24 May 2002
Centrica is creating a head of communications role for its telecoms
arm, which includes One...The group - headed by CEO Roy Gardner - is in the process of recruiting
to fill the top telecoms PR ...
the creation
of the role reflects the growth of the telecoms division, which last
July bought One.Tel UK in a £58m deal. 'Our organisation had someone in the Centrica telecom business based in
Manchester but now ...
02 May 2002
Argos is teaming up with Quip, a BT-backed venture, to launch an
Argos-branded telecoms product...The retailer claims that consumers with a BT line will save 50% on the
cost of national calls and 83% on international calls compared with
standard BT rates. The new landline service, will be known as Argos
Telecom. Argos Telecom will be backed with a promotion offering consumers up to
1000 minutes ...
13 Jun 2002
Internet service provider Tiscali is attempting to break into the
telecoms market
19 Sep 2002
Phil Hendey, commercial director of Centrica Telecoms, has resigned and is leaving the company
27 Jun 2002
to strike bespoke deals with mobile phone networks as
well as with brands outside the telecoms arena ...
15 Feb 2002
Saudi Telecom will this week choose between six networks: J. Walter
Thompson; FCB; Arnold Communications; McCann-Erickson; Leo Burnett; and
BBDO, which have been shortlisted for its 18 million account.
...
18 Dec 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Dutch mobile telecoms brand Celtel has appointed Interpublic's McCann WorldGroup to its..., based in London.
"Africa is the world's fastest-growing region in the mobile telecoms sector, and the only continent where we lacked a pan-regional telecoms client, so delivering a significantly large ...
27 Jun 2002
| by RAVI CHANDIRAMANI
After a nine-month hunt, Vodafone has finally got its man. Lance
Batchelor is a solid, dependable ex-Navyman with an impressive marketing
track record.
22 Mar 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - Hutchison 3G UK has appointed Naked Communications to its agency roster.
20 Sep 2002
| by IAN HALL
Telecoms network company Colt Telecom is staging a pitch for its UK PR account.