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- Dockers' leader passed strike tactics to MI5 agents during national stoppage. Guardian, 01/01/01
- BT gains total control of Viag Interkom. BBC, 01/01/01
- Future phone boxes 'bigger inside than out'. The next generation of phone boxes will be more like Dr Who's Tardis, according to a BT expert. Ananova, 31/12/00
- BT begins to let its rivals in. Guardian, 31/12/00
- Telenor deal increases BT debt headache. Financial Times
- Oftel finalises charges. BBC
- Telenor to sell VIAG stake to BT for NOK 20 bln. Reuters, 29/12/00
- BT buys final slice of Viag. Citywire, 29/12/00
- Vodafone confirms Airtel deal. Citywire, 29/12/00
- Wireless industry threatened with US legal claims. Financial Times, 28/12/00
- Cancer fears still dog wireless industry. CNET, 28/12/00
- Labour advised to 'drop' unions by Baldrick. Times, 28/12/00
- BT is set to win concessions as outdated red tape scrapped. Scotsman
- Telecoms gear up for new internet phones. Scotsman, 27/12/00
- The Cable Guy - Corporate Profile - Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon Communications' chief executive officer. Independent
- Typetalk employees win union recognition. Typetalk, the Liverpool based speech/online data translation service for the profoundly deaf and the hard of hearing, has agreed to recognise the CWU for all operators, team leaders and administrative staff. CWU, 22/12/00
- Huge lawsuits over mobile phones. BBC, 28/12/00
- UK trade unions won a total of £320m in compensation this year for people who suffered illness or injury at work, a new report has revealed.. BBC, 28/12/00
- Panafon prepares to compete head-on with OTE. Financial Times, 27/12/00
- Watchdog may ease BT regulations. Independent, 26/12/00
- Post Office's monopoly to be scrapped. Times, 26/12/00
Privatisation threatens rural mail. ITN, 22/12/00
ICFTU concerned about agression against labour leader in Colombia. ICFTU, 20/12/00
Global union demands release of Chinese labour activist. ICFTU, 19/12/00
18 December: International Migrants Day. ICFTU, 19/12/00
Christmas in the workhouse is popular. SOME people in Scotland prefer to work over Christmas, according to research by BT Cellnet. Scotsman, 22/12/00
S. Korean Phone Workers End Strike. The Guardian, 22/12/00
BT and One-2-One lose battle. Financial Times, 22/12/00
AT&T slumps to new depths. Financial Times, 22/12/00
Nortel adds to warnings. Financial Times, 22/12/00
3G infatuation threatens heartbreak. Guardian, 22/12/00
Letter monopoly could end. BBC, 22/12/00
Price cut 'threatens post offices'. BBC, 22/12/00
French Vivendi Pays $ 2.3 billion for 35% of Maroc-Telecom Capital. Morocco Today, 22/12/00
BT PENSION SCHEME AND EQUITABLE LIFE AVCs - UPDATE. CWU, 21/12/00
Yell and BTopenworld to list together? CIT, 21/12/00
Eircom unions threaten strike over Eircell. Reuters, 21/12/00
Vodafone buys Eircell in Ireland's largest deal. Reuters, 21/12/00
Vodafone's Japan deal sets up tussle with BT. Reuters, 20/12/00
BT PUTS A CONTRACT OUT ON SANTA. CWU, 20/12/00
UNION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO END ‘TRAGIC AND UNNECESSARY’ CYCLE DEATHS. CWU
DON'T BELIEVE POST OFFICE PROPAGANDA ON JOINT REVIEW. CWU
POSTAL UNION HAILS UNIVERSAL BANK AS 'BEST XMAS PRESENT FOR POST OFFICE'. CWU, 21/12/00
ROYAL MAIL bosses in Scotland have been branded scrooges for issuing stamps to workers in place of a Christmas bonus. CWU, 20/12/00
MP HOEY BACKS ANTI-PRIVATISATION PICKET. CWU
Solidarity with UNI's affiliate SUTTEL in El Salvador, UNI
More Korea Telecom Unionists Join Strike. Korea Times, 19/12/00
Thousands of Korean telephone workers go on strike. Ananova, 18/12/00
Vodafone to buy 15 pct stake in Japan Telecom-Jiji. Reuters, 18/12/00
Eircom to agree on Vodafone deal. Financial Times, 19/12/00
France Telecom sells Telekom stake for E3.1bn. Financial Times, 19/12/00
UNION SAYS COMMENTS BY POUC CHAIR ARE ‘ILL-INFORMED, IRRESPONSIBLE AND PROVOCATIVE’. CWU, 18/12/00
Postal strike ends. Times of India, 19/12/00
South Korean Phone Workers Strike. The Guardian 18/12/00
Scottish & Southern Energy has signed a £5m-plus deal with mobile phone giant Vodafone. Herald, 18/12/00
Telia shares plunge. BBC, 18/12/00
'Surprise' as Telia misses out on award of licence. Irish Times, 18/12/00
Post workers start first of planned strikes. Ananova, 18/12/00
OUTRAGE AT LONDON'S FIRST POST OFFICE PRIVATISATION UNDER LABOUR. CWU
'IMPROVED' ROYAL MAIL PAY OFFER REJECTED. CWU
BT left reeling after its annus horribilis. The group has been fiercely criticised and has lost £55bn in value. But its boss says critics fail to grasp the sheer scale of what is going on. Sunday Times, 17/12/00
Telecom NZ looks at Optus. Financial Times, 17/12/00
Greek OTE Telecom wins Bulgaria cell phone licence. Reuters, 17/12/00
Cuba cuts direct phone lines from the US. Ananova
Concerns about telecom sector grow beyond U.S.. The massive debt hanging over the telecommunications sector is worrying some influential economists, who warn that it could have dangerous ripple effects elsewhere in the world economy. 15/12/00, CNET
BT launches all-day unmetered Web access. Reuters, 15/12/00
Canada: abuses of labour rights cause international concern. ICFTU, 15/12/00
Vodafone plays down battle for J-Phone. Scotsman, 15/12/00
UK Doncaster postal dispute ends. Ananova, 15/12/00
BT profits face more pressure as Oftel rings the changes. Evening News, 14/12/00
Sprint faces legal action. Guardian, 14/12/00
Commentary: AT&T offspring likely to toddle their separate ways. CNET, 13/12/00
Telewest rejects move to telephone network. Scotsman, 11/12/00
Bank hits alarm on telecom firms' debt. Telegraph, 11/12/00
Vodafone to buy 15% of Japan Telecom for $2.5bn. Financial Times, 11/12/00
AT&T may sell stake in Japan Telecom to BT. CNET, 08/12/00
Tentative talks on sale of KPN's stake in Eircom to millionaire Coulson break down. Irish Times, 11/12/00
Vodafone to bid for Optus mobile arm-paper. Reuters, 10/12/00
New software could bypass 3G licence. Reuters, 10/12/00
Postal workers lead rash of strikes. Times, 11/12/00
Mail strike threat lifted after deal. Bristol Evening Post, 09/12/00
ROYAL MAIL IN WATCHDOG PROBE. CWU, 08/12/00
BT's Bonfield to face quizzing from MPs. Reuters, 07/12/00
Trade unionists hold mass demonstration at Nice Summit. ICFTU, 07/12/00
Mobile firms warned 3G network costs may escalate. Reuters, 07/12/00
Stop wage cuts, Croat government urged by unions. UNI, 06/12/00
CWU DELIVER ON EQUALITY.CWU, 05/12/00
France Telecom 'violating workers rights' in El Salvador. UNI, 05/12/00
Acquisition of Eurobell by Telewest. Branches and members in Telewest are encouraged to prepare local recruitment campaigns using the union’s national leaflet for Telewest staff. CWU, 04/12/00
Tories consider new plans to sell Post Office. Times, 04/12/00
