22 Dec 2000
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 ...
22 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its share price to leap by 11.5% this morning.
The company said revenues for the half year ended January 31 were expected to exceed 40m in spite of current technology market trends ...
21 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Internet incubator NewMedia Spark has written off more than 45m from the value of its investments, because of the turmoil in the internet sector.
The company, which announced its interim results yesterday, now values its investments at 120m, a fall of 30%.
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21 Dec 2000
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These unmarked little stickers have been all over London for some time now. And being made of highly adhesive ...
19 Dec 2000
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 plunged 17% to 49 Swedish Krona ( 3.43) yesterday after the news that Telia was to become the first ...
18 Dec 2000
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 the first national carrier in Europe to lose a licence in its own country.
Telia was beaten by UK group ...
15 Dec 2000
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TBWA/London too is keen to dominate the league, sending client confirmation of a pounds 10 million ...
14 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Microsoft has agreed to pay 97m to settle a lawsuit brought by temporary workers who claimed they were denied access to share options and other benefits.
Between 8,000 and 12,000 of the workers will receive about 10,000 each from the payment, which is understood ...
14 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Lloyds TSB has ditched plans to launch its online subsidiary Evolvebank in the UK and has chosen instead to link up with British Gas owner Centrica to launch an internet bank called Goldfish.
The bank will offer services over the phone as well as over the internet, in an effort ...
13 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Five telecommunications companies have called a halt to plans to offer fast internet access services because of the prohibitive costs involved.
Telewest, NTL, KPNQwest, Global Crossing and Worldcom have all scrapped plans to roll out nationwide high-speed internet services ...