmas is my two weeks leave. TUC, 23/12/02
  11. An end to 'scrooge bosses'. BBC, 23/12/02
  12. Unions must have a voice on the board. Guardian, 22/12/02
  13. Judge throws out bondholder's attempt to have Colt Telecom wound up. Independent, 21/12/02
  14. CWU: Communications Bill Needs Changes, Union Argues. CWU, 20/12/02
  15. Colt Telecom Wins Court Case Brought by Bondholder. Bloomberg, 20/12/02
  16. Colt victorious in High Court wrangle. Ananova, 20/12/02
  17. New TUC chief accuses Blair of business bias. Guardian, 19/12/02
  18. New Top Royal Mail Managers Appointed. CWU, 19/12/02
  19. TUC Organising Academy 5th Birthday celebration. TUC
  20. Vodafone: Gent hangs up on the City at dawn of new mobile era. Independent, 19/12/02
  21. Health & Safety: Government "squandering billions on compensation while cutting back on prevention," says TUC. TUC, 19/12/02
  22. Brendan Barber becomes TUC General Secretary Elect. TUC, 18/12/02
  23. Survive Christmas at work with the workSMART guide. TUC, 18/12/02
  24. Call for probe into C&W 'black hole'. Daily Mail, 17/12/02
  25. Pensions Green Paper - 'step in right direction, but more needs to be done'. TUC, 17/12/02
  26. Facing up to the Pensions Challenge – Joint Statement by the TUC, Consumers' Association and Help the Aged. TUC, 16/12/02
  27. C&W faces break-up bid from venture capitalists. Observer, 15/12/02
  28. Thus seen considering C&W . Tiscali, 15/12/02
  29. C&W boss tight-lipped despite crisis . This is London, 15/12/02
  30. C&W plans internet disposal. Cable & Wireless is considering a partial withdrawal from its UK telecoms heartland to bolster its dwindling cash reserves. Independent on Sunday, 15/12/02
  31. BT does U-turn on fleet sell-off. Independent on Sunday, 15/12/02
  32. Deutsche Telekom to sell Eutelsat . Times of India, 15/12/02
  33. US satellite TV giant shuts broadband. BBC, 14/12/02
  34. Cable & Wireless 'to cut 800 European staff'. Ananova, 13/12/02
  35. BT tops net complaints list. BBC, 12/12/02
  36. Telewest: Quiet American is crucial player in cable firms. Guardian, 11/12/02
  37. New Non-Executive Post Office Directors to net £2,500 a day. CWU, 11/12/02
  38. Management switch at Cable & Wireless. Ananova, 10/12/02
  39. Cable & Wireless in crisis talks over £1.5bn tax threat. Independent, 09/12/02
  40. France Telecom deal not privatisation. AFX, 09/12/02
  41. C&W in bank talks after credit blow. Ananova, 08/12/02
  42. BT Wholesale to cut 8,500 jobs, squeeze suppliers to save £2bn per year. iii, 08/12/02
  43. BT to reverse Bonfield's break-up in bid to cut costs. Sunday Telegraph, 08/12/02
  44. WorldCom cuts 3,000. CNN, 07/12/02
  45. Telewest Broadband hits quarter of a million residential broadband . Telewest, 06/12/02
  46. Portuguese 3G operator Oniway to be closed down. UNI, 05/12/02
  47. C&W threatened by £1.5bn liability after rating is cut to junk status. Times, 07/12/02
  48. Insults fly as hedge fund pursues Colt Telecom in court. Guardian, 07/12/02
  49. CWU Signals Agreement to BT Fleet Reforms. CWU, 06/12/02
  50. Colt Telecom says it will be able to repay debts. Ananova, 06/12/02
  51. Court battle over Colt's debts. BBC, 06/12/02
  52. C&W says has money to meet near-term obligations. Reuters, 06/12/02
  53. Orange to cut more jobs. Guardian, 06/12/02
  54. France Telecom secures £5.8bn cash injection. Herald, 06/12/02
  55. Orange sets out plans to further accelerate financial performance. Ananova, 05/12/02