Brussels puts pressure on BT. Times, 04/12/00
Telenor IPO to raise $1bn less after reduced pricing. Financial Times, 04/12/00
Secret plan to spy on all British phone calls. Britain's intelligence services are seeking powers to seize all records of telephone calls, emails and internet connections made by every person living in this country. Observer, 03/12/00
Swaziland UNI affiliates appeal for solidarity against repression. UNI, 03/12/00
One-2-One to make last call. Financial Times, 03/12/00
Polish mobile sale in crisis. BBC, 03/12/00
Deutsche dumps One2One brand. Electronic Telegraph, 03/12/00
BT ponders £2bn sale of property portfolio. Electronic Telegraph, 03/12/00
Wales - Talks over postal strike continue. BBC, 03/12/00
India - Six lakh (600,000) postal employees to strike work from Dec 5. Times of India, 03/12/00
UK - DTI announces cyber post office scheme. ZDNet UK, 02/12/00
Northern Ireland - Post disrupted as workers strike. Ananvova, 01/12/00
Canada - Postmen threaten strike over hounded postman. Ananova, 01/12/00
JERSEY POSTAL PAY 5.5% INCREASE. CWU, 01/12/00
Telecoms firms in funding crisis. Sunday Herald, 03/12/00
Atlantic and Nokia link in expansion plan. Scotsman, 03/12/00
NTL to sell Irish service for £20m. Sunday Times, 03/12/00
Pensions scandal costs £13.5 billion. Ananova, 03/12/00
Morocco - Privatisation of Maroc Telecom in doubt. Reuters, 02/12/00
United Utilities float hit by hi-tech shake-out. Scotsman, 02/12/00
AT&T, others ask FCC to keep hands off of access. CNET, 01/12/00
"We call our group Day2@Amazon.com because Bezos is always telling us, 'It's Day One, we can't stop or rest,' and we think five years of Day One is generating lots of problems for us." WashTech
Phone numbers replace dot-com addresses. ZDNet UK, 30/11/00
NTT DoCoMo takes $9.8bn stake in AT&T Wireless. Financial Times
TUC advises on snooping. 27/11/00
CWU (South Africa)warns that Telkom management risks damaging its IPO. CWU(SA), 30/11/00
Salvadoran Telecommunication Union Members Fired. Salvadoran Government And Corporation Try To Break Union. LabourNet
Trade union fight against AIDS. ICFTU
Seattle, one year later: No lessons learned at the WTO. ICFTU
Dot.com staff to set up union. Guardian, 30/11/00
ONdigital postpones float. Guardian, 30/11/00
Vodafone in joint venture with Cap Gemini. Reuters, 30/11/00
Regulator drops claim of unfair BT subsidies. Reuters, 30/11/00
Atlantic's proposed Kingston deal is dead. busines a.m., 30/11/00
Application for broadband licence could pit Eircell against parent Eircom. Irish Times 30/11/00
USA Union effort emerges at dot-com , CNET, 29/11/00
Labor Organizers Score First Dot-Com Success, Reuters, 29/11/00
British Telecom ups yields on $6 bln-$8 bln bond sale. Reuters, 29/11/00
Telecoms bosses voice doubts on 3G prospects. Reuters, 29/11/00
Technology boss Cochrane joins BT brain drain. Reuters, 29/11/00
Cable & Wireless sacks six over emails. Guardian, 29/11/00
New warning over office e-mail. A landmark legal ruling has upheld the right of bosses to sack staff for abuse of e-mail. An industrial tribunal backed a Huddersfield engineering company that sacked two staff for forwarding smutty e-mails. . ITN, 29/11/00
UNION ATTACKS E-MAIL 'SPYING' AS BREACH OF HUMAN RIGHTS. CWU Deputy General Secretary (Telecoms), Jeannie Drake, said that while the union recognised some agreed regulations were needed regarding use of workplace e-mail and phones, employers' access to workers' messages and calls breached privacy ethics. CWU
Employers show concern for staff stress levels. Ananova, 29/11/00
Orange loses some of it zest. Herald, 29/11/00
Vodafone jitters hit Eircom. Irish Times, 29/11/00
Shareholders sue AT&T. Ananova, 29/11/00
Kingston rollout may trigger telecoms upset. Scotsman, 29/11/00
Scottish wind power firm in One2One deal. business a.m., 29/11/00
Türk Telekom IPO to be set. Financial Times, 29/11/00
Telewest in £2.25billion refinancing loan. Reuters, 28/11/00
Why the CWU is the Union for Telewest employees, CWU
Atlantic: no reason for slump. Scotsman, 28/11/00
AT&T names Dorman president, may snag DoCoMo support. CNET, 28/11/00
BT, AT&T appoint Weis to replace Dorman at Concert. Reuters, 28/11/00
Hans off - Orange. ITN, 28/11/00
Telecom groups pay lobbyists top dollar. CNET, 27/11/00
UNION'S FIRST INTERNET BALLOT. CWU
ASSURANCES SOUGHT FROM ALLIANCE & LEICESTER. CWU
Snook to step down after flotation of Orange. Financial Times, 28/11/00
Kingston to spin off DSL unit. Financial Times, 28/11/00
Half of UK 'on internet within six months'. Guardian, 28/11/00
Atlantic Telecom gets £10m booster. Herald, 28/11/00
Oftel launches BT probe. Financial Times, 28/11/00
Oftel probes BT's Net access price changes. Reuters, 27/11/00
BT's Yell hires FD, break-up a step closer. Reuters, 27/11/00
BSkyB mulls move into "telephone TV". Reuters, 27/11/00
BT to signal Yell float. Financial Times, 27/11/00
Offer warning lifts Portuguese Telecom. Financial Times, 27/11/00
AT&T adds to worries. Financial Times, 27/11/00
Venezuela plans shake-up. Financial Times, 27/11/00
BSkyB plans foray into tele-TV. Times, 27/11/00
Cable & Wireless may outsource its £800m estate.Times, 27/11/00
C&W speeds up revamp with £2bn Optus sell-off. Independent, 27/11/00
Scotland - US fibre-optic link 'is vital to Scotland'. Sunday Herald, 26/11/00
Eircom to sell Eircell - to Vodafone says source. Ananova, 26/11/00
Internet workers want to swap share options for bigger salaries. Sunday Times, 26/11/00
Postal strikes 'on hold'. BBC, 26/11/00
Swedish 3G beauty contest faces delay. Financial Times, 25/11/00
Edinburgh postal staff in favour of strike. busines a.m., 24/11/00
Electronic signatures may get legal status. busines a.m., 24/11/00
Watchdog tightens screw on BT. BBC, 24/11/00
BT faces £5.3bn sell-off of debts. Scotsman, 23/11/00
Telekom bows out of French auction. BBC, 23/11/00
DoCoMo sounds alarm on 3G mobile revenue. Financial Times, 23/11/00
Telefónica Moviles IPO sends spin-off warning. Financial Times, 23/11/00
BT eyes consumers on the go. Scotsman, 23/11/00
Oftel is sent letter alleging BT has abused its market position. Independent, 22/11/00
BT and Vodafone in uneasy truce. Financial Times, 22/11/00
DT quits Paris 3G contest. Financial Times, 22/11/00
NTT DoCoMo to take 15% stake in AT&T Wireless. Financial Times, 22/11/00
C&W speeds up revamp with £2bn Optus sell-off. Independent, 22/11/00
UK call centre boom brings 1,400 jobs to Wales. Reuters, 22/11/00
BT hopes Brightstar will turn its fortunes round. Scotsman
Irish mobile network eyes £100m float. Sunday Times, 19/11/00
BT relaunches bond issue to reduce debt. Scotsman
Talks taking place to avert postal strike. Ananova, 17/11/00
BT 'dragging feet' over opening network, MPs told. Ananova, 14/11/00
Widespread unmetered web access moves step closer. Ananova, 13/11/00
Pay settlements rising. BBC, 13.11/00
