Store closures and decline in roaming see Three Ireland’s revenue drop
Mobile operator reduced its pretax losses last year to €11m, from €23m in 2019
Europe’s telecoms giants eye deals – but is it too late to beat private equity?
Deal hesistancy followed regulators’ blocking of bid for Telefonica’s UK business
Queues outside Penneys at 6am: ‘It’s great to get a bit of normality back’
Shops reopened today after a six-week lockdown and some people just couldn’t wait
Enet appoints John Gilvarry as new chief operating officer
In addition, Cormac Ryan has taken up the role of commercial director at the telco
Three UK arm cutting about 280 jobs
Company seeking ‘greater allignment’ between business in Republic and UK
Irish company Taoglas offers new platform to help with ‘social distancing’
Analytics will help indoor and outdoor venues manage crowds
Three Ireland boss Finnegan to also lead operator’s UK business
Robert Finnegan to take over UK CEO role as Dave Dyson steps down after nine years
Business in Hong Kong needs to stay strong
John Gapper: Beijing wants to make companies impose obedience to China on protesting employees
Developer Joe O’Reilly and Henderson Park Capital acquire HSQ for €222m
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Vodafone in €9.4bn Australian merger to take on rivals
Deal combines third and fourth largest telecoms players in Australian market
Three Ireland plans to begin offering 5G services next year
Contract customer numbers and cost control push ebitda to €94m in half-year to end June
Three’s earnings rise despite sales dip, as it tightens the noose on costs
Jump in contract customer numbers helps mobile operator increase earnings 22%
Eir to move HQ to Citywest in move to save €10m a year
Move is latest cost-cutting initiative since Eir was taken over by two firms controlled by French billionaire Xavier Niel
Seen & heard: Three owner buys Eir HQ and Central Bank’s Brexit warnings
Fulfil row nears settlement and M&S braces for disappointing results this week
Scott Hutchison of indie band Frightened Rabbit reported missing
Family, friends and police appeal for information about disappearance
Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing to retire
Owner of Ireland’s mobile operator Three is to step down as his eldest son takes over the reins of the business
Arkansas plan to execute seven men over 11 days sparks opposition
America Letter: Make-up of supreme court will be critical in future of capital punishment
Three’s revenues rise in first full reporting year since O2 buyout
Second-largest mobile operator Three’s pretax losses narrow to €43m from €392m
Telefonica may hold IPO of British unit this year
Move could be part of plans to raise funds to pay off debt
Hong Kong billionaire says Brexit fallout will last for years
Britain is biggest profit generator for Li Ka-shing’s business empire
Dublin-born former O2 boss Ronan Dunne moves to Verizon
Irishman will take on the role of group president of Verizon Wireless
Dublin-born O2 chief executive Ronan Dunne to step down
UK’s telecoms industry’s longest-serving CEO set to leave after a 15-year tenure
Denis O’Brien hatches Italian bid outside Digicel Group
Group’s full-year sales and earnings dip in year to March amid currency weakness
Vodafone’s in-house Carabinieri Vittorio Colao plans a digital spine for Europe
Vittorio Colao oversees the phone giant’s operation in 26 markets. ‘Ireland is almost a perfect country’, he notes
Vodafone’s Vittorio Colao sees further EU phone tie-ups
Links between BT and Deutsche Telekom will grow in importance over time, says chief
O’Brien’s Digicel reportedly bidding for Italian assets
Bid would mark departure from Digicel’s focus on emerging markets
O2’s chief executive reportedly considering management buyout
Dublin-born Ronan Dunne refuses to dismiss report he has been sounded out about possible management buyout
EU rejects Hutchison’s bid to buy Telefonica’s O2 UK
Decision also casts doubt on approval for proposed merger of 3 Italia, Wind in Italy
Marathon talks end with mobile merger
VimpelCom’s Wind and Hutchison’s Three will be combined into a joint venture
Li Ka-shing’s 02 power play must clear hurdle of regulatory approval
Consumers fear that fewer phone operators in UK will result in higher bills
Three’s owner Hutchison to buy O2 UK for £10.2bn
Hong Kong group acquired Telefonica’s Irish business last year
UK mobile firms to spend £5bn tackling mobile “not spots”
Operators move to improve service coverage in areas affected by patchy coverage
Vodafone brings action against Comreg over competition concerns
Firm wins leave to bring judicial review proceedings against regulator
Vodafone threatens to sue over €850m O2-3 deal
Vodafone says deal will “distort” competition in the market
Comreg raises concerns about O2 takeover by Hutchison Whampa
Regulator expresses concern at possible negative consequences for Irish consumers
Hutchison ‘ready to sell spectrum to get O2 Ireland’
Claim that Three Ireland parent prepared to sell spectrum to seal deal
Eircom pushes EU for concessions from merger of mobile rivals Three and O2
Eircom wants EU to reallocate 4G mobile spectrum to Meteor to preserve competiton
Three saw off possible rival offers from Eircom and Liberty Global
Final terms were hammered out over the weekend
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