  56. Orange to lift earnings but cut jobs. BBC, 05/12/02
  57. Orange to delay 3G rollout. CNN, 05/12/02
  58. France Telecom in 9bn-euro bailout. BBC, 04/12/02
  59. EU telecom ministers say "No" to public aid for . ITworld.com, 04/12/02
  60. Wallace could be entitled to £1.5m C&W payoff. Times, 04/12/02
  61. C&W looks to Giordano as saviour. Observer. 01/12/02
  62. BT engineers may walk to repair jobs to beat London congestion charge. Ananova
  63. Workers Pay Price for C&W's Corporate Mistakes. CWU, 29/11/02
  64. Energis reveals Freeserve contract boost. Ananova, 29/11/02
  65. Judge approves WorldCom settlement. Ananova, 27/11/02
  66. Letter to French Government over France Telecom & La Poste. UNI, 27/11/02
  67. C&W boss quits before he starts. CNN, 26/11/02
  68. C&W sacrifices Nash to angry City. This is London, 26/11/02
  69. C&W chairman-elect David Nash steps down. Ananova, 26/11/02
  70. Bosses 'cannot be trusted' - survey. BBC, 25/11/02
  71. Watchdog bans 'misleading' BT ad. Guardian, 25/11/02
  72. France Telecom agrees to rescue troubled MobilCom. Wireless Week, 25/11/02
  73. Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Refinance as Borrowing Costs Drop. Bloomberg, 25/11/02
  74. Making work a safe haven from domestic violence. TUC, 25/11/02
  75. Germans' action could wreck UK pensions. Times, 25/11/02
  76. Wall of silence for C&W boss Nash. This is London, 24/11/02
  77. Business should stop 'whinging about tax'. TUC, 24/11/02
  78. Post Office Privatisation Bid Foiled by Decisive Union Action. CWU, 22/11/02
  79. BT alliance to launch UK's 1st broadband sports network. Ananova, 22/11/02
  80. Research shows vital role of union reps at work. TUC, 22/11/02
  81. BT's broadband push encounters severe quality of service problems. Independent, 21/11/02
  82. TUC disappointed at European decision on agency workers rights. TUC, 21/11/02
  83. UK unions swap recruitment tips with Eastern European colleagues. TUC, 20/11/02
  84. BT sets out broadband expansion plan. Guardian, 19/11/02
  85. Mmo2 marks anniversary with boosted sales. Ananova, 19/11/02
  86. Broadband: Thanks for Listening, CWU tells Government. CWU, 19/11/02
  87. Workers pay price for C&W's corporate mistakes. UNI, 19/11/02
  88. CWU Launches Charter of Workers' Rights at House of Commons Meeting. CWU, 19/11/02
  89. TUC urges women to get involved in public life. TUC, 19/11/02
  90. apellas promises to improve ethics at WorldCom. Ananova, 16/11/02
  91. UNI writes to Cable & Wireless CEO over job losses. UNI, 15/11/02
  92. 20.6bn euro loss for Deutsche Telekom. Guardian, 15/11/02
  93. German phone firm rings up record loss. BBC, 15/11/02
  94. Pension schemes 'under threat'. BBC, 15/11/02
  95. Royal Mail delivers £147m loss. The Herald ,15/11/02
  96. NTL close to bankruptcy exit. BBC, 14/11/02
  97. Deutsche Telekom posts record loss. Arabia.Com, 14/11/02
  98. Wallace defies pressure to quit after C&W unveils £4.4bn loss. Independent, 14/11/02
  99. Cable & Wireless jobs surgery sees shares sink to 18-year low. Guardian, 14/11/02
  100. Telecoms spending to exceed 1.2 trillion dollars in 2003. Arabia.Com, 14/11/02
  101. Comcast Wins FCC Approval to Buy AT&T Broadband. Reuters, 14/11/02
  102. Royal Mail still losing £1m a day. BBC, 14/11/02
  103. C&W gets it wrong – sacking 3,500 makes it better?. CWU, 13/11/02
  104. Cable & Wireless Shares Have Record Drop After First-Half Loss. Bloomberg, 13/11/02