Ringing all the radical BT changes. Vallance is planning a major shake-up of the telecoms giant - interview. Scotsman, 13/11/00
BT plans suit against Vodafone and Vivendi. Financial Times, 13/11/00
PO closure rate rings alarm bell at Westminster. Daily Telegraph, 13/11/00
Post Office seeks Romec partner. Daily Telegraph, 13/11/00
Post Office regulator ready to let in competitors. Times, 13/11/00
Saverfone offers Wap retail service. Guardian, 13/11/00
Vodafone expected to ring up £2bn profit at half-time. Herald, 13/11/00
KPN and Telia seek to exit Eircom as part of deal to allow Vodafone to enter mobile fray. Irish Times, 13/11/00
Swiss delay mobile licence auction. BBC, 13/11/00
Free shares for BT shareholders? BT shareholders may get free shares in the new company BT is planning to create as part of its major restructuring programme. BT plans to form a new company, Netco, to handle its network business. ITN, 12/11/00
VIDEO: Chief executive interview. ITN, 12/11/00
VIDEO: BT fights to compete. ITN, 12/11/00
ANALYSIS: BT on borrowed time. ITN, 12/11/00
BT mulls Cegetel exit, talks to AT&T. Reuters, 12/11/00
BT set to sell £8bn French phone stake. Observer, 12/11/00
BT's revival plan is not just pie in the sky. Sir Peter Bonfield's favourite song is American Pie by Don MacLean. Observer, 12/11/00
BT chairman faces pressure to resign. Sunday Herald, 12/11/00
BT: a lumbering giant heads towards break-up. Sunday Times, 12/11/00
Spanish buyer targets BT's Airtel. Sunday Times, 12/11/00
NTL boss expects debts to fall. ITN, 10/11/00
C&W Optus says review doesn't mean sale. Reuters, 12/11/00
Atlantic and Kingston seek link-up. Sunday Times, 12/11/00
M&S phone calls to ring the changes. Ananova, 12/11/00
Post Office to aid e-trade. ZDNet UK, 10/11/00
High speed Net licences up for sale. More than 40 broadband licences which will offer high speed Internet access are being auctioned by the Government in a sale which could fetch up to £1 billion. ITN, 09/11/00
Wireless licence sale fails to attract many bids. Independent, 11/11/00
BT shares slide as concerns grow over spin-offs. Independent, 11/11/00
Chorus, NTL line up to buy RTE network. Irish Times, 11/11/00
Bids for N Ireland wireless licences Irish Times, 11/11/00
BT's Asia assets surprised. A number of companies in Asia targeted by the British Telecommunications' ambitious global disposal programme revealed they had no idea they were up for sale. Financial Times, 11/11/00
Telenor looks to $2.7bn initial public offering. Financial Times, 11/11/00
BT rivals slam plans for broadband Internet. Reuters, 11/11/00
BT urges rivals to keep out of its exchanges. Reuters, 11/11/00
BT promises to speed up local loop competition. Telegraph, 11/11/00
NTL to sell high-speed net access. Telegraph, 11/11/00
Trade Unions challenge G8 Labour Ministers in Turin. ICFTU, 10/11/00
Only five to bid for Swiss UMTS licences. Reuters, 09/11/00
BT bosses on notice as break-up doubts mount. Reuters,10/11/00
BT TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME - UNION SEEKS GUARANTEES. CWU
BT set to break up into five public companies. Financial Times, 10/11/00
BT to float four divisions in shake-up. Independent, 10/11/00
BT break-up sheds 5,000. Guardian, 10/11/00
Rising debts force BT to break-up company. Scotsman, 10/11/00
BT seeks go-ahead to split itself in two. British Telecom plans to make another 5,000 employees redundant. Times, 10/11/00
BT revamp aims to cut £10bn debt. Telegraph, 10/11/00
BT shake-up fails to impress City. Herald, 10/11/00
BT's fans buckle up for long ride. Herald, 10/11/00
BT keeps the reins but loses the debt. Scotsman, 10/11/00
BT axes 2000 jobs in radical shake-up. Scotsman, 10/11/00
NTL loss swells as cable spending peaks. Reuters, 09/11/00
UNION REJECTS ROYAL MAIL 2.2% PAY OFFER. CWU, 09/11/00
Thus parent disappointed as loss grows. Telegraph, 09/11/00
New broadband auction begins. BBC, 09/11/00
The rise and fall of BT. Ballooning debt and a plunging share price, so why is the once-great British Telecom now floundering? BBC, 09/11/00
BT unveils break-up plan to cut debt by £10bn. British Telecommunications is to demerge its wireless and networks businesses as part of a restructuring intended to cut debt by £10bn. The UK telecoms group plans to float up to 25 per cent of its mobile phone division, BT Wireless, next year and to create a new network company, NetCo, a quarter of which could also be listed. Financial Times, 09/11/00
The BT movie: four listings and a holding company. Citywire, 09/11/00
BT to float wireless unit to help axe debt. Reuters, 09/11/00
BT to cut 5,000 jobs. Times, 09/11/00
BT in £10bn shake up. BBC, 09/11/00
Tony O'Reilly may bid for eircom fixed line -paper. Reuters, 09/11/00
AT&T may sell certain assets to ease debt load. The telecommunications and cable giant reportedly plans to sell major, nonstrategic assets over the next few months, amid scrutiny from rating agencies on the company's $62 billion debt load. CNET, 08/11/00
Telecommunications company to create 1,300 jobs. Canadian telecommunications company Nortel is to create 1,300 jobs in the south east of England over the next three years as part of a £71.4 million expansion of its UK operations. Annanova, 08/11/00
BT prepares for huge restructuring. British Telecom is preparing to announce a radical restructuring of its entire business, which could see it floating off Cellnet and its other mobile interests. ITN, 08/11/00
Cellnet float looms as BT prepares shake-up. Reuters, 08/11/00
Thus sales loss hits £8.6 million. Scotsman, 08/11/00
Scottish Power bankrolls Thus by another £100m. Scottish Power has had to increase what are effectively its banking facilities to its 50.1%-owned telecoms business Thus only 12 months after its flotation. This London, 08/11/00
Viag profit delay. GERMANY’S Viag Interkom, 90 per cent-owned by BT, said today it does not expect to be in profit until the end of 2004, three years later than original forecasts. Scotsman, 08/11/00
UK clears Microsoft's stake in Telewest. Reuters, 08/11/00
UK's broadband delays may boost wireless auction. Reuters, 08/11/00
Italian court adjourns hearing on Blu UMTS deposit. An Italian court on Wednesday adjourned a hearing on an appeal by telecoms group Blu against a government's demand to keep an auction deposit paid by the group last month. Reuters, 08/11/00
Swiss UMTS auction set to become battle of giants. Reuters, 08/11/00
UK's NTL in talks for Dutch cable firm - FT. Reuters, 08/11/00
France Telecom brokers Swiss Orange deal - FT. Reuters, 08/11/00
Vodafone fills Swiss gap with $2.54 bln deal. Reuters, 08/11/00
AT&T may shed Time Warner venture. Reuters, 08/11/00
Colt losses widen despite strong demand for high-speed data. Independent, 08/11/00
BT Ignite tries the net to cut call prices. Guardian, 08/11/00
