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1. Iridium satellite phone re-launch. BBC, 28/03/01
   
2. More than half of Britons log on. BBC, 28/03/01
   
3. 3G causes Vodafone rift. BBC, 28/03/01
   
4. C&W plays ball in the Caribbean. CitPubs, 28/03/01
   
5. EU call to avoid over-regulating telecoms sector. Ananova, 28/03/01
   
6. Nortel cuts 5,000 more jobs. Financial Times, 28/03/01
   
7. Ericsson to cut 3,700 jobs. Financial Times, 28/03/01
   
8. Postal workers vote to end strike. BBC, 28/03/01
   
9. Unions welcome bid to close gender pay gap. Ananova, 27/03/01
   
10. Ex-BT tech chief Peter Cochrane says 3G networks may never come. Yahoo, 27/03/01
    
11. AT&T, BT revisit merger of units. CNET, 27/03/01
    
12. BT: IRRESPONSIBLE ANALYSTS AND UNRESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT, CWU
    
13. UK workers log £23 billion unpaid overtime a year. connectingindustry.com, 26/03/01
    
14. Competition threat to Post Office. After a 150 year monopoly the Post Office faces competition for letter deliveries, as it unveils its new name. BBC, 26/03/01
    
15. Pay-offs for BT bosses . BRITISH Telecom bosses Sir Iain Vallance and Sir Peter Bonfield are set to pick up £1 million apiece if the escalating campaign to oust them from the embattled ex-State giant is successful. Scotsman, 26/03/01
    
16. Cable & Wireless accepts SingTel's $9bn offer for Optus. Singapore Telecommunications unveiled a cash and paper offer of up to A$17.2bn ($9bn) for Cable & Wireless Optus after trumping Vodafone. Financial Times, 26/03/01
    
17. KPN sees E5bn from sale of non-core assets. Financial Times, 26/03/01
    
18. TUC launches employment rights campaign. A campaign hitting back at critics of new employment rights is being launched by the TUC. Ananova, 25/03/01
    
19. Mobile phone firms want new 3G deal. Scotland on Sunday, 25/03/01
    
20. BT mulls cash call as pressure on CEO grows. Reuters, 25/03/01
    
21. Committee of UNI-Europa Telecom Worried about Impact on Workers. Union Network International
    
22. BT CEO Bonfield to step down -newspapers. Reuters, 25/03/01
    
23. Embattled BT's £10bn rescue plan. The Observer, 25/03/01
    
24. The number's up for BT bosses. Scotland on Sunday, 25/03/01
    
25. BT urged to 'back or sack' Vallance. Sunday Times, 25/03/01
    
26. SingTel/Optus deal to be announced at ASX opening. Reuters, 25/03/01
    
27. Vodafone loses out in race for Australia's Optus. BusinessAM, 25/03/01
    
28. BT in £2bn exchange sale fails to convince. Scotsman, 24/03/01
    
29. Motorola cuts another 4,000 jobs. Ananova, 23/03/01
    
30. BT not planning to restructure £16.5bn bank facilities. Ananova, 23/03/01
    
31. Come back to BT: Graham Moore live chat transcript here. Our guest for the Friday chat session on 23 March was Graham Moore, BT Director for Scotland and Northern Ireland. BusinessAM, 23/03/01
    
32. Telewest meets sales targets to quash debt fears. Ananova, 22/03/01
    
33. Orange cuts losses as customer numbers grow. Ananova, 22/03/01
    
34. Telewest debt worries investors. Ananova, 21/03/01
    
35. Fund managers baying for blood at BT, say analysts. Ananova, 20/03/01
    
36. BT and Oftel criticised over 'unbundling'. Ananova, 20/03/01
    
37. BT pulls shareholder meeting. Ananova, 20/03/01
    
38. Telewest secures debt restructuring deal. Ananova, 19/03/01
    
39. Colombia: Two trade union leaders killed. ICFTU, 14/03/01
    
40. Cable and Wireless to cut 4,000 jobs. Ananova, 13/03/01
    
41. Cable & Wireless splashes out on transatlantic internet cable. Ananova, 12/03/01
    
42. Unions pledge £11m to Labour campaign. Sunday Times, 11/03/01
    
43. TSC - Telecom Service Centres. TSC call centre workers at Rothesay, Dunoon, Greenock, Larbert and Aviemore are joining the CWU. Click here to look at the new leaflet. 9 March 2001
    
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44. UK Trade unions succeed in 95% of tribunal cases. Ananova, 09/03/01
    
45. South Africa: COSATU supports the national action against the Post Office. Cosatu, 09/03/01
    
46. C&W Plc says Optus sale later in the year. Reuters, March 9
    
47. NTL holds joint venture talks with Liberty - FT. Reuters, March 9
    
48. Union women take the lead in fight for women's rights. ICFTU 08/03/01
    
49. eircom scales back UK business, 80 job cuts. Reuters, 09/03/01
    
50. Cisco Systems to chop up to 8,000 workers. CBC Canada, 9-Mar-01
    
51. White Workers Flock To Unions. Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg), 09/03/01
    
52. What the 'snooping bill' really means. Regulation of Investigatory Powers will not Rest in Peace. BusinessAM
    
53. Card check brings CWA representation to another 700 Cingular Wireless workers.
54. C&W's monopoly to end. Cable and Wireless, the British provider, and five Caribbean governments have agreed on phased dismantling of the company's monopoly, and the opening of the market to competition. Financial Times, 08/03/01
    