  105. Cable & Wireless cuts 3,500 jobs. BBC, 13/11/02
  106. C&W axes 3,500 global jobs. Tiscali, 13/11/02
  107. Review of Cable & Wireless Global. Cable & Wireless, 13/11/02
  108. 13 November 2002, Cable and Wireless plc: Results for the Half Year Ended 30 September 2002. Cable & Wireless, 13/11/02
  109. Redundancies at Cable & Wireless Global - Union deplores secretive approach. CWU, 12/11/02
  110. Vodafone posts big increase in half-year profits. Independent, 12/11/02
  111. Vodafone reveals 41% profits surge. Ananova, 12/11/02
  112. BT moves into home computer sales. Independent, 12/11/02
  113. Freeserve wins case against BT. Guardian, 12/11/02
  114. BT sells BSkyB shares for £120m. Ananova, 11/11/02
  115. Millions ready to strike over pensions. Independent, 11/11/02
  116. Stress is still the main hazard at work. LRD, 11/11/02
  117. Minimum wage 'was set too low'. Guardian, 11/11/02
  118. Union Welcomes Government Review of Postal Cash Handling Sell Off. CWU, 11/11/02
  119. Cable & Wireless axes 3,000 more jobs. Independent, 11/11/02
  120. C&W plans 3,000 job losses. Guardian, 11/11/02
  121. C&W to axe 3,000 at Global. Observer, 10/11/02
  122. This cable guy helped Telewest into penury. Why is he still there?. Observer, 10/11/02
  123. Telewest reports higher broadband subscriber numbers than BTOpenworld. EuropeMedia, 08/11/02
  124. Customers desert Telewest while it re-finances operations. EuropeMedia, 08/11/02
  125. 07.11.2002 Conférence de Presse de la CGT: sur la situation des télécommunications. UNI - Union Network International
  126. UNI writes to Financial Times - Tackling the Crisis in Telecoms. UNI - Union Network International
  127. Telstra sell-off clears another hurdle. BBC, 08/11/02
  128. Insider dealing probe hits Mobilcom. BBC, 08/11/02
  129. Telewest cuts back losses. Ananova, 07/11/02
  130. Telewest Broadband Third Quarter Results 2002. Telewest, 07/11/02
  131. BT warns its targets are improbable. Ananova, 07/11/02
  132. National Recruitment Awareness Week. CWU
  133. Work overload is main cause of stress at work. TUC, 05/11/02
  134. Think-tank calls for BT to be broken up. Ananova, 04/11/02
  135. Violence is fastest growing workplace safety concern. TUC
  136. TUC wants global employers held accountable for two million work-related deaths a year. TUC
  137. Telewest Communications plc Restructuring. Telewest
  138. Ireland - EsatBT call the Gardai to remove union officials. UNI
  139. C&W set to prune Global network. Sunday Telegraph, 03/11/02
  140. Anger as BT holds on to £2.5bn. Observer, 03/11/02
  141. BT May Increase Shareholder Dividend Payments, Business Reports. Bloomberg, 03/11/02
  142. 3G strategy spiked by streetwise minnow . Independent on Sunday, 03/11/02
  143. Former Labor PM Keating supports Telstra sale. The Age, 03/11/02
  144. Nokia warns of big telecoms shakeout. Business & Finance, 02/11/02
  145. Telewest Defaults on Bonds, Nears Agreement on Debt. Bloomberg, 01/11/02
  146. Telewest defaults on debt. BBC, 01/11/02
  147. Telewest presses on despite defaulting on payment. Guardian, 01/11/02
  148. US telecoms firms Lucent and Nortel Networks rated as 'junk'. BBC, 01/11/02
  149. BT targets under threat - FT report. Ananova, 01/11/02
  150. Vodafone withdraws Cegetel offer. Ananova, 31/10/02
  151. Corning cuts 2,200 jobs. Ananova, 30/10/02
  152. Orange reveals strong subscriber growth. Ananova, 29/10/02