BT and ONdigital team up to offer internet via TV. Citpubs, 08/11/00
AOL: Unmetered web access for all. Internet service provider AOL UK claims it will provide unlimited, unmetered web access for all - without restrictions or delays. BBC, 08/11/00
British Telecom set to announce vast restructuring-WSJ. Reuters, 08/11/00
Zimbabwe Court Breaks State Telecom Monopoly. UNI, 06/11/00
Union Organising campaign on mobile companies. UNI, 06/11/00
Colt founder tops league of overpaid executives. Paul Chisholm is Britain's most "overpaid" FTSE 100 index chief executive relative to his peers for the second year running, according to a Sunday Times study of boardroom pay. Sunday Times, 05/11/00
BT Dutch arm faces inquiry. BRITISH Telecom found itself in more European trouble yesterday after a raid by Holland's competition authority on the office of its Dutch subsidiary Telfort. Electronic Telegraph, 04/11/00
Dutch authorities raid mobile operators in 3G probe. Dutch investigators raided the offices of two companies, including a subsidiary of British Telecommunications, claiming they had "reasonable suspicion" that competition rules had been broken during the auction of 3G phone licences in July. Financial Times, 04/11/00
BT results eagerly awaited. Next Thursday's second quarter results for British Telecommunication are likely to bring a scrum more suited to the appointment of a new England football manager. Financial Times, 04/11/00
Investors face cut in BT dividend. Times, 04/11/00
Murdoch denies satellite float postponement. RUPERT MURDOCH denied yesterday that the $40 billion flotation of News Corporation's satellite operations, Sky Global Networks, had been delayed until next year because of hostile market conditions. Electronic Telegraph, 04/11/00
Murdoch pegs BSkyB flotation on 'moving parts'. Rupert Murdoch yesterday denied that the $40bn (£28bn) flotation of News Corporation's satellite television assets, including its stake in BSkyB, had run into trouble. Guardian, 04/11/00
Broadcasters row over BSkyB claims. BSkyB is attacked by rivals for raising prices, and claiming it has overtaken ITV in a key market for the first time. BBC, 03/11/00
UK NTL to axe 1,300 jobs. BBC, 02/11/00
Telekom Austria to float. Telekom Austria, the national phone company, is being prepared for privatisation, but analysts are warning it may be in for a tough ride. BBC 03/11/00
US union busters get busy in UK. Guardian,01/11/00
Vodafone runs market through wringer. Herald, 03/11/00
Telewest buys Eurobell. Herald, 03/11/00
Longer to wait for Telewest merger. Herald, 03/11/00
Telewest buy Eurobell for £280m. TELEWEST, the UK’s second biggest cable TV group, yesterday agreed a deal to buy Eurobell, a cable group in the south of England, for up to £280 million from Deutsche Telekom. Scotsman, 03/11/00
Debt clouds Deutsche Telecom profits rise. Media Guardian.co.uk, 31/10/00
Telewest shares jump as bid hopes revive. Shares in Telewest Communications jumped as bargain-hunters moved into the depressed cable TV stock on the back of revived bid speculation, dealers said. With newspapers, including the Independent, reporting renewed talk of a bid from NTL. Reuters, 01/11/00
Alliance & Leicester to cut 1,500 jobs over three years. Independent, 01/11/00
Alliance & Leicester is wise to prepare. Herald, 01/11/00
Eircom pores over details of fixed-line bid. Reuters, 01/11/00
UK's Edmonds to stay as Oftel head until 2004. David Edmonds was reappointed head of UK telecoms watchdog Oftel for a further three years on Wednesday, leaving the often criticised regulator to complete the job of ending British Telecom's "last mile" monopoly. Reuters, 01/11/00
C&W rules out returning cash to shareholders. Yahoo, 31/10/00
Vodafone, Telstra Saturn form NZ alliance. Reuters, 31/10/00
EU says has no plans for UMTS auction probe. Reuters, 31/10/00
C&W Optus mulls asset sales as Branson drops in. Reuters, 31/10/00
DoCoMo in AT&T wireless stake talks - FT. Reuters, 30/10/00
POSTAL UNION CONDEMNS ‘MACHO STYLE MANAGEMENT’ AND CALLS EDINBURGH STRIKE BALLOT. John Keggie, the Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has given authority for a strike ballot of the union’s postal membership in Edinburgh. He says this is the only way that the latest round of disputes can be brought to an end. CWU, 30/10/00
Cable & Wireless to invest $1.4bn in Japanese internet project. Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless has announced that it is to invest $1.4bn in a “major initiative to create a national state-of-the-art optical fibre network” in Japan. busines a.m., 30/10/00
Atlantic turns predator in ailing sector. Atlantic Telecom is planning to exploit the weakness in the telecoms market by acquiring one of its struggling rivals. The Aberdeen company has appointed Morgan Stanley, the investment bank, to review its strategic options, which could involve making a bid for either Kingston Communications, of Hull, or Redstone Telecom. busines a.m., 30/10/00
O'Brien group to supply more details of its Eircom offer. The consortium headed by millionaire businessman Mr Denis O'Brien will this week supply further details of its bid offer for Eircom's fixed-line business as part of its push to open direct negotiations. Irish Times, 30/10/00
Eircom rejects O'Brien bid. EIRCOM, Ireland's former state telephone company, has upped the ante and rejected the Eu2.25 billion (£1.32 billion) bid from entrepreneur Denis O'Brien for its fixed-line business. Electronic Telegraph, 30/10/00
3G licence fees a bone of contention. Third generation Irish mobile phone licences should cost much lower than £100 million (euro127 million) each if competing telecoms operators are granted mandatory access to the networks of third generation (3G) licence holders, according to Mr Barry Maloney, chief executive of Esat Digifone. Irish Times, 30/10/00
Telenor poised to start IPO pre-marketing. Telenor, Norway's state-owned telecommunications group, is set to kick off pre-marketing activities for the country's largest initial public offering, which is expected to raise NKr25bn ($2.65bn) in equity. Financial Times, 30/10/00
Orange eyes Paris listing. Mobile phone operator fears London registration will bring hefty charges. Guardian, 30/10/00
Paris listing for Orange revives Snook speculation. Independent, 30/10/00
Italians launch 3G raids. The controversy over Italy's auction of 3G mobile phone licences has intensified after the Italian competition authority announced it was formally investigating whether there was collusion to fix the outcome. Financial Times, 30/10/00
Deutsche Post gives details of float. DEUTSCHE Post, the German post office group, unveiled the price range for its forthcoming flotation yesterday, as well as the package of incentives for retail investors. Electronic Telegraph, 30/10/00