55. Samaritans sack BT in unreliabilty claims. Ananova, 08/03/01
    
56. Japan, Britain team for undersea cable. CNET, March 8, 2001
    
57. South Africa: Courier firms report turnover windfalls thanks to postal strike. Business Report 8-Mar-01
    
58. Telefónica signs code of conduct with global union. UNI, 07.03.2001
    
59. Setbacks ice Japan Telecom’s 3G launch. The Scotsman,7th March 2001
    
60. CALL CENTRE HOTLINE SUPPORTS UNION INITIATIVE. CWU, 06/03/01
    
61. Guidelines for Telework in Europe - 10 languages available. UNI
    
62. UK-wide telecoms watchdog 'could leave Scotland behind on broadband'. BusinessAM, 05/03/01
    
63. Long hours harm sex lives say IPD. BBC, 05/03/01
    
64. Atlantic ripe for takeover after losses reach £90.2m. Evening News, 02/03/01
    
65. BT urged to drop IPO, raise equity as Orange sinks . Reuters, 02/03/01
    
66. American telecoms giant WorldCom Inc lays off thousands of staff. Ananova, 01/03/01
    
67. Telecoms Nortel Networks firm to shed 700 more jobs in Devon. Ananova, 01/03/01
    
68. Vodafone to sell shares back to France Telecom. Ananova, 28/02/01
    
69. Telecom firms talk alliance. Mobile operators look to share costs for 3G networks. The Guardian, 27/02/01
    
70. Vodafone set to raise Japan Telecom stake. Financial Times, 26/02/01
    
71. BT may have to quit Japan's mobile market. Times, 26/02/01
    
72. Mobile firms face 3G delays. BBC, 23 February, 2001
    
73. Liberty Media seeks European cable dominance. (Reuters), February 23
    
74. D.Telekom agrees cable sale to Liberty Media. (Reuters), February 23
    
75. Pakistan seeks phone buyer. Financial Times
    
76. AT&T-BT decision on Concert months away-sources. (Reuters), February 23
    
77. The future of cellphones lies within the computer industry. The Scotsman, 22nd February 2001
    
78. Branson sets sights on US mobile phone market. Evening News, 22nd February 2001
    
79. Mobile cost controls reviewed. Evening News, 21st February 2001
    
80. UPC gets funding boost from Liberty, Telewest deal off. (Reuters), February 23
    
81. UPC replaces Telewest stake with cash from Liberty. (Reuters), February 23
    
82. Nappy threat to call centre staff. A call centre's staff were amazed and humiliated when their manager brought in disposable nappies and threatened that whoever made the most visits to the toilet would be forced to wear one. The Guardian, 21/02/01
    
83. Call centre confidential. Call centres in the UK employ more than 400,000 people, but not everyone is happy with this booming sector. The TUC says the industry has won a "sweatshop image". BBC, 21/02/01
    
84. TUC: Call centres' 'sweat shop image'. BBC, 21/02/01
    
85. Bullying still rife in call centre 'sweat shops'. The Guardian, 20/02/01
    
86. TUC hotline flooded with call centre complaints. BBC, 20/02/01
    
87. Call centre legal action over 'acoustic shock'. Trade unions are preparing hundreds of legal claims over what they describe as the "industrial injury of the 21st century". BBC
    
88. Oftel launches review of mobile phone prices. Ananova, 20/02/01
    
89. AT&T joint venture with BT in danger of collapse. Financial Times, 19/02/01
    
90. Telekom plans disposals. Financial Times, 19/02/01
    
91. Vodafone hit as Italian sale may be put on hold. This is London, 19/02/01
    
92. Job opportunities for CWU members.
    
93. Oftel urged to act on broadband. The government must seize the opportunity offered by BT's impending break-up if it is serious about creating broadband Britain, a report warns. BBC, 01/02/01
    
94. CWU - The union for Vodafone employees
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95. Partnership to curb accidents at work. BBC, Monday, 19 February, 2001
    
96. BT may float mobile phone business. BT said it would not rule out a full flotation of its BT Wireless arm. Ananova, 18th February 2001
    
97. Shareholders tell BT to step up search for successor. Financial Times 17/02/01
    
98. Telecom Italia to probe Serbian deal. BBC, 17/02/2001
    
99. Motorola workers facing uncertain future. Ananova, 16/02/01
    
100. BT announces new ownership structure for Genie. BT, February 16 2001
     
101. Indian call centre staff told to change names - claim. Ananova, Thursday 15th February 2001
     
102. BT unveils measures to improve life in call centres . Ananova, 14/02/2001
     
103. Orange leads fresh telecoms slump. BBC, 14/02/2001
     
104. Informal Joint Meeting in Lulea, 15-17 February 2001: Ministers of Employment & Telecommunications. UNI, 14/02/01
     
105. BT cuts jobs at internet division. Ananova 13/02/01
     
106. Legal action over 'acoustic shock'. Trade unions are preparing hundreds of legal claims by call centre staff over "the industrial injury of the 21st century". BBC, 12/02/01
     
