Independent Energy is linking up with Future Integrated Technology to offer telecom services to small businesses. 30-Dec-1999

One-2-One has agreed a £100m deal with Crown Castle to create a mobile phone network in Northern Ireland. 30-Dec-1999

Caudwell is to create 500 new jobs at its mobile phones distribution business in Staffordshire, which will benefit sites in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle and Crewe. 29-Dec-1999

Atlantech Technologies, the Cumbernauld-based supplier of internet software, is to recruit 100 extra staff in preparation for a UK and European expansion that will double its size by the end of 2000. 29-Dec-1999

Exel Walsh Western has set up a new factory in Newport, South Wales, to provide computer accessory kits for the nearby LG Electronics plant, and up to 100 jobs will be created. 21-Dec-1999

Marconi Communications is creating about 100 new jobs in Nottingham, as part of an expansion at its Beeston-based research facility. 20-Dec-1999

Memory Corp is forming a joint venture with enoughMusic.com of the US to enable consumers to download music to a Walkman via a telephone line. 20-Dec-1999

Energis is acquiring a 75% stake in German-based internet service provider Business Online for £5m, as part of a strategy to expand its European customer base and network reach. 17-Dec-1999

Computeach International is to build a new training centre at its Dudley headquarters next year. 17-Dec-1999

JBA, the software company, has cut a further 50 jobs at its Studley headquarters, due to a downturn in business. 17-Dec-1999

Thus is to launch a service providing full voice communications over the internet, using new technology that could lead to substantial cuts in the cost of telephone calls. 17-Dec-1999

Marconi has won a contract to provide BellSouth of the US with high-speed fibre optic technology, and this could generate $1bn of sales over the next three years. 17-Dec-1999

Lindy Electronics is to open a new computer accessories warehouse on the Teesside Industrial Estate next year. 16-Dec-1999

JSB Software Technologies, the internet access software company, is planning to move to the main London Stock Exchange next February, but will also maintain its Easdaq listing. 16-Dec-1999

Cable & Wireless is considering plans to acquire a stake in TTNet, the Japanese telecoms carrier affiliated with Tokyo Electric Power. 15-Dec-1999

Quantum Electronics has opened a new £2.5m manufacturing facility in Newport, and 100 jobs will be created over the next two years. 13-Dec-1999

Intel is moving into a 100,000 sq ft building at Winnersh Triangle near Reading, where it will sublet space from Hewlett Packard. 13-Dec-1999

United Utilities has confirmed plans to float Norweb Telecom over the next 18 months, which could raise up to £1bn. 11-Dec-1999

Colt Telecom has raised about £800m in a share issue, in order to fund the expansion of its European telecoms network. 10-Dec-1999

BG is considering plans to move into the telecoms market by using its gas pipelines network as a conduit for fibre optic cable. 10-Dec-1999

Racal Electronics is to complete the review of its defence division by next March, and the most likely outcome appears to be the sale of the business to a European manufacturer. 09-Dec-1999

The government is to set up a new call centre in Bristol to handle passport enquiries, with the creation of 60 jobs. 08-Dec-1999

Vodafone AirTouch has won US regulatory approval to merge its mobile phone interests with those of Bell Atlantic, and the deal is now expected to be completed in the middle of next year. 08-Dec-1999

SDL has raised £7m on the stock market, in order to fund the marketing of its new translation software products. 08-Dec-1999

British Telecom is planning to offer flat-rate unmetered internet access to consumers and small businesses, through the launch of a new service called SurfTime. 08-Dec-1999

New Horizons Computer Learning Centres is to set up a computer training centre in Bristol, with the creation of 50 jobs. 07-Dec-1999

MathEngine has raised £6.5m from investors to finance the expansion of its computer animation business, and the company is seeking larger premises in Oxford. 06-Dec-1999

Global Crossing of the US is seeking 125,000 sq ft of offices in London and the south east, as part of an expansion of its telecoms business across Europe. 06-Dec-1999

Entranet has received a £10m investment from US-based General Atlantic, and is now looking to recruit 150 additional staff to expand its e-commerce business. 04-Dec-1999

Star Technology Group of Cirencester has raised £10m in order to fund the expansion of its computer services business, which includes an internet service provider and a virus-scanning package. 03-Dec-1999

Freeserve is forming an alliance with BT Cellnet to provide internet-based information services on mobile phones, including sport, entertainment and financial services. 03-Dec-1999

Carphone Warehouse has announced a deal with One-2-One to set up a new cellular network called Value Telecom, in which it will purchase airtime from One-2-One on a wholesale basis. 03-Dec-1999

Psion has announced a manufacturing agreement with Flextronics International, in which Flextronics will pay £370,000 for Psion's site at Greenford in west London. 03-Dec-1999

MCI WorldCom is to open a £9m telecoms switching centre at the Pentagon business complex in Glasgow. 02-Dec-1999

Cable & Wireless is acquiring a strategic stake in Internet Commerce Corporation of the US for £6m, as part of a strategy to become a global internet services company. 02-Dec-1999

UUNET, the internet service provider, is expanding its premises at the Cambridge Science Park and plans to create 350 jobs over the next year. 01-Dec-1999