NTL may float business arm. NTL, the cable television and telecoms company, is examining plans to float its business division in a bid to revive its flagging fortunes. Observer, 29/10/00
Post Office set for revolution in net delivery. Plans to be announced for a two-pronged assault on the home-shopping market. Sunday Times, 29/10/00
BT will reveal break-up strategy within two weeks. Sunday Times, 29/10/00
BT reaches crisis point. Analysts are convinced it must demerge and sell businesses. Sunday Times, 29/10/00
Telecoms' minnows pin survival hopes on mergers. Harsh climate putting the smaller and weaker players under pressure. Sunday Times, 29/10/00
Focus - A dying breed. America's AT&T is breaking up to compete with new entrants in its markets. The move will set a trend for the world's other telecoms dinosaurs. Sunday Times, 29/10/00
Oftel orders BT to cut £270m off phone bills. THE telecoms regulator Oftel yesterday tried to head off criticism over its handling of BT by announcing new price cut proposals aimed at trimming another £270 million off phone bills. Scotsman, 28/10/00
Telecoms watchdog tightens grip on BT. UK TELECOM regulator Oftel today tightened price controls on BT, deepening cuts to interconnection charges paid by other operators and extending retail controls by a year. Scotsman, 28/10/00
3G operators will wait 15 years to recoup 3G costs. ZDNet UK, 27/10/00
BT's ADSL service goes pear-shaped. ZDNet UK, 25/10/00
Employers gain e-snoop powers. New regulations giving employers sweeping powers to monitor their workers' e-mails and internet activity come into force on Tuesday. BBC, 24/10/00
Cautious welcome for e-snoop law. New rules giving employers powers to monitor workers' e-mails receive a cautious welcome from employers and unions in Scotland. BBC, 24/10/00
Blu wrecks Italian auction. Italy's sale of its third generation mobile phone licences descended into farce last night after the British Telecom backed Blu consortium brought the auction to a juddering halt, leaving the country's treasury with only half the expected proceeds. Guardian, 24/10/00
Italy seeks to freeze Blu's 3G auction deposit. The Italian government's auction of 3G mobile phone licences was in chaos on Monday night after the withdrawal by Blu terminated the contest at an unexpectedly early stage. After a four-hour meeting, the government announced that it would be taking steps to freeze the L4000bn ($1.7bn) deposit lodged by Blu ahead of the contest. Financial Times, 24/10/00
BT debacle leaves Italy facing £7bn shortfall. Italy's auction of mobile phone licences has raised half the expected proceeds, leaving the Italian Government facing accusations of bungling and British Telecom’s Blu consortium without a licence. Times, 24/10/00
BT's Italian mobile auction hopes dashed. BRITISH Telecom's Italian mobile investment imploded yesterday when shareholder disputes forced Italy's fourth-largest operator, Blu, out of the country's third-generation mobile auction. Electronic Telegraph, 24/10/00
BT and One2One seek £85m each in 3G case. Electronic Telegraph, 24/10/00
Europe keeps outsourcing within bounds. Despite the hype about new technology allowing companies to locate call centres and support services anywhere in the world, European companies stick close to home. Guardian, 24/10/00
AT&T board considers four-way break-up plan. Times, 24/10/00
AT&T may demerge to counter share price fall. Guardian, 24/10/00
An Post pays £11m for transport companies. An Post is believed to have paid more than £11 million (euro14 million) for two transport firms it acquired yesterday. JMC Van Trans and Wheels Courier specialise in same-day delivery of documents and parcels in Dublin. Irish Times, 24/10/00
C&W fears over HK fundraising. CABLE & WIRELESS shares dipped 2pc yesterday as the market worried about the impact of a $1.6 billion fundraising exercise announced yesterday by Hong Kong's Pacific Century Cyber Works. Electronic Telegraph, 24/10/00
Forty-day march kicks off in Brazil. Brazilian trade unionists are taking to the streets of Sao Paulo today, marching for better wages. This massive event is expected to take around 40 days, as protesters head towards the capital, Brasilia, calling for a rise in the minimum wage. ICFTU, 23/10/00
BT demands money back after ISP gaffe. A computer fault is blamed for BT's free access gaffe - and the telco wants its money back. ZDNet UK, 23/10/00
Brussels threatens court action over BT local loop. The Government has been warned that it will be taken to the European Court of Justice if British Telecom drags its feet opening its networks to rivals. Times, 23/10/00
Telewest and ONdigital merger mooted. Times, 23/10/00
Post Office urged to drop second delivery. Times, 23/10/00
Telewest forms new TV company. Telewest Communications has formed a new interactive television company with Atomic Tangerine, an offshoot of the Stanford Research Institute. business a.m., 23/10/00
Telewest /ONdigital merger mooted - paper. Reuters, 23/10/00
Blu looks set to pull out of 3G licence auction. Blu, the Italian mobile phone company, on Sunday night looked poised to pull out of the country's auction for third-generation mobile licences after Italian shareholders failed to resolve outstanding differences with British Telecomunications. Financial Times, 23/10/00
BT's European mobile ambitions in disarray as Blu consortium collapses. Independent, 23/10/00
Deutsche Telekom considers T-Online split plan. Financial Times, 23/10/00
Vodafone in Swiss stake race. Financial Times, 23/10/00
BT in talks over Blu's bid for Italian phone licence. BRITISH Telecom and the other shareholders of Italian cellphone group Blu were last night locked in talks over the auction of new-generation mobile phone licences. Electronic Telegraph, 23/10/00
BT rivals' ultimatum to Hewitt. BT's telecoms competitors have presented an ultimatum to technology minister Patricia Hewitt demanding faster progress to allow them into the local phone network. Electronic Telegraph, 23/10/00
BT considers Asian sell-off to ease debts. BT is looking at a multi-billion pound sale of its interests in Asia and the Far East as a way of raising cash to offset its mounting debt problems. Observer, 22/10/00
Government faces £85m mobile bill. Mobile-phone One2One company claims rivals given unfair advantage in paying for third-generation (3G) mobile. Sunday Times, 22/10/00
Eircom's share option scheme to be revised in event of successful Vodafone takeover. Eircom's share option scheme will be revised in the management's favour if the sale of Eircell to Vodafone goes through. The minimum option price of euro3 announced at the company's annual general meeting last month will be reduced, probably to the market price of Eircom shares once the Vodafone deal goes through, according to a company source. Irish Times, 21/10.00
