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1. MMO2 lifts revenue target for UK. BBC, 30/09/04
   
2. UNI France Telecom Alliance writes to FT over subsidiary Côte d'Ivoire Telecom. UNI, 29/09/04
   
3. MMO2 defends cautious 3G approach. BBC, 28/09/04
   
4. NTL takes control of Virgin Net. BBC, 28/09/04
   
5. Public Ownership 'The Key to First Class Public Services'. CWU, 28/09/04
   
6. EU: Transcom European-wide dialogue. UNI, 27/09/04
   
7. Africa : Côte d'ivoire Telecom to lay off 195 workers. UNI, 27/09/04
   
8. NTL 'sorry' over abusive message. BBC, 27/09/04
   
9. S&P Raises Telewest Credit Rating. Light Reading, 27/09/04
   
10. TUC welcome for new pensions challenge fund. TUC, 27/09/04
    
11. Union welcome for Industry Initiative on Location Services. CWU,24/09/04
    
12. Liberty sells remaining shares in Telewest. Digital Spy, 24/09/04
    
13. C&W challenges BT with faster broadband. silicon.com, 20/09/04
    
14. POSTCOMM 'VANDALS' INSIST ON EARLY POST COMPETITION. CWU, 20/09/04
    
15. UK: CWU's Jeannie Drake elected as TUC President. UNI, 17/09/04
    
16. TUC's low key pre-election gathering. BBC, 16/09/04
    
17. TUC: How can the pensions crisis be resolved? BBC, 16/09/04
    
18. Minister's pensions pledge to TUC. BBC, 14/09/04
    
19. Unions win workers more control of their pensions. TUC, 14/09/04
    
20. UNI Americas Telecom Conference vows to fight outsourcing of telecom work. UNI, 13/09/04
    
21. TUC chief's confident of future. BBC, 13/09/04
    
22. TUC demands pensions action. BBC, 12/09/04
    
23. Former CWU General Secretary Joins Cabinet. CWU, 09/09/04
    
24. Unions warn Blair: 'No stitch-up'. BBC, 09/09/04
    
25. UNI-Americas Telecom President commits to making a Global Agreement with America Movil. UNI, 09/09/04
    
26. DTI: Employers Losing £3 Billion to Domestic Violence. CWU, 01/09/04
    
27. Telewest first fixed operator to be 70% approved under Ofcom scheme. Cable Forum, 28/08/04
    
28. Telewest says broadband caps 'disappoint consumers'. Cable Forum, 27/08/04
    
29. Telewest warns punters off cheap broadband deals. Register, 27/08/04
    
30. India: NFTE announces industrial and hunger telecom strike. UNI, 23/08/04
    
31. Probe into 118 directory service. BBC, 23/08/04
    
32. Royal Mail admits to first class failure. Guardian, 23/08/04
    
33. Switzerland : Union Calls for Mandatory Collective Agreement in Telecommunication Companies. UNI, 23/08/04
    
34. Bumper pay-out due to Vodafone shareholders. Scotland on Sunday, 22/08/04
    
35. Postal service set to fail all targets. Observer, 22/08/04
    
36. An emergency call from Colombia, the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist…. CWU, 20/08/04
    
37. BT broadband another step nearer for 83,000. Herald, 19/08/04
    