British Telecom has been told by Oftel to open its local network to competitors supplying high-speed digital services by July 2001. 01-Dec-1999

Oneview.net is to raise £5.3m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its internet services business, and is looking to build up a team of 250 sales staff by May 2000. 01-Dec-1999

NXT is forming an alliance with the government's Defence Evaluation & Research Agency to develop speech technology, and a new company called 2020Speech will combine NXT licensing skills with Dera's speech research unit. 01-Dec-1999

Ubinetics, the Cambridge-based mobile technology company, is launching a recruitment drive to add to its 80-strong team of technical staff. 30-Nov-1999

Freeserve is in merger talks with several other internet service providers, and predicts that the number of free ISPs will fall from 250 to about 6 over the next few years. 30-Nov-1999

RealCall, the supplier of internet call back services, has raised £7m and is planning to float early next year. 30-Nov-1999

InterX is planning to separate out its internet and hardware operations, in order to focus on providing an online product information service. 30-Nov-1999

Siebel Systems, the software company, is seeking 100,000 sq ft of office space near the M4 motorway for a new headquarters. 29-Nov-1999

Vodafone AirTouch is in negotiations to raise its stake in Spanish mobile phone company Airtel from 22% to more than 50%. 27-Nov-1999

Freeserve is to increase its stake in TelePost, the US telephony group, to 57% at a cost of £12m, in order to offer new messaging services to its customers. 25-Nov-1999

Kingston Communications has announced plans to set up a fourth Torch Telecom network, covering Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. 25-Nov-1999

Oracle is setting up a new service with three other US groups - Cisco, Sun Microsystems and Exodus - to provide computer hardware and software support to UK internet start-ups. 25-Nov-1999

Sifam is to create a further 200 jobs at its electronics business in Torquay, following its £60m acquisition by JDS Uniphase. 24-Nov-1999

Energis has announced a £30m plan to build five new metropolitan telecoms networks in Reading, Basingstoke, Bracknell, Edinburgh and Glasgow. 24-Nov-1999

Andronics has launched a new satellite communications business in Londonderry in partnership with the Satcom International Group, which will involve the development of the Orbcomm vehicle tracking system and the creation of at least 100 jobs. 23-Nov-1999

Vodafone AirTouch has increased its stake in MobiFon, the operator of the Connex CSM mobile phone service in Romania, to 20%, giving it an interest valued at £58m. 23-Nov-1999

Vodafone AirTouch has launched a £76bn takeover bid for Mannesmann, the German telecoms group, a move prompted by Mannesmann's acquisition of Orange. 20-Nov-1999

SCi Entertainment is to raise £20m in a share placing in order to fund the development of new computer games. 20-Nov-1999

ESM is to recruit an additional 70 staff at the former Newport Wafer-Fab microchip plant in South Wales, following an upturn in the world market. 20-Nov-1999

Cable & Wireless is linking up with Compaq to invest $500m in the creation of a global joint venture to provide a full range of internet-based services to small and medium sized companies. 19-Nov-1999

Microgen is to invest £8m in the development of its electronic billing services, and a new central processing facility will be created. 19-Nov-1999

ICL has announced a £100m plan to re-focus its business on internet services, with the creation of 1,000 jobs in the Thames Valley and Staffordshire. 18-Nov-1999

University of Warwick is linking up with Pittsburgh-based Carnegie-Mellon University to set up a £25m training centre that will teach middle-managers new techniques in the use of the internet. 18-Nov-1999

Superscape VR is to raise £20m in a share placing in order to fund the development of software products that enable web sites to add interactive 3D content. 18-Nov-1999

British Telecom has launched a recruitment drive to find 400 staff for its telemarketing centre in Warrington. 17-Nov-1999

The Foreign Office is to spend £12m setting up web-based information kiosks in most of its embassies, in order to promote inward investment, education and tourism. 17-Nov-1999

Eidos has acquired a 20% stake in Maximum Holdings, the US video games company, for £34m, as part of a strategy to use third parties to distribute its own games. 16-Nov-1999

Anite is looking to sell off its computer staff recruitment business for about £65m, in order to focus on consultancy. 16-Nov-1999

Kewill Systems has raised £39m in a share placing in order to fund the development of its e-commerce products. 16-Nov-1999

Atlantic Telecom has been granted use of two fibre optic cables in Marconi's nationwide network that will enable it to service most urban centres by the end of next year, and the expansion is being funded by a £94m share issue. 13-Nov-1999

NTL is considering plans to launch its own mobile phone service, having approached the existing operators with an offer to buy capacity on their third-generation networks. 12-Nov-1999

GE Capital IT Solutions is considering plans to relocate its Rossendale operations to the South East, which could impact about 300 East Lancashire jobs, as part of a plan to re-focus the business on e-commerce and software. 11-Nov-1999

British Telecom is planning to restructure its joint venture with Viag in order to improve its position in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and has also announced a joint venture with LookSmart of the US to develop internet portal services. 11-Nov-1999