107. BT JOINS FORCES WITH CWU TO SUPPORT TUC CALL CENTRE CAMPAIGN. It's not every day that a blue chip company agrees to associate with a trade union campaign. CWU, 12/02/2001
     
108. Call centre staff urged to shop bad bosses. Ananova, 12/02/2001
     
109. Vodafone in talks with Australian regulator over Optus. Ananova 09/02/01
     
110. BT Third quarter and nine months results to December 31, 2000. BT, February 8 2001
     
111. End in sight for call centres? BBC 08/02/01
     
112. BT seeks partner for Belfast telemarketing centre, Ananvoa 07/02/01
     
113. 250 jobs at Newry call centre, Northern Ireland. BBC, 07/02/01
     
114. France Telecom cuts Orange float price. Ananova 07/02/01
     
115. BT to take full ownership of Esat Digifone. BT, 06/02/01
     
116. Telewest to reach digital landmark by March. Ananova 30/01/01
     
117. BT confirms full demerger of Yell is an option. BT, 29/01/01
     
118. Atlantic Telecom to axe 350 jobs in £30 million cost-cutting move. Ananova 22/01/01
     
119. Union takes action against Telkom. The Namibian 22/01/2001
     
120. BT to make final purchase for Viag Interkom ownership. BT, 16/01/01
     
121. BT to spend £4.6 billion to take control of German firm Viag Interkom. Ananvoa 16/01/01
     
122. Cable & Wireless splashes out on transatlantic internet cable. Ananova 12/01/01
     
123. One2One signs up 1.2 million new customers. Ananova 08/01/01
     
124. BT Cellnet adds 1.5m customers. Ananova 08/01/01
     
125. Telewest mulls merger with Thus - paper. Reuters, 06/01/01
     
126. Telecom Italy controls ENTEL Chile (English language) - en Español. UNI, 06/01/01
     
127. Phone firm rings in New Year with jobs bonus. Bosses at One2One's new customer contact centre in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, plan to recruit 600 workers in the first half of 2001. Ananova, 05/01/01
     
128. BT Cellnet still ahead of Orange in UK-report. Reuters, 05/01/01
     
129. Orange IPO to start Jan 23 - sources. Reuters, 05/01/01
     
130. Vodafone, BT among Deutsche's top telecoms picks. Reuters, 05/01/01
     
131. Stockholm may cut Telia stake to less than 50%. Financial Times, 05/01/01
     
132. Vodafone to pay $973m for Mexican mobile stake. Financial Times, 05/01/01
     
133. Blackout hits BT. Financial Times, 05/01/01
     
134. Five firms set to dominate Europe's mobile phone market. Forrester Research is predicting that Europe's mobile telephone market will shrink to five dominant operators over the next 15 years. Ananova, 05/01/01
     
135. Mobile groups to pay hefty price. Europe's mobile phone industry will be in the hands of five firms by 2015 as a result of years of losses to come, a new report suggests. BBC, 05/01/01
     
136. Oftel warning over BT property sale. Ananova, 05/01/01
     
137. 15% Of Maroc-Telecom Capital to Be Sold on Stock Exchange. Maghreb Arabe Presse, 04/01/01
     
138. POSTAL MUSEUM MARKS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY. An exhibition of letters from the Polish ghettos and Nazi death camps goes on display at Manchester Postal Museum to mark Holocaust Memorial Day from January 27. CWU, 05/01/01
     
139. COMMUNICATIONS group British Telecom is branching out to sell financial services over the internet. Scotsman
     
140. BT PROPERTY DIVESTMENT UPDATE. Since the announcement that BT would be seeking to divest itself of its property and estate services portfolio, the CWU has been active on a number of fronts. CWU, 04/01/01
     
141. BT NEGOTIATES PROPERTY DIVESTMENT. BT, 01/01/01
     
142. BT set to restructure £2bn property portfolio. British Telecommunications announced plans to restructure its £2bn ($3bn) property portfolio in what could lead to Britain's largest property outsourcing contract. Financial Times
     
143. Singapore delays 3G auction. Singapore has delayed its auction for third time. Financial Times
     
144. Dockers' leader passed strike tactics to MI5 agents during national stoppage. Guardian, 01/01/01
     
145. 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
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146. The Critchley Labels Dispute: what is a "techno-strike"?
     
     
147. Marketing Trade Unions - a Manual by Allen Pascoe
     
148. What are Interest-Based Negotiations? New Zealand trade unionist Allen Pascoe explains what they are and why we should be interested in them.
     
149. 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.
     

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150. "Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )
     
151. "Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)
     
152. "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 )
     
153. "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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