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O2 Starts Talks with UK Unions Over Job Cuts

­UK based Telefonica o2 has started consulting trade unions over plans for a 5% cut in its UK workforce. The Prospect-Connect union says that it has received a presentation from various parts of the business about their thoughts on the redundancies and the union raised a number of initial challenges to the approach being adopted.  more

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Communications Union Continuing Pay Talks with O2 UK

Talks to avert strike action at Telefonica o2 UK have continued with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) saying that its negotiators were pleased by the latest meeting with o2 held last week in the current protracted round of pay talks.  more

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EU Nations to Push DVB-H Over Other Mobile TV Standards

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Telefonica and O2 Lowers European Data Roaming Tariffs

Telefƒ³nica has announced cuts in its data roaming tariffs of up to 40% within Europe. The company says that consumers in Spain, the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic and Ireland will benefit from cuts of more than 40% in data roaming prices, while the cost of sending a text message home from anywhere in the European Union falls to a maximum of ¢â€š¬0.32 + taxes. For business travellers, a new roaming bundle provides worldwide access to data at a price equivalent to ¢â€š¬1 per megabyte (MB) - subject to a minimum spend of ¢â€š¬50 per month.  more

Related Tags: prepay, text-messaging, eu, roaming, movistar, text-message, laptop, bill-shock, UK


EARNINGS PREVIEW: European Telcos Seen Posting Mixed Results

TAKING THE PULSE: Europe's largest telecommunications companies are expected to announce a mixed set of earnings this quarter, following a year of in-country consolidation and expansion into new markets.  more

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Tesco Mobile Lowers European Call Costs Ahead Of EU Deadline

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- UK supermarket giant Tesco, Friday said that it was lowering European mobile roaming charges for its Tesco Mobile service, a joint-venture it runs with Telefonica's o2 telephony unit. more

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UK Regulator Brings In New Cap On Mobile Connect Fees

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- UK telecommunications watchdog Ofcom Tuesday introduced new price controls that cap the amount phone operators can charge rivals when customers connect to a rival network. more

Related Tags: european-commission, 3g-license, european-union, bt-group, ofcom, bt, 3g-phone, 3g-licenses, cable-&-wireless, termination


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