Energis is buying a 5.6% stake in Geo Interactive Media of Israel for £7.5m, in order to gain European-wide rights to Geo's audio and streaming technology. 11-Nov-1999

British Telecom is to close its operator assistance centre in Blackburn by August 2001, with the loss of up to 200 jobs. 10-Nov-1999

Microsoft is said to be planning to expand its research facilities at Cambridge University, in order to expand its staff from 45 to about 100. 10-Nov-1999

British Telecom is to spend £100m over the next two years adapting its network to handle internet calls more easily, and has also announced the launch of a new tariff that will allow internet service providers to offer a flat monthly fee. 10-Nov-1999

BATM Advanced Communications is planning to raise £100m in order to build up its networking equipment business in the US, possibly through acquisition. 10-Nov-1999

Airspan Communications has received a £30m equity injection from US venture capitalists in order to fund the development of its wireless communications system. 10-Nov-1999

Glotel is planning to expand its telecoms consultancy by opening offices in Germany and Belgium. 10-Nov-1999

Recognition Systems is to raise £18m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its Birmingham-based software business, and about 70 jobs will be created. 10-Nov-1999

Infobank has bought the remaining 75% of Elliott Pearce in a £2m deal, in order to expand its e-commerce business. 09-Nov-1999

British Telecom is to create a separate division for its mobile phone and paging operations in order to gain regulatory approval to acquire full ownership of Cellnet. 06-Nov-1999

WPI Husky Technology, the manufacturer of rugged hand-held computers, is cutting 50 jobs at its plant in Coventry. 05-Nov-1999

British Telecom is to close its call centre at Humberstone Road in Leicester in 2001, but the 340 staff are expected to be transferred to other facilities nearby. 05-Nov-1999

British Telecom has relocated 600 technicians to London and the Thames Valley to cope with a surge in demand for high-speed digital links, and is looking to recruit a further 200. 05-Nov-1999

British Telecom is to close the directory inquiries switchboard next to the Gateshead MetroCentre as well as the operators call centre in Newcastle's Carliol Square, and the 300 workers will be transferred to other sites. 04-Nov-1999

New Horizons Computer Learning Centres is opening a computer training centre in Nottingham with the creation of up to 50 jobs, one of 16 such centres planned for the UK over the next three years. 04-Nov-1999

Cable & Wireless is setting up 20 web-hosting centres throughout the world over the next three years, in order to provide the infrastructure and network management for companies wishing to set up their own web sites. 04-Nov-1999

Pressac is planning to set up a £7.5m telecoms components factory near Glasgow next year, with the creation of 200 jobs. 04-Nov-1999

Cap Gemini is to expand its call centre in Nairn with the creation of 78 jobs, taking the site's total workforce to 175. 03-Nov-1999

Nortel Networks is to invest £60m at plants in Paignton and Monkstown to produce optical transmission systems for the internet, with the creation of 1,800 jobs. 03-Nov-1999

ARM Holdings is forming an alliance with Texas Instruments of the US to develop next-generation wireless internet devices. 03-Nov-1999

Viridian is recruiting 24 software development and engineering staff at a new office near Dungannon for its Sx3 software division. 02-Nov-1999

Epson of Japan is to set up a chip design centre at the Alba Centre in Livingston next year. 02-Nov-1999

The government has announced plans to auction new mobile phone operating licences in March 2000, and expects to raise at least £1.5bn. 02-Nov-1999

Marconi is to acquire a number of high-speed data transmission operations from Nokia for £46m, which will involve the transfer of 120 Nokia employees in Cambridge. 02-Nov-1999

Radical Technology is planning to float on Ofex with a valuation of about £2.8m, in order to fund the expansion of its software and internet business. 01-Nov-1999

Hyundai is looking to resume the development of its two semiconductor plants in Scotland and Wales next year, and is seeking a joint venture partner. 30-Oct-1999

Martin Dawes Business Communications of Warrington is planning to increase the size of its workforce from 66 to over 110 as it rolls out its national network service. 29-Oct-1999

AVX is to create a further 50 jobs at its electronic components factory in Coleraine, having won new orders from the Far East. 29-Oct-1999

KSCL, the supplier of telecoms billing software, is to create an additional 1,000 jobs over the next three years, including 500 at its Edinburgh headquarters. 27-Oct-1999

Atlantech Technologies is creating an additional 60 jobs at its internet software business in Cumbernauld. 27-Oct-1999

Thus, formerly known as Scottish Telecom, expects to raise £315m when it floats in London in November, and is also seeking a US partner to benefit from the next generation of internet technology. 26-Oct-1999

Psion is forming an alliance with Oracle to enable users of its new netBook portable PC to access Oracle database files. 26-Oct-1999

ARM has announced a technology licensing deal with Intel, enabling Intel to use ARM's microprocessors in a wide range of devices. 26-Oct-1999

Cable & Wireless is to sell its 19.5% stake in Bezeq of Israel to Zeevi Communications for £380m, as part of a strategy to focus on providing services to multinational businesses. 25-Oct-1999

Quantex is planning to set up a computer manufacturing centre in the Stevenage area, creating about 1,000 jobs. 23-Oct-1999

