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Articles tagged with: Union
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
Operator News in Brief - 10th Jun 2010
Orange and Alcatel-Lucent have completed the first phase of LTE trials with a live network in France. After initial testing in Orange's R&D laboratories, a network was deployed in the vicinity of Orange France's offices in the south of Paris to conduct LTE tests in actual operating conditions using the 2.6 GHz frequency band. more
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MTN Nigeria Secures $2.15 Billion Loan to Fund Network Expansion
MTN's Nigerian subsidiary has signed 3-5 year loan agreements worth US$2.15 billion with 17 banks to fund its network expansion. Of the banks, fifteen are Nigerian, while the remaining two are Germany's KfW Ipex and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. more
Related Tags: mtn, ericsson, zte, africa, Nigeria
British Telecom Facing First Labour Strike in 20 Years
..s of the timetable for the ballot will be announced next week. The union has 50,000 members across the country. BT swung from a £244 million loss to a £1 billion profit in the year to April after cutting £1.75 billion in costs. more
Related Tags: communication-workers-union, british-telecom, option, UK
Italy Facing Fines for Lack of Mobile Location Data from Emergency Calls
The European Commission has decided to ask the EU Court of Justice to fine Italy for failing to respect a previous Court judgement for not providing full caller location information for emergency services. Member States have an obligation to ensure that when a person dials Europe's single emergency number (112) from a mobile phone, details of his or her location are sent to the emergency services. The Commission's decision to refer Italy back to the Court follows two previous warnings from the Commission. more
Related Tags: european-commission, court-of-justice, location-based-services, 112, e-911, lbs, neelie-kroes, court, emergency, emergency-services, Italy
Communications Union Continuing Pay Talks with O2 UK
..will be scheduled soon to move the discussions on." The union had threatened strike action after the negotiations, based on a proposal that was been rejected in March were still continuing. more
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At a joint news conference, ver.di, the union representing workers at Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Germany, the Communications Workers of America and UNI Global union said Deutsche Telekom management's claimed double standard in the way it treats workers in different countries must end. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, deutsche-telekom, communications-workers-of-america, cwa, usa,
Mexican Network to Enable PrePay Top-Ups from the USA
Mexico's dominant mobile network operator, Telcel is to enable prepay top-ups from the USA via a deal with MoreMagic Solutions. From 46,000 Western union Agent locations throughout the United States, as well as additional international retail locations, or the web, a customer can purchase a gift of prepaid airtime, or transfer electronic airtime, to a Telcel phone. more
Related Tags: telcel, moremagic-solutions, hispanic, usa, Mexico
Amtrak Offers Wi-Fi on Trains Along Northeast Corridor
US train service, Amtrak has launched a Wi-Fi service aboard all 20 high-speed Acela Express trains, in six major stations along the Northeast Corridor, and in all four ClubAcela lounges. Initially offered as a complimentary service, AmtrakConnect is available to every passenger on board Acela Express both in Business and First class seating. more
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African churches use mobile phone to ring up growth in members
A mobile phone suspended on a belt round the waist, or from the neck, is a common sight among members of church congregations in Africa. Now, church leaders are heaping praise on mobile phones, sometimes called cell phones, because they say the instruments help congregations grow. more
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