38. Hutchison’s 3G loses $1.1bn in H1. Financial Times, 19/08/04
    
39. Customer boost for 3 despite loss. BBC, 19/08/04
    
40. T-Mobile UK: fastest growth in H1. Mobile Today, 18/08/04
    
41. USA : Lucent Hunger strike over, but not the fight! UNI, 18/08/04
    
42. New phones set to ring the changes for Motorola. Scotsman, 18/08/04
    
43. Vodafone signs up Becks again. Scotsman, 18/08/04
    
44. USA: CWA Pact with Verizon Southwest Protects Health Care, Opens Up New Growth Job Areas. UNI, 17/08/04
    
45. CPSU, Australia: Offshore outsourcing is everyone's concern. UNI, 17/08/04
    
46. Vodafone names chief in Japan. Scotsman, 17/08/04
    
47. Czech mate: Vodafone's possible Cesky Telecom bid. Scotsman, 17/08/04
    
48. $5bn Intelsat sale. Scotsman, 17/08/04
    
49. Firms in £1.6bn Intelsat buyout. Scotsman, 17/08/04
    
50. South Africa: Telkom Unions Create Task Team. UNI, 16/08/04
    
51. Hong Kong : PCCW dismiss telecom workers. UNI, 13/08/04
    
52. UK : BT (British Telecom) will reduce mobile rates from landlines in September. UNI, 13/08/04
    
53. Public Could Become Poor Relation in Mail Service, says Union. CWU, 13/08/04
    
54. Orange Denmark sold to Telia-Sonera. UNI, 13/08/04
    
55. Dispute between Telefonica Peru and the telecom regulator harms job prospects. UNI, 13/08/04
    
56. South Africa: CWU and two other recognised unions in Telkom unite against retrenchments. UNI, 12/08/04
    
57. A&L’s Top Notch Pay Deal. CWU, 11/08/04
    
58. Taiwan: CTWU Retain Chunghwa Telecom Board Seats. UNI, 11/08/04
    
59. Mexico: Workers protest over attacks on social benefits. UNI, 10/08/04
    
60. USA: CWA achieves new 5 year deal with BellSouth. UNI, 10/08/04
    
61. Deutsche Telekom European Works Council (EWC) Inaugural Meeting. UNI, 10/08/04
    
62. USA : Lucent Hunger Strike Continues.... UNI, 09/08/04
    
63. WTO Meeting leaves Telecom Services still an issue. UNI, 09/08/04
    
64. Union calls Royal Mail Prize Draw a Gimmick. CWU, 05/08/04
    
65. Come to the European Social Forum in October! 30,000 Young People Can't Be Wrong! CWU, 05/08/04
    
66. 3G users pass 100 million mark. silicon.com, 04/08/04
    
67. Eircom to repay overcharged customers. Scotsman, 04/08/04
    
68. BT to launch first wireless broadband service. silicon.com, 03/08/04
    
69. European Court to hear 3G tax row. BBC, 03/08/04
    
70. Union Companion Scheme in T-Mobile UK. CWU, 02/08/04
    
71. Vodafone's hollow ring. Observer, 01/08/04
    
72. USA: UNI supports CWA with Verizon Wireless Campaign. UNI, 30/07/04
    
73. Giving Verizon Wireless workers the freedom to have a union voice at work! Send a letter to Mr Ivan Seidenberg, chairman of the board of Verizon Wireless. UNI, 30/07/04
    