Virata of Cambridge is planning to float on Nasdaq next month with a value of about £120m, in order to raise funds for the development of its system-on-a-chip technology. 23-Oct-1999

MM Group Ireland is to create more than 100 jobs at its Bangor communications centre, including new management, clerical and tele-services staff. 22-Oct-1999

Oneview.net, the Dudley-based internet company, is planning to recruit about 100 new staff over the next year, including technicians, administration staff and sales reps. 22-Oct-1999

EWA is seeking 60 new staff for its call centre in Chelmsford, in order to support a home delivery service for one of its clients. 22-Oct-1999

Belfast City Council is to consider plans from Comtech Developments to set up a call centre at the Klondyke Building on the city's Gasworks site, which would create 200 jobs. 22-Oct-1999

France Telecom is planning to bid for one of the UK's next-generation mobile phone licences, in partnership with NTL. 21-Oct-1999

Band-X, the trader of internet telecoms capacity, has received $11m in equity investment from Madison Dearborn Partners of the US in order to upgrade its telecoms infrastructure. 21-Oct-1999

Fibernet is planning a £25m rights issue in order to fund the expansion of its data communications business into France and Germany. 21-Oct-1999

JWE Telecom has announced a deal that will give its users access to Dolphin Telecommunications' Expressnet voice and data network. 20-Oct-1999

Action Computer Supplies, the distributor of IT products, has announced that its proposed merger with Insight Enterprises of the US has fallen through, due to a decline in market conditions. 19-Oct-1999

BOM, the Bristol-based software and cabling company, is planning to open an office in Cardiff in order to win more business in south Wales. 19-Oct-1999

City of York Council has approved a £43m plan for the redevelopment of the electronics and bioscience buildings at the University of York. 16-Oct-1999

Virgin is planning to set up a mobile phone distribution centre near Daventry, creating an initial 35 jobs. 16-Oct-1999

Amerada Hess is linking up with Alpha Telecom to trial a new telecoms service in the Midlands, which is said to reduce phone bills by at least 33%. 16-Oct-1999

British Telecom is said to be planning to set up a new call centre in Londonderry with the creation of 500 jobs. 15-Oct-1999

Vodafone AirTouch is buying a further 5.5% stake in Polkomtel, the Polish mobile phone operator, for £87m, taking its stake to 25%. 15-Oct-1999

British Telecom is linking up with Microsoft to develop hand-held communications devices that will enable consumers to access information while on the move. 15-Oct-1999

EDS, the US-owned supplier of financial and management services, is seeking an additional 50 staff for its recently-opened call centre in Peterlee. 14-Oct-1999

Vodafone AirTouch is to use the NTL call centre at Cleppa Park in Wales to provide service back-up for its new mobile phone with internet access. 14-Oct-1999

British Telecom is planning to set up a joint venture with FVC of the US to launch a low-cost video conferencing service in Europe. 12-Oct-1999

GEC is to change its name to Marconi, and aims to focus on telecommunications and electronic systems. 11-Oct-1999

MM Group is to create more than 500 jobs over the next three years by setting up a communications call centre at the former SWEB base at Avonbank in Bristol. 08-Oct-1999

MGt, the provider of call centre services, is to create a further 100 jobs at its premises in the John Smith Business Park in Kirkcaldy. 08-Oct-1999

Atlantic Telecom of Aberdeen is seeking sources of funding to expand its network into England, and expects to start setting up a network in Manchester early next year. 08-Oct-1999

Vodafone AirTouch has announced a series of deals to become the second largest shareholder in Japan's nine regional mobile phone companies. 08-Oct-1999

Landmark Securities is planning to build an office block in Cardiff to house a 1,000-job call centre. 07-Oct-1999

Xyratex is shedding 90 jobs at its electronics business in Havant, due to a fall in demand. 07-Oct-1999

Cadence Design Systems of the US is scaling back plans to recruit 1,800 staff for its Scottish microchip facility in Livingston, due to a worldwide shortage of engineers and managers. 07-Oct-1999

Vodafone AirTouch has sold its 17% stake in E-Plus Mobilfunk, the German mobile phone group, to France Telecom for £1.07bn, and the proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. 05-Oct-1999

Scottish Telecom is changing its name to Thus, in preparation for a new marketing campaign to offer its services to customers around the UK. 04-Oct-1999

Motorola is planning a £50m expansion at its mobile phones factory at Bathgate near Edinburgh, with the creation of 1,000 jobs. 01-Oct-1999

Quality Software Products is to raise £16m in a share issue in order to fund working capital requirements for next year. 01-Oct-1999

Cedar Group is to raise £27m in a rights issue to help fund the start-up of a business solutions division for e-commerce companies. 01-Oct-1999

Gosport Borough Council is considering plans to transform the former HMS Daedalus naval air station at Lee-on-the-Solent into the UK centre for a global information network linked by undersea cables. 30-Sep-1999

Kewill Systems is to invest £6.3m in the development of e-commerce products over the next two years. 30-Sep-1999

ICL has opened a new software development centre in Belfast that will employ 225 people in a joint venture with Microsoft. 29-Sep-1999

