14 Dec 2001
TELECOMS: One.Tel, the telecoms firm owned by British Gas and AA
parent company Centrica, has compiled a shortlist of five firms for its
consumer PR pitch. Communications manager Lucy Hotston confirmed
incumbent Harvard PR was on the list and a decision is expected in the
new year.
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14 Dec 2001
Telecoms giant WorldCom has handed Lewis PR its UK comms brief with
fees in the region of 250,000.
Based in the US and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Worldcom is
the seventh largest company ...
known as a telecoms company.'
Lewis's account is also thought likely to include work across ...
14 Dec 2001
AT&T Business - the B2B arm of telecoms giant AT&T - is driving a
PR campaign to develop its corporate reputation across Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA).
The PR push comes after the recent demise of Concert - AT&T's joint
venture with BT - which, until its closure in October ...
13 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Telecoms giant WorldCom has handed Lewis PR its UK comms brief with fees in the region...significant PR footprint in the internet and technology space -- we are already well known
as a telecoms ...
07 Dec 2001
TECHNOLOGY: Software developer and e-consultancy Global Beach has
hired Josie Goodwin as group PR manager. She has formerly been head of
PR and sponsorship at Atlantic Telecoms and also press and PR manager
for Cable & Wireless.
...
07 Dec 2001
Organisation: Enron
Issue: Collapse of company
Almost two months after the problems of the former telecoms and
equipment giant Marconi, City and business commentators were once again
reaching for their best collective hyperbole as they reported the
downfall of Enron, another global giant: 'Britain had ...
30 Nov 2001
TECHNOLOGY: Database firm Sybase has appointed Band & Brown to
handle its UK PR following a three-way pitch. B&B is tasked with
targeting a boardroom-level audience and the financial, telecoms and
health media. The account carries six-figure fees.
...
30 Nov 2001
CORPORATE: Robert Dunnett, BT group senior broadcasting and press
officer, is leaving after 13 years with the telecoms giant. He is to
move into consultancy work, specialising in crisis management and
training. His departure comes as the 12-strong group press office is
halved as part of BT's demerger ...
30 Nov 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Finnish telecoms giant Sonera Zed is to review its relationship
with retained agency Citigate Technology following the redundancy of the
company's UK PR chief.
Director of communications Patrick ...
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The downturn in the telecoms sector is thought to have been responsible
for this wave of job cuts.
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30 Nov 2001
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In January, the telecoms giant hired Cohn 70m sponsorship of the Arrows Formula ...