22 Dec 2000
by Ireland’s national telecoms company, Eircom -– in a deal worth £2.6bn....LONDON (Brand Republic) UK mobile phone group Vodafone has agreed to buy Eircell - the Irish mobile phone business owned by Ireland s national telecoms company, Eircom - in a deal worth 2.6bn. The purchase, which is understood to be the biggest Irish corporate takeover to date, cannot be completed until ...
19 Dec 2000
Sweden’s national telecoms carrier Telia is to appeal the Swedish government’s decision...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Sweden’s national telecoms carrier Telia is to appeal the Swedish government’s decision not to award the company a third-generation mobile licence.
Telia’s share price ...
national telecoms firm not to win a UMTS licence in its own country.
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18 Dec 2000
The Swedish government has failed to award the country’s national telecoms provider, Telia, with a...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The Swedish government has failed to award the country’s national telecoms provider, Telia, with a third-generation mobile licence in a shock move which makes the company ...
Vodafone, France Telecom-owned Orange, Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa and Swedish mobile company Tele2 ...
18 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
to make any redundancies in the 140-strong workforce.
According to newspaper reports, telecoms services provider Opal Telecom is interested in Breathe’s assets, and is due to meet with PwC this morning.
One ...
15 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – TBWA\Chiat\Day\Toronto has acquired one of Canada’s largest independent agencies, Bryant Fulton 50m. The agency has offices in Calgary and Toronto, as well as in Vancouver, and includes BC Gas, BC Lottery Corporation, Group Telecom, HSBC, Labatt Breweries, London Drugs, and Shaw ...
13 Dec 2000
over ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line).
The news comes soon after telecoms watchdog Oftel ...
13 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
, which will watch over TV, newspapers, radio, telecoms and, to a certain extent, the internet.
Ofcom ...
12 Dec 2000
&R is currently battling in reviews for some other major clients, including telecoms giant Ericsson. The agency ...
12 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK government is due to outline plans for a new media watchdog, dubbed Ofcom, in its communications white paper today.
Ofcom is designed to bring to an end the “alphabet soup” of media regulators and will cover radio, television, advertising, telecoms, the press ...
06 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
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The suspension mirrors activity on the Paris Bourse exchange where shares in France Telecom-owned Wanadoo have ...
and 1.8bn.
Earlier in the year, when the company was said to have been in talks with Deutsche Telecom ...
, in which France Telecom has a 22% holding. Wanadoo’s parent also owns mobile phone operator, Orange, which ...