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UK Postal Workers Agree Royal Mail Pay Deal

John Williams - Tuesday 09.03.10, 12:35pm

Following months of hard bargaining between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the Royal Mail an agreement has been struck that appears to suit both parties.
Postal workers walked out last year throwing the UK postal service into chaos and threatening the future of the mail service that businesses and the general public have relied upon [...]

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UK Business:T-Mobile UK opens exclusive merger talks with Orange

John Williams - Tuesday 08.09.09, 11:47am

Following yesterday’s post that suggested that Vodafone and O2 were leading the race to buy out T-Mobile UK, the latest turn of events has seen French owned Orange in exclusive talks with T-Mobile owners Deutsche Bank, to merge their UK mobile businesses into the biggest mobile provider in the UK.
The talks are expected to continue [...]

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UK Business:Vodafone and O2 bid for T-Mobile UK

John Williams - Monday 07.09.09, 15:24pm

The Sunday Times has reported that mobile phone groups Vodafone and O2 have both tabled bids believed to be in the region of £3.5bn, to purchase the T-Mobile UK business from Deutsche Telecom.
T-Mobile is currently the fourth largest mobile operator in the UK with a fifteen percent share of the market, equating to a 16.6million [...]

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Microsoft & Nokia form alliance to fight Blackberry dominance

John Williams - Thursday 13.08.09, 12:17pm

Microsoft and Nokia have formed an alliance in a bid to offer stiffer competition against smart phone rival, Research in Motion Ltd’s, BlackBerry, the market leader currently dominating the mobile telecommunications business.
The alliance will also aim to unsettle Google who have recently expanded into offering free online software, that is seriously aimed at damaging the [...]

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UK Business:Carphone Warehouse see drop in Talk Talk revenue

John Williams - Thursday 23.07.09, 15:33pm

Carphone Warehouse has reported a drop in revenue from it’s Talk Talk brand, despite increasing line rental charges in March. The group reports a 2% fall in revenue since the line rental charge was increased from £10.50 to £11.25 in March this year.
The company says that it is still on target with an increase in [...]

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