Collapse of cable football deal may cost clubs £200m. Premier League could decide to launch its own pay-per-view channels, then have to commit its own risk capital. Times, 21/10.00
British Telecom price changes hit Oftel hurdle. BRITISH Telecom's radical pricing shake-up, unveiled earlier this week, may not be endorsed by the telecoms regulator Oftel, it emerged yesterday. Electronic Telegraph, 21/10.00
Italian 3G mobile auction delayed after Blu asks for suspension. British Telecommunications suffered another setback in its attempt to secure a third generation mobile phone licence in Italy on Friday, prompting further recriminations among its partners.Italian 3G mobile auction delayed after Blu asks for suspension. Financial Times, 21/10.00
BT caught in Italian row. Electronic Telegraph, 21/10.00
Blu forces halt in Italian mobile auction. Times, 21/10.00
Ntl seeks change in rules to allow it to join FTSE. Times, 21/10.00
NTL seeks London listing. Guardian, 21/10.00
Glut of mobiles hurts Ericsson. Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson yesterday pledged to carry on making phones despite mounting losses from a business where it ranks third in the world and where it sees supply outstripping demand for the first time. Guardian, 21/10.00
GM moves into mobile phone arena. General Motors, the world's largest car manufacturer, is planning to launch a mobile phone service in Britain within the next few months. The concept has grown out of the US group's increasing involvement with telematics in its vehicles. Guardian, 21/10.00
Tesco to offer mobile phone service. UK supermarket giant announces plans for its own mobile phone service, two days after rival Sainsbury's does the same. BBC, 21/10.00
Uddingston to answer call for jobs. POWERGEN yesterday announced that it is to create 140 new jobs in Scotland. The company, which has 10,000 customers in Scotland, is to open a new call centre at Uddingston, near Glasgow, in three weeks' time which will house 100 telesales operators, selling electricity, gas and telecoms services. Herald, 20/10.00
The share price of Atlantic Telecom surged 19 per cent yesterday after the Scottish-based alternative telecoms service supplier secured a major coup when it agreed a pact with Vodafone to offer fixed-line consumer calls through the mobile giant's nation-wide retail network. Independent, 20/10.00
BT confirms unmetered tariff. UK telecoms giant BT confirms that it is planning to launch a fixed-fee unmetered tariff for evening and weekend calls. BBC, 19/10/00
Blu stays in Italian 3G bid. British Telecommunications kept its precarious grip on the Italian mobile phone market on Thursday after a marathon meeting with partners allowed their joint venture to take part in third generation licence auctions. Financial Times, 20/10/00
BT in bid for Italian licences. BRITISH TELECOM yesterday joined in the auction of third-generation mobile phone licences in Italy after delaying a restructuring of its Italian mobile phone joint venture until the auction is over. There had been fears that Blu, the Italian mobile phone group 20 per cent owned by BT, would withdraw from the auction at the last minute amid discord between its shareholders over the cost of bidding for 3G licences. Times, 20/10/00
BT patches up Italian 3G row. LESS than one hour before Italy's third generation mobile licence auction began yesterday, British Telecom finally patched up a damaging dispute which was threatening to destroy its mobile interest in the country. Electronic Telegraph, 20/10/00
Vodafone likely to pay in excess of euro 5 billion for Eircell. Vodafone Airtouch is likely to pay in excess of euro 5 billion (£3.9 billion) for Eircell, although the final price is going to depend on movements in Vodafone shares between now and the time the takeover of the mobile phone company is completed - sometime between now and the end of the year. Irish Times, 20/10/00
Atlantic deal rings favour. ATLANTIC Telecom has signed up to become a supplier of fixed line telephone services to Vodafone, the world's largest mobile telephone operator. Herald, 20/10/00
OneTel float plans shelved. OneTel, an Australian telecoms group backed by Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer, on Thursday became the latest victim of the collapse in technology shares when it postponed plans to float in London. Financial Times, 20/10/00
Pay-per-view still in play says Sunderland chief. THE deal between cable company NTL and the Premier League to screen matches may have foundered, but pay-per-view TV agreements remain the future of football, the chief executive of Sunderland said yesterday. Electronic Telegraph, 20/10/00
NTL obstructed from ambitious goal. Guardian, 19/10/00
BT fails to call Genie out of bottle. Guardian, 19/10/00
C&W adds Baynton to stable. Guardian, 19/10/00
Orange quits UK auction. Orange, the mobile phone group, has pulled out of the auction for licences to provide broadband wireless internet services around the UK, raising questions about the potential of the cable-free broadband model. Financial Times, 17/10/00
Orange pulls out of licence auction. Guardian, 17/10/00
IBM to face inquiry over pension fund. Times, 17/10/00
Mobile phones going underground. The annoying ring of the mobile phone could be about to descend beneath the earth if London Underground gets its way. ZDNet UK, 17/10/00
BT pledges to clear backlog of internet orders. Independent, 17/10/00
BT justifies broadband plans. BT turns on the charm, but analysts reckon its promises are, at best, "dubious". ZDNet UK, 17/10/00
BTopenworld denies cheating. BTopenworld says it gets no advantages from BT while competitors throw more complaints at Oftel. ZDNet UK, 17/10/00
BT falls out with Blu. Leading shareholders in Blu, Italy's fourth mobile phone operator, are threatening to pull the company out of this week's auction of third generation licences after a dispute over the role of British Telecommunications. Financial Times, 17/10/00
Italy's Blu weighs possible UMTS statement -source. Italian mobile operator Blu, 20 percent owned by British Telecommunications , may make a statement later on Tuesday, well-placed sources said, as concerns grow that it could withdraw from Italy's UMTS auction. Reuters, 17/10/00
Vivendi BSkyB stake for Sky Global. Times, 17/10/00
UK's ONdigital sees one million subs within grasp. Reuters, 17/10/00
Italy's Blu to try defuse row ahead of 3G bid. Reuters 17/10/00
BT insists it is committed to Blu and Italy 3G. Reuters, 17/10/00
BT opens up Openworld. BT unveils its offers to consumers for high-speed, broadband connections to the internet. BBC, 17/10/00
Blair's law of convergence. With perhaps only months to go before a general election, Tony Blair's government is putting the final touches to an overhaul of media and telecommunications law. Financial Times, 17/10/00