  153. Struggling Telewest tries retail link. This is London, 28/10/02
  154. BT faces City clash over Cegetel cash. Independent, 27/10/02
  155. BT use of Cegetel cash to cut debt questioned by investors. iii, 27/10/02
  156. David Prince tipped for crown at C&W. This is London, 27/10/02
  157. BT loses 5% of home ISP market share. net4nowt, 27/10/02
  158. Deutsche Telekom to take up to 35 bln eur write-down in Q3 - report. iii, 27/10/02
  159. Facing Redundancy in the Communications Industry Meltdown? Download redundancy advice from the CWU/TUC. CWU, October, 2002
  160. CWU at Brighton Telecom Business Show - "What's a trade union doing here?". CWU, 25/10/02
  161. Telia Posts Loss on Costs for Job Cuts. Bloomberg, 25/10/02
  162. Vodafone braced for court battle. Scotsman, 25/10/02
  163. Vivendi takes Vodafone to court in battle over SFR. Independent, 25/10/02
  164. Mobile phones may make tumours grow more aggressively, say scientists. Wireless Week, 25/10/02
  165. Colt Telecom triples earnings. Scotsman, 25/10/02
  166. Telewest beats BT in broadband 'Pepsi challenge'. Silicon, 25/10/02
  167. Colt Telecom defends its financial health. Ananova, 24/10/02
  168. Call centres spark phone rage. BBC, 24/10/02
  169. Colt attacks bid to break firm up. Scotsman, 23/10/02
  170. STATEMENT BY COLT TELECOM GROUP PLC. Colt, 22/10/02
  171. Bondholder petitions for Colt administration. Independent, 22/10/02
  172. Verizon CEO Says Watching C&W Stake, Not Necessity. Reuters, 22/10/02
  173. Pressure mounts on C&W chief. The Times
  174. Pressure on CEO C&W to step . Telecom Paper, 21/10/02
  175. C&W volte-face leads to US exodus. Independent, 20/10/02
  176. C&W's tiger to bite in US. Guardian, 19/10/02
  177. 10% of Telewest broadband users have switched to 1Mbps service. Europemedia
  178. Conduit moves into the black. Ananova, 18/10/02
  179. Ericsson's losses grow as sales fall. Ananova, 18/10/02
  180. Vodafone in takeover move for Cegetel. Ananova, 16/10/02
  181. Bland cooks up a recipe to get BT off the hook. Independent, 14/10/02
  182. TUC launches campaign to 'tackle the hassle' of workplace stress. TUC, 14/10/02
  183. Rural post offices 'win cash lifeline'. BBC, 13/10/02
  184. Lucent to axe 10,000 jobs. BBC, 11/10/02
  185. Two former WorldCom execs pleads guilty. Ananova, 11/10/02
  186. "Coalition for Action" to end the global crisis in the telecoms industry. UNI, 10/10/02
  187. European, Mexican & US unions unveil action plan to end global crisis in telecoms. UNI, 09/10/02
  188. Colt Telecom to fight administration calls. Ananova, 08/10/02
  189. Union to call for Dismissal of Postal Regulator at Tory Party Conference. CWU, 07/10/02
  190. Deutsche Telekom to cut up to 22,300 T-Com jobs. Ananova, 02/10/02
  191. Thierry Breton appointed chairman of France Telecom. Ananova, 02/10/02
  192. TUC urges government not to forget about agency workers. TUC, 01/10/02
  193. TUC welcomes modest increase in minimum wage but calls on Government to be bolder in the future. TUC, 01/10/02

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  197. Monopoly and Competition in British Telecommunications by John Harper. The former Director of BT's Inland Division defends the record of publicly owned telecommunications. Reproduced with permission from his recent book.
  198. "Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )
  199. "Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)
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