Iaxis, the wholesaler of telecoms capacity, is planning a flotation early next year that could value it at more than £600m. 29-Sep-1999

ARM is forming a wireless technology joint venture with Ericsson that will develop techniques for linking mobile phones with a range of electronic devices. 29-Sep-1999

Electronic Packaging Systems is creating 50 new jobs at its electronics manufacturing plant in Braintree. 24-Sep-1999

Telecom Service Centres has confirmed plans to set up a new call centre at Dunoon on the Clyde coast with the creation of 100 jobs. 23-Sep-1999

LG Electronics is planning to employ a further 400 workers at its Newport factory to copy with rising demand for Apple's iMac personal computer. 23-Sep-1999

Vodafone AirTouch and Bell Atlantic have agreed to merge their wireless assets to create the largest mobile phone business in the US with a value of about $70bn. 22-Sep-1999

Westwood Communications is to double the capacity of its mobile phone repair facility at Clydebank, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next six months. 21-Sep-1999

Orange is to set up a customer call centre in Plymouth at a cost of £8m, with the creation of 1,100 jobs. 21-Sep-1999

Locate in Scotland is helping to fund a £7m start-up venture called Cogent, in order to set up an internet-enabled call centre in Airdrie that could create up to 1,000 jobs. 18-Sep-1999

Iaxis is linking up with Carlyle Group of the US to invest £214m in the expansion of its European telecoms network, and 11 facilities will be built to provide routers and web servers for internet service providers. 18-Sep-1999

Scottish Power has confirmed plans to sell off a minority stake in its Scottish Telecom business by the end of the year, in order to raise funds for expansion. 18-Sep-1999

Initiative Software, the Glasgow-based software design company, has secured £1m of venture capital funding from Scottish Enterprise to market a new software product for call centres. 17-Sep-1999

British Telecom is forming an alliance with AT&T to link their wireless telecoms operations around the world, which should result in lower prices for travellers in 150 countries. 17-Sep-1999

British Telecom has taken on 80 more permanent staff at its telemarketing centre in Bristol to cope with an increase in workload, and similar measures are being taken at sites in Warrington, Newcastle, Doncaster and Glasgow. 16-Sep-1999

Onyx Internet, the Middlesbrough-based internet service provider, has been acquired by Pacific Gateway Exchange of the US, and the business will be expanded with the creation of at least 80 new jobs. 16-Sep-1999

British Telecom is planning to set up a call centre in Lincoln to handle residential fault calls, with the creation of 600 jobs. 15-Sep-1999

National Semiconductor has dropped plans to sell off its integrated circuits plant in Greenock due to a revival in demand, thereby securing 500 jobs. 15-Sep-1999

TT Group is looking to spend up to £180m on acquisitions to revive its growth prospects, and is seeking a printed circuit board manufacturer in Asia to complement its product range. 15-Sep-1999

Sedgefield Borough Council is considering plans from regeneration group Trimdon 2000 for the construction of a community call centre in Trimdon Village, County Durham, which would create 20 jobs. 14-Sep-1999

Oneview.net, the Dudley-based supplier of internet services, is planning to raise £4m in a share placing, in order to fund a network of regional offices throughout the country. 13-Sep-1999

Racal Electronics is in negotiations to sell its telecoms business to Energis for about £750m. 13-Sep-1999

Laird is to expand its computer assembly division by opening a new 150,000 sq ft plant in Gourock, Scotland, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 11-Sep-1999

British Telecom has acquired a 32% stake in Inet, the Italian internet service provider, at a cost of £13m. 11-Sep-1999

British Telecom is planning to conduct all of its procurement activities on the internet in order to reduce the average cost of transactions from $80 to $8 and save $1bn a year. 11-Sep-1999

Graham Technology is to set up a new headquarters for 200 staff at the former India Tyre factory near Glasgow, and will spend £3.5m on its refurbishment. 09-Sep-1999

BT Cellnet is acquiring the mobile phone retailing business of Glasgow-based DX Communications for £42m, which includes 140 stores throughout the country. 07-Sep-1999

The government is planning to invest £18m in a scheme to allow the unemployed to use the internet to search for jobs. 06-Sep-1999

Unisys of the US is to set up a new software development centre in Glasgow in order to provide IT project work for European clients, and 350 jobs are being created. 04-Sep-1999

Marconi Communications has won a multi-million pound contract to install a rail telecoms network for the West Coast Mainline from London to Glasgow. 03-Sep-1999

Motorola is to invest £60m at its semiconductor factory at South Queensferry near Edinburgh, in order to double capacity and create 200 jobs. 03-Sep-1999

Thomson Multimedia of France is to set up a consumer electronics sales and marketing centre at Kings Hill near Maidstone, with the creation of more than 100 jobs over the next three years. 03-Sep-1999

Filtronic is to raise £71m in a rights issue in order to upgrade facilities in Europe and the US, including the £13m purchase of the Fujitsu semiconductor plant in Newton Aycliffe. 03-Sep-1999

Siemens is to expand its accountancy services centre at the National Savings site in Durham with the creation of 100 jobs, and a further 300 jobs will come from a deal with Tier Technologies to develop customer care and telephony services. 02-Sep-1999