Slump in telecoms stocks forces Verizon IPO delay. The slump in wireless telecoms stocks has forced a delay in the planned IPO of Verizon, the largest US mobile operator. Verizon Communications and Vodafone, joint owners of Verizon Wireless, blamed "recent volatility of capital markets" for the decision. Financial Times, 17/10/00
UNION ATTACKS E-MAIL 'SPYING' AS BREACH OF HUMAN RIGHTS. CWU Deputy General Secretary (Telecoms), Jeannie Drake, said that while the union recognised some agreed regulations were needed regarding use of workplace e-mail and phones, employers' access to workers' messages and calls breached privacy ethics. CWU
CWU IN GENEVA. CWU General Secretary Derek Hodgson was invited to speak at the prestigious international 'Post Expo' Conference in Geneva on 5 October. His contribution covered most of the major issues facing international postal services and colleagues are invited to view the speech in full. Its major themes are change and partnership; management style; the commercial environment; and job satisfaction and the postal workers. CWU
Telecoms threatens to become the banks' latest debt crisis. Independent, 16/10/00
Orange quits UK's wireless Internet auction. Orange has pulled out of the UK government's auction of licences to provide wireless Internet services to desktop computers, the Radiocommunications Agency said on Monday. Reuters, 16/10/00
100 jobs boost at call centre. RESPONSE Handling today announces the creation of more than 100 jobs at its newly Internet-enabled call centre at Ibrox in Glasgow and highlights the potential for a further 300 new posts within two years. Herald, 16/10/00
High-tech centre jobs promise. A Glasgow-based call centre is aiming to create hundreds of jobs in the city with the opening of new high-tech premises. BBC, 16/10/00
Fight for Italian mobile licences warming up. VODAFONE, BT and other European telecoms groups are preparing for a £14.5 billion battle over next generation mobile phone licences to be auctioned by the Italian government next week. Scotsman, 16/10/00
Athens seeks OTE investor. Greece's socialist government has invited 11 international telecoms operators to express interest in buying a strategic stake in OTE, the public fixed-line operator, as part of a drive to modernise the sector. Financial Times, 16/10/00
MPs to grill Oftel chief. Observer, 15/10/00
BT under pressure over 3G licences. Analysts fear City forecasts for third generation mobile phones may be too optimistic. Sunday Times, 15/10/00
Fr Telecom to float Orange start. France Telecom said on Friday it would float its Orange mobile division at the beginning of 2001, having previously said it was aiming for the unit's market debut by the end of 2000. Reuters, 13/10/00
BP, Vodafone battle for UK top spot. Reuters, 13/10/00
Date set for Italian mobile auction. BBC 12/10/00
BT silent on Cellnet float. BT yesterday refused to rule out reports it will announce plans next month to float Cellnet, its mobile telephone arm, as part of a break-up plan designed to rescue the company's flagging share price. Guardian, 09/10/00
BT to counter 'hysterical' speculation. Independent, 09/10/00
BT and Vodafone braced for Italy bids. Multibillion-pound auctions for licences puts spotlight on huge amounts of debt being taken on by telecoms companies. Times, 09/10/00
Eircom share price may start rising. if Eircell is sold to Vodaphone Eircom's shareholders could see their beleaguered shares start to rise today amid speculation that a takeover of its Eircell mobile phone operation by Vodafone is imminent. Irish Times, 09/10/00
Telecommunications degree quota unfilled. Despite the widespread use of mobile phones among young people, Dublin City University, the only university in Ireland offering a degree in telecommunications has been unable to fill its quota of places this year. Irish Times, 09/10/00
BT plans break-up to halt share slide. Attempt to address shareholder concerns about sluggish and conservative management. Sunday Times, 08/10/00
BT Breaking up. BT's board reshuffle paves the way for a Hanson-style 'explosion' of the old telecoms giant into a number of more fleet-footed spin-offs. Sunday Times, 08/10/00
AT&T'S fallen angel. When Michael Armstrong took charge three years ago, he was welcomed as a saviour. Sunday Times, 08/10/00
NTL targets small business telecoms. NTL, Britain's largest cable television company, is to launch a business telecommunications division with turnover of about £500m. Electronic Telegraph, 08/10/00
Vodafone bids for Irish mobile. Discussions with privatised Eircom group revolve around possible sale of part or all of Eircell, its mobile arm. Sunday Times, 08/10/00
Vodafone enters battle for Eircell. Negotiations to buy part or all of Eircom's mobile division, Sunday Times, 08/10/00
BT finance chief steps down. Robert Brace resigned as finance director of British Telecommunications, which is in the middle of a restructuring of its international business and merger talks with AT&T. BBC, 07/10/00
BT soars as executive quits. BT finance director Robert Brace announced his resignation yesterday, sparking an ignominious 8% rise in the company's share price to 740p. Guardian, 07/10/00
When losing a director is a rejoicing matter. It was a tale of two finance directors in the City yesterday as Robert Brace from BT and Eidos' Jeremy Lewis quite their posts to "pursue fresh challenges". Investor reaction could hardly have been more different. Guardian, 07/10/00
Funds polled on future for BT chairman. BT deputy chairman Lord Marshall has been discreetly canvassing big shareholders about whether they want the non-executive directors to ask chairman Sir Iain Vallance to step down. Daily Telegraph, 07/10/00
Telephone men left wriggling on the hook. Daily Telegraph, 07/10/00
6 October 2000: Portillo urges break-up of falling BT. Daily Telegraph, 07/10/00
AT&T and BT shift focus of negotiations. Financial Times, 07/10/00
AT&T and BT: anxiously pushing a corporate romance. Financial Times, 07/10/00
Concern grows over AT&T's long-distance voice business. A prominent Wall Street analyst cut his forecasts for AT&T once again, adding to the growing concern that it may be facing even bigger problems in its core long-distance voice business. Financial Times, 07/10/00
Oftel to look at internet access pricing. Guardian, 07/10/00
Oftel delays broadband rivals. Oftel's recent handling of BT and the UK telecoms market could cause the UK to fall behind its European rivals and further diminish confidence in the industry regulator. ZDNet UK, 07/10/00
First-class pay as Post Office aims to compete. THE Post Office is expected to deliver its executives first-class pay rises, in the wake of the appointment of a new finance director from the private sector. Daily Telegraph, 07/10/00
Orange to create 1,500 jobs in North Tyneside. Reuters, 07/10/00