74. Help Verizon Wireless Workers Get a Union. CWU, 30/07/04
    
75. BT profits level lifting on back of new technology. Herald, 30/07/04
    
76. BT rings in bad news from fixed line service. Times, 30/07/04
    
77. Mobile phone shipments soar. BBC, 30/07/04
    
78. Canada: TWU gives $1million in an incredible act of solidarity. UNI, 30/07/04
    
79. Telewest returns to favour with broadband internet users. Times, 30/07/04
    
80. Malta: Regional UNI Seminar for EU Accession Countries. UNI, 30/07/04
    
81. Vodafone partner Verizon hardens stance over cash. Times, 29/07/04
    
82. BT helped by broadband demand. BBC, 29/07/04
    
83. BT Openzone wants Wi-Fi roaming deal with T-Mobile UK. Telecom Paper, 29/07/04
    
84. CWU in Discussions on Labour Manifesto. CWU, 29/07/04
    
85. UK Employment legislation: Too much Law, Too many Lawyers? CWU, 29/07/04
    
86. UK : Union Companion Scheme in T-Mobile. UNI, 28/07/04
    
87. Vodafone admits investor anger. Times, 28/07/04
    
88. Vodafone Portugal – Protest messages hit over 1,140! UNI, 27/07/04
    
89. Vodafone Portugal: Urgent Solidarity Request. CWU, 27/07/04
    
90. Vodafone and mmO2 could face huge fines in 'overcharging' row. Times, 27/07/04
    
91. Telecom NZ to axe 600 telephone exchanges by 2012. UNI, 27/07/04
    
92. COLT Telecom to transfer jobs to India. UNI, 26/07/04
    
93. EC moves on UK mobile operators. Times, 26/07/04
    
94. South Africa : Hundreds of workers to protest Telkoms lay off plans. UNI, 26/07/04
    
95. Warning rings out on 3G mobile phone returns. Times, 25/07/04
    
96. Portugal: Vodafone dismisses a member of the union's national secretariat. UNI
    
97. Join UNI protest against Vodafone Portugal dismissal of trade union leader
    
98. Video-on-demand is BT's answer to declining sales. Independent on Sunday, 25/07/04
    
99. Work safety checks 'must double'. BBC, 25/07/04
    
100. Prosecutors to appeal against Vodafone/Mannesmann verdict. Independent, 24/07/04
     
101. AT&T sees profits plunge by 80%. BBC, 24/07/04
     
102. Canada : Bell Canada proposes a new offer for collective agreement. UNI, 22/07/04
     
103. C&W admits to fall in revenues. Guardian, 22/07/04
     
104. C&W hit by 9% fall in group revenues. Independent, 22/07/04
     
105. C&W makes emergency call after slide in sales. Scotsman, 22/07/04
     
106. Thus seen as possible C&W bid target. Scotsman, 22/07/04
     
107. UK mobile market worth £50bn by 2013. Scotsman, 22/07/04
     
108. South Africa : Telkom may shed another 1,381 jobs. UNI, 22/07/04
     
109. C&W warns 'difficult' conditions to continue. Times, 21/07/04
     
110. NTL and Telewest shareholders urge merger negotiations. Cable Forum, 20/07/04
     
111. Bell Canada Technicians give strike notice. UNI, 20/07/04
     
112. Telewest head to get £3.4m pay deal. Times, 19/07/04
     
113. Union Pledges to Resist Decimation of Crown Office Network. CWU, 19/07/04
     
114. Zimbabwe: Tel-One responds to UNI after receiving protest letters. UNI, 19/07/04
     
115. NTL to sell broadcast business. Telecom Paper, 19/07/04
     
116. Canada: Aliant negotiations end without agreement. UNI, 19/07/04
     
117. NTL, Telewest urged to seek 7 bln usd merger. WAll Street City, 18/07/04
     
118. Vodafone has ‘failed the City’, admits chairman Lord MacLaurin. Times, 18/07/04
     
119. South Africa: Telkom suspends de-recognition to allow further talks. UNI, 16/07/04
     
120. Guatemala: 15yr-old Girl Raped to Intimidate Trade Unionist Parents. CWU, 15/07/04
     
121. BT unmoved by C&W broadband broadside. ZDNet, 14/07/04
     
122. C&W says BT is stifling broadband. Guardian, 14/07/04
     
123. Canada: Bell Canada Technicians reject company's new contract offer. UNI, 14/07/04
     
124. USA: CWA's BellSouth Bargaining discuss Health Care. UNI, 13/07/04
     
125. USA: CWA Local 1365 President goes on Hunger Strike against Lucent Technologies. UNI, 12/07/04
     
126. Telecoms: Broadband Britain not BT break-up! UNI, 12/07/04
     
127. Crisis looming for BT actuaries. Evening Standard, 11/07/04
     
128. Virgin Mobile puts clause to gag media in draft flotation prospectus. Times, 10/07/04
     
129. C&W close to NHS email deal. Guardian, 10/07/04
     
130. Downbeat Thus sells call centres. Guardian, 10/07/04
     
131. City starts to lose patience with Thus. Scotsman, 10/07/04
     
132. Adelphia founder guilty of fraud. BBC, 09/07/04
     
133. Adelphia chief and son guilty of fraud. Times, 09/07/04
     
134. Carphone buys into Spanish telecoms. Guardian, 08/07/04
     