Atmel of the US is to set up a smart card design centre at its existing facility in East Kilbride, employing up to 200 engineers. 31-Aug-1999

Siemens has opened a new semiconductor design centre in Bristol, and expects to employ 100 people by the end of next year. 27-Aug-1999

Infobank International is forming an alliance with Resultum Group of the Netherlands in which Resultum will provide support to distributors of Infobank's e-commerce systems. 26-Aug-1999

Raychem is to cut about 100 management jobs at its electronics business in Swindon, as part of a worldwide restructuring programme that will affect about 2,100 employees. 25-Aug-1999

Lexmark International of the US is opening a factory in Rosyth to manufacture inkjet cartridges, with the creation of 200 jobs. 25-Aug-1999

Sylvan Learning Systems of the US is to set up an office in Manchester with the creation of 200 jobs, having won a contract to supply driving theory tests. 24-Aug-1999

Affinity Internet is to set up a European version of the SegaSoft online games network, with revenue coming from advertising and a share of the telephone charges incurred. 20-Aug-1999

Computacenter is to create a further 1,700 jobs by the end of next year due to rising demand for computer services and distribution. 19-Aug-1999

Software Warehouse is to launch an internet retailing web site offering a range of discounted computer products, videos and games, supported by a £7.5m marketing budget. 19-Aug-1999

Web Factory is to create 80 new jobs at its offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford, due to rising demand for its internet services. 18-Aug-1999

Solectron is to establish a New Product Introduction centre in the Greenock area having won a contract to develop printed circuit boards for IBM, and the facility will be staffed by about 65 IBM engineers. 18-Aug-1999

Vodafone AirTouch is planning to float its Australasian operations next year, and has announced that Vodafone Holdings Australia has acquired Vodafone's New Zealand business and 49% of Vodafone Fiji. 18-Aug-1999

Orange is to create 2,000 jobs in the north-east by setting up call centres in Darlington, North Tyneside, and Peterlee, at a cost of £20m. 18-Aug-1999

Scottish Telecom is looking to sell its stake in the ScottishTelecom Services mobile phone venture it owns with Martin Dawes Communications. 16-Aug-1999

British Telecom is planning to move into central Europe later this year, in preparation for the liberalisation of the telecoms markets in Hungary and the Czech Republic. 16-Aug-1999

TownPages has awarded a £20m contract to NCR to build and maintain its planned network of 3,500 touch-screen kiosks. 14-Aug-1999

United Utilities is to recruit a further 30 sales and marketing staff in order to expand its Norweb Telecom business throughout the country. 12-Aug-1999

Kingston Communications is to set up a £4m call centre in Hull, with the creation of 1,100 jobs. 12-Aug-1999

Leighton, the Sunderland-based developer of internet and multimedia products, is creating 100 new jobs this year and will open offices in London, Edinburgh and California. 11-Aug-1999

MCI WorldCom, the US-based telecoms services provider, is to invest £150m in the UK, including a new call centre in Edinburgh that will create an initial 30 jobs. 11-Aug-1999

Sabre, the US supplier of information technology solutions for the travel industry, is setting up a European headquarters in Swindon with the creation of 19 jobs. 10-Aug-1999

Vodafone AirTouch is to lease about 2,100 of its US communication masts to American Tower Corporation, in order to focus on its core business of network operation. 10-Aug-1999

Redstone Telecom, the Hertfordshire-based telephony company, is planning to float in October with an expected valuation of about £100m. 09-Aug-1999

Virgin has confirmed plans to sell Virgin-branded mobile phones in a joint venture with One-2-One, and will sell them through its 220 Our Price shops and 85 Virgin Megastores. 09-Aug-1999

Logica is leading a consortium that has won a £14m contract to supply the communications infrastructure for the government's planned University for Industry. 09-Aug-1999

Carphone Warehouse is creating 42 jobs in Southampton in a £10m expansion programme designed to combat cost-cutting of pre-paid mobile phones by supermarkets. 05-Aug-1999

Trio Motion Technology is to relocate its electronics business from Gloucester to the Tewkesbury Business Park. 05-Aug-1999

Vodafone AirTouch and Bell Atlantic are to split the assets of their PrimeCo Personal Communications joint venture in the US. 05-Aug-1999

Cambridge Positioning Systems has raised £9m in venture capital in order to fund the commercial launch of a low-cost system to calculate the position of mobile phones. 05-Aug-1999

British Telecom is linking up with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish Telecom and NTL to set up a Scottish internet exchange in Edinburgh, which will rival existing facilities in London and Manchester. 04-Aug-1999

Energis is acquiring Unisource Carrier Services of the Netherlands for £60m, in order to gain a pan-European telecoms network that can be integrated with its UK network. 03-Aug-1999

Filtronic is in negotiations to reopen the former Fujitsu microchip factory at Newton Aycliffe, where it would invest £35m and create 500 jobs. 03-Aug-1999

Element 14, the newly-formed semiconductor venture based in Cambridge, has raised £8m to finance the development of digital signal processors. 02-Aug-1999