Future's Orange for 1,500. Orange announces the creation of 1,500 jobs at a call centre scheduled to open in August next year. BBC, 07/10/00
Turkey outlines telecoms sell-off. The government offers a 29% stake in fixed-line monopoly Turk Telecom to a strategic investor with a further 5% to be sold to the public. BBC, 07/10/00
Repression against Haitian trade unionists. The names of several Haitian trade union leaders are on a black list drawn up by the hard-line faction of the Lavalas Party. ICFTU, 04/10/00
.UNION - an Internet Domain Name for Trade Unions. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) is making a proposal to the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and numbers. ICFTU, 03/10/00
Victorian Union Official nominates for troubled Telstra Board. Dissident candidate Len Cooper, Victorian Secretary of the Communications Division of the Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union, Mr. Cooper has been a trenchant critic of rationalisation within the telco, including plans to axe another 10’000 jobs by 2002... HERALD-SUN 29/9/2000
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USPS expands network to include Canada, Mexico and S. Korea. 29/09/00
U.K. strike fears over post reform Royal Mail today unveiled a £400 million overhaul of its London operations that will cost thousands of jobs and risks provoking massive strikes. Union leaders representing London's 20,000 postal workers are convinced services will deteriorate because of the modernisation. Norman Candy, regional officer for the Communications Workers' Union, warned there would be at least 3,500 job losses and said a London-wide strike was "almost inevitable" and added: "We are meeting next week and we would expect to seek a ballot to proceed to industrial action." 26/09/00
Postal unions in India threaten strike. The main stumbling block is stated to be their demand for pension for about three lakh part-time employees serving rural areas. 23/09/00
Despite the "appalling persecution" of a homosexual U.S. postal worker, a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Dwayne Simonton, alleging employment discrimination. Mr. Simonton was ridiculed, harassed and even punched by co-workers. But the court dismissed his case, noting that discrimination against homosexuals is not protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 22/09/00
BT
shares at two-year low as Orange closes on Cellnet. Independent,
05/10/00
Telewest
bags Orange chief to head cable arm. Independent, 05/10/00
Kingston's
affair with Hull turns sour. Kingston Communications' love affair with the
residents of Hull is coming under strain just seven months after the former
municipal phone company's elevation to the FTSE 100 sparked celebrations among
locals and triggered the biggest financial windfall ever landed by a British
city. Guardian, 05/10/00
C&W
to pay Nortel £950m to expand internet voice technology plans. Independent,
05/10/00
Telefónica
wants more than Mexico from Motorola. Telefónica, the Spanish telecoms
giant, said it was in talks with Motorola to buy its mobile phone operations in
six countries, including Brazil, Israel and Lithuania. The announcement followed
Telefónica's agreement to buy the US group's Mexican mobile phone assets.
Financial Times, 05/10/00
Marconi
to sell factories and outsource production. Marconi, the UK's biggest
telecoms equipment manufacturer, unveiled a plan to outsource most of its
production, following a trend established in the US. It will sell five of its
largest factories, which employ 2,900 staff. Financial Times, 05/10/00
Marconi
wins £2bn contract from BT. Financial Times, 05/10/00
Nortel
in $10bn outsourcing deal. Financial Times, 05/10/00
Wap
leads mobile boom. The number of mobile phones in Britain grows past 34m,
say operators, which are poised to test Cellnet's prominence in the Wap market.
BBC, 05/10/00
The
Economist: BT holds back Britain's e-economy. Economist, 05/10/00
C&W
to transfer all voice traffic to internet. Cable and Wireless, the UK-based
telecommunications operator, is planning to shift its voice traffic to a new
network based on internet technology within three years. Financial Times,
03/10/00
C&W
in Nortel internet deal. Cable and Wireless signs a deal with Nortel
Networks, investing £950m in an internet technology which cuts the cost of
telephone calls. BBC, 03/10/00
BT
pressed for executive action. A growing number of British
Telecommunication's investors are questioning whether the board has the right
people for the job. Financial Times, 03/10/00
Ericsson
starts planning for 4G technology. Ericsson, the world's biggest supplier of
telecoms infrastructure, revealed it had started planning for a fourth
generation of mobile phone systems, that will represent another big leap in
internet connection speeds and picture quality. Financial Times, 03/10/00
Britain
claims telecoms victory. The British government on Monday claimed victory in
its battle to bring European Commission rules on telecoms liberalisation in line
with its own, but admitted the UK had fallen behind Germany. Financial Times,
03/10/00
3
October 2000 The telecoms minister Patricia Hewitt yesterday sprang to the
defence of Oftel and British Telecom as a group of rival operators lodged a
formal complaint over the company's failure to open its local networks to
competition. Independent, 03/10/00
BT
under fire on fast web. Rivals of British Telecom complain to the industry
watchdog that the former phone monopolist is holding back high-speed net access.
BBC, 03/10/00
Government
weighs into postal row. DTI to fight European plans for cut in monopoly by
2003 overruling neutral line on the issue. Times, 03/10/00
C&W
Optus seeks partner. Financial Times, 03/10/00
C&W
ponders Optus sale. Financial Times, 03/10/00
C&W
hit by liberalisation. Financial Times, 03/10/00
mail company to
create 1,600 jobs. Northern Ireland received an economic shot in the arm on
Monday with news of plans to create almost 1,600 new jobs. Northern Irish e-mail
company Gem said it planned to expand its operations in the province, including
the setting up of an e-response customer service centre, creating 700 new jobs
in Londonderry and a further 195 in Belfast. Reuters, 03/10/00
Orange adds 1.1
million customers. Reuters, 03/10/00
Cellnet
'likely to lag rivals'. UK mobile phone subsidiary of BT expected to emerge
with lowest subscriber numbers. Times, 03/10/00
BT's
Vallance to 'stay'. BT denies weekend reports that its chairman Sir Iain
Vallance is to leave the company before his contract ends. BBC, 03/10/00
Mobile
giant plays down MI5 probe. MI5 is reportedly investigating a French
industrial espionage ring - but alleged victim Orange says no secrets were
stolen. BBC, 03/10/00
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