135. Virgin Mobile: Another Branson Lead Balloon. Motley Fool, 08/07/04
     
136. Virgin Mobile agrees to cut flotation price to under £1bn. Times, 08/07/04
     
137. BT may open up loop. Network IT Week, 08/07/04
     
138. Microwave and Radio Frequency Radiation Effects. UNI, 08/07/04
     
139. Communications companies and their social responsibilities. UNI, 08/07/04
     
140. South Africa: UNI writes to Telkom CEO over intentions to de-recognise union. UNI, 05/07/04
     
141. UK : CWU gains new members at Cable & Wireless. UNI, 05/07/04
     
142. UK : Unions call on Regulator to promote investment in network. UNI, 05/07/04
     
143. Lib Dems guilty of 'Gross Hypocrisy' over Post Office Plans. CWU, 05/07/04
     
144. USA: CWA members approve SBC contract. UNI, 05/07/04
     
145. Cameroun : UNI Telecoms Rester dans la course. UNI, 05/07/04
     
146. Come the revolution, telcos will be up against the wall. Observer, 04/07/04
     
147. Orange changes plans for Scottish 3G services. Scotland on Sunday, 04/07/04
     
148. Broadband Scotland: Project Atlas faces key changes to get back on broadband map. Scotland on Sunday, 04/07/04
     
149. Virgin Mobile to trump Vodafone on dividends to bolster £1bn float. Sunday Telegraph, 04/07/04
     
150. Talk gets cheaper as rivals undercut BT. Observer, 04/07/04
     
151. Post Office to offer phone services in C&W deal. Financial Times, 02/07/04
     
152. PO redials as it tries to get BT's number. Guardian, 02/07/04
     
153. Post Office targets domestic phone market. Scotsman, 02/07/04
     
154. Orange 3G hits 'where it matters'. Guardian, 02/07/04
     
155. 3G at last set to bear fruit for Orange. Times, 02/07/04
     
156. Orange dials up date for 3G launch in UK. Scotsman, 02/07/04
     
157. Malaysia : NUTE signs 6th Collective Agreement with Telekom Malaysia. UNI, 02/07/04
     
158. Profits warning from Colt cuts shares 33%. Scotsman, 02/07/04
     
159. COLT shares plunge as profit hopes are dashed. Times, 02/07/04
     
160. Striking Aliant workers take their message to the annual shareholders meeting. UNI, 01/07/04
     
161. BT cuts broadband internet pricing. Times, 01/07/04
     
162. BT names the day for rural broadband rollout. ZDNet, 01/07/04
     
163. Orange 3G gets July launch date. BBC, 01/07/04
     
164. Virgin Mobile cuts client count. Times, 01/07/04
     
165. Virgin Mobile unveils £1bn flotation. Times, 30/06/04
     
166. UNI Telecom President Larry Cohen tells World Bank conference that outsourcing is a threat to sustainable development. UNI, 30/06/04
     
167. Zimbabwe : Tel-One workers return back to work until court ruling is made. UNI, 30/06/04
     
168. Kenya : UNI writes to Telkom Kenya regarding retrenchments. UNI, 30/06/04
     
169. 1st Meeting of the Deutsche Telekom European Works Council - EBR ist Wirklichkeit Vereinbarung über die Bildung des Europäischen Betriebsrats (EBR) unterschrieben. Konstituierende Sitzung Mitte Juni 2004, erste Sitzung des EBR im vierten Quartal 2004. Ver.di
     
170. Spain: Elections on Union Recognition & New Collective Contract in Telefónica Moviles. UNI, 30/06/04
     
171. Resultado de la huelga de dos días que se ha celebrado en Valencia por el colectivo de comerciales de ONO. UNI, 30/06/04
     
172. Spain: Cable TV Workers in Valencia strike for achievable performance pay and sales commission targets. UNI, 30/06/04
     
173. Elecciones en Telefónica Móviles a una negociación del IV Convenio Colectivo de la compañía. UNI, 30/06/04
     
     

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174. Telecom: Failure of the WTO's Poster Child - An analysis by Sid Shniad, Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2002
     
175. Marketing Trade Unions - a Manual by Allen Pascoe
     
176. What are Interest-Based Negotiations? New Zealand trade unionist Allen Pascoe explains what they are and why we should be interested in them.
     
177. 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.
     
178. "Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )
     
179. "Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)
     
180. "Organising on The Internet!" - threats and challenges facing telecommunications workers, and some new(?) organising ideas (published in February/March, 1996, Focus - magazine of the Communications Workers Union )
     
181. "Wired, Weird and Wonderful - Thomas Paine and the Internet" - some thoughts following an article in WIRED magazine (published in Focus, (CWU) and Scottish Trade Union Review, 1995)
     

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