CSC Computer Sciences is planning to set up a new headquarters for its software business at Royal Pavilion in Aldershot, where it will house 1,800 staff. 31-Jul-1999

Eidos, the computer games company, has acquired a 25% stake in Spain's Pyro Studios and a 75% stake in its distributor for £14m. 31-Jul-1999

Manpower is to set up a call centre in a converted textile mill in Selkirk later this year, creating 250 jobs. 30-Jul-1999

British Telecom has confirmed plans to launch ADSL high-speed internet access, and will start by converting 400 exchanges that cover about 6m homes and businesses. 30-Jul-1999

Pace Micro Technology is seeking 90 additional workers to assemble digital set-top boxes at its Saltaire factory. 29-Jul-1999

Diagonal is looking to spend about £25m on an acquisition this year in order to expand its IT consultancy business. 29-Jul-1999

Capita is to set up a £2.1m national computer call centre in Coventry to handle work outsourced by local councils, and 120 jobs will be created. 28-Jul-1999

IMS is planning to create hundreds of new jobs as it expands its call centre at Steeton, near Keighley. 27-Jul-1999

TeleTech of the US is said to be planning to develop the former Health Board offices in Glasgow's Bath Street into its European call centre headquarters, with the creation of up to 600 jobs. 27-Jul-1999

Fox Computers of Maldon has ceased trading with the loss of 34 jobs, following a downturn in the PC market. 27-Jul-1999

Seagate Technology of the US has opened a second electronics manufacturing plant in Londonderry. 27-Jul-1999

Cable & Wireless is considering plans to sell its 30% stake in MobileOne, the Singapore mobile phone operator, to Keppel. 24-Jul-1999

Compaq Services has announced a £3m deal to design and manage an online ticketing system for London's Millennium Dome. 24-Jul-1999

Vodafone is to relocate its mobile phone warehouse on the Banbury Business Park to Coventry later this year, with the transfer of 40 staff. 22-Jul-1999

Scottish Telecom is abandoning its fixed radio-based telecoms service, and the 6,000 customers will be transferred to other services. 22-Jul-1999

British Telecom has announced plans to build a major new regional headquarters in Cardiff, and is considering a site at the proposed £240m sports and business village in Cardiff Bay. 20-Jul-1999

AOL is launching a subscription-free internet service in the UK, which will be called Netscape Online. 19-Jul-1999

Atlantic Telecom is seeking £100m of debt finance in order to fund the expansion of its fixed radio access service in England. 16-Jul-1999

Tiny Computers is launching a new voice and computer telecoms package that offers consumers a free PC for plugging into a TV. 16-Jul-1999

Viatel of the US is planning to join the London Stock Exchange within six weeks, in order to support its $1bn investment in the construction of a European optical fibre network. 15-Jul-1999

Intelek has opened a new £3m avionics R&D facility at Ryde on the Isle of Wight through its Pascall Electronics division. 14-Jul-1999

ICL is extending its alliance with Microsoft by setting up solution centres in five more countries, and expects to generate a further £1bn in new business as a result. 14-Jul-1999

British Telecom is to refurbish its Stadium House office building in Cardiff at a cost of £6m. 13-Jul-1999

Gameplay, the internet games company, is to raise £21m in a flotation, and the proceeds will be used to acquire Interactive Commercial Enterprises for £5.1m and Wireplay for £5.5m. 13-Jul-1999

Specialist Computer Holdings is linking up with Dialnet to invest up to £10m in a project to provide internet access and e-commerce services to businesses in the Midlands. 12-Jul-1999

Iaxis is seeking £158m of debt finance in order to complete a fibre optic network linking cities from Copenhagen to Milan. 09-Jul-1999

Internet Technology Group is planning to set up a pan-European communications network in order to link up its French, Dutch and German businesses. 09-Jul-1999

Onyx Internet, the Middlesbrough-based internet service provider, has put itself up for sale and expects to raise about £2m. 08-Jul-1999

Sala International is to set up a data storage warehouse in Southend with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 08-Jul-1999

Motorola is recruiting 120 R&D engineers at its GSM Systems Division in Swindon, in order to focus on the convergence of wireless and internet systems. 08-Jul-1999

Sifam is seeking premises in Torbay to set up a factory for its Fibre Optics division, as it is outgrowing the existing headquarters on the Woodland trading estate. 07-Jul-1999

Hull City Council is considering plans to set up a series of customer service call centres to handle enquiries about the council's services. 07-Jul-1999

British Telecom has been told by the industry regulator to allow competitors to install their own equipment in BT's exchanges, which will enable companies such as Energis to offer higher bandwidth services over the local loop to customers. 07-Jul-1999

JBA Holdings is to cut 38 jobs at its software development office in Studley, as part of a restructuring programme that will result in over 200 job losses worldwide. 06-Jul-1999

ICL has won a £20m contract to supply desktop managed services to Northern Ireland's five Education and Library Boards over the next 10 years. 06-Jul-1999

Kalamazoo Computer is considering plans to build a new headquarters on its existing Northfield site in Birmingham, and the sale of the current building to developers could release funds for acquisitions. 05-Jul-1999

Granville Technology is creating 500 jobs at its head office in Burnley and a further 450 jobs at computer showrooms throughout the country. 05-Jul-1999

QXL, the online auction business, is planning a flotation in September and could be valued at up to £500m. 05-Jul-1999

The government is planning to auction parts of the wireless spectrum to enable companies to offer broadband services over radio links, and the technology is expected to compete with ADSL, cable and satellite. 05-Jul-1999

British Telecom's Isle of Man-based Manx Telecom subsidiary is expected to be the first to launch an ADSL service providing multimedia services over ordinary telephone lines. 05-Jul-1999

Orange has announced plans to offer cut-price internet access through mobile phones from October, including services such as news, travel information and online banking. 02-Jul-1999

ICL is in discussions to outsource its £800m UK property portfolio to a consortium that includes Regus, Comax and Deutsche Bank. 02-Jul-1999

NTL is to set up a 63,300 sq ft office and R&D building at the Cambridge Research Park at Landbeach. 01-Jul-1999

Wireless Systems International has secured £8m of venture capital funding in order to start full-scale production of amplifiers for mobile phone base stations, and will create about 50 jobs over the next year. 01-Jul-1999

JBS Computer Services has acquired Wesswood Management, the software company, for undisclosed terms, and has started a recruitment drive for new staff in the West Midlands and Cheltenham. 01-Jul-1999

Cellular Operations, the supplier of telephone connections and billings services, is building a £7m call centre in Swindon, and is planning to recruit about 100 staff before it opens in November. 01-Jul-1999

Schroder Ventures has withdrawn from a deal to acquire the document outsourcing division of Danka Business Systems for £200m, as a major customer has said it may end its service agreement. 01-Jul-1999

WorldPay is planning to recruit an additional 50 staff following the relocation of its e-commerce business to larger premises in Cambridge. 30-Jun-1999

Cellnet is to launch a mobile phone-based information service for futures and options professionals, which will deliver price data and internet access to hand-held computers. 30-Jun-1999

Bridge Computer Systems is planning to recruit 50 additional staff over the next two years, following its relocation to new premises in Burnley. 28-Jun-1999

Opt-Tel Holdings, the network services company, is to undergo a £39m management buy-out which will enable it to expand into continental Europe. 28-Jun-1999

Dixons is investing £6m in TelePost Holdings of the US, in order to give users of its Freeserve internet business access to messaging and conference services. 26-Jun-1999

Sechi of Witney is opening an office in Philadelphia in order to sell its software products to US pharmaceutical companies. 25-Jun-1999

British Telecom is expected to launch a new multimedia network service using ADSL technology in August, which will provide fast internet access and video over ordinary domestic telephone wires. 25-Jun-1999

United Utilities has renamed its Norweb Communications business to Norweb Telecom, and will invest £40m expanding its network throughout the country and opening a sales office in Birmingham. 24-Jun-1999

Quality Software Products is raising £3.2m in a share issue in order to fund the global expansion of its managed services and NetConsulting operations. 24-Jun-1999

British Aerospace is to raise about £700m by selling its 5% stake in the Orange mobile phone group through a eurobond issue. 23-Jun-1999

NTL is to create about 900 jobs over the next four years at various sites across Northern Ireland, in order to provide support to customers of its telecoms and TV businesses. 22-Jun-1999

Cable & Wireless is to sell its 20% stake in Bouygues Telecom of France to Bouygues for £700m. 22-Jun-1999

Internet Technology Group is setting up an office in Paris as part of a strategy to become a pan-European internet service provider. 22-Jun-1999

Michael Bailey Associates, the IT contractor, is planning a flotation on Easdaq in order to fund its expansion into continental Europe. 22-Jun-1999

Cap Gemini has won a £6.8m contract to supply IT support services to Scottish Power, in which it will manage the energy company's business-critical systems based in Glasgow. 21-Jun-1999

Cable & Wireless has bought back a 50% stake in the One-2-One mobile phone business for £3.8bn, a month after announcing an innovative deal to mortgage the stake. 19-Jun-1999

British Telecom is buying out MCI Worldcom, TV New Zealand and the Todd Corporation to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Clear Communications, the New Zealand telecoms company. 18-Jun-1999

Park Applications Computer Engineering is creating 20 new jobs at its software development business in Craigavon, in order to become a leading supplier of management information systems to the agri-food industry. 18-Jun-1999

LA International is relocating its IT recruitment business to a £2m purpose-built facility in Stoke-on-Trent, and expects to create 50 jobs over the next two years. 18-Jun-1999

The government is in discussions with British Telecom and cable companies about offering cheap internet access in libraries, colleges, and Citizens Advice Bureaux. 18-Jun-1999

Telecom Service Centres is considering plans to set up a new call centre in Argyll with the creation of 100 jobs, in order to run customer service operations for major companies. 17-Jun-1999

TownPages is planning to set up 3,500 free online information kiosks across the country, creating 600 jobs in two years. 15-Jun-1999

Scottish Enterprise has announced a development plan to double the size of the Scottish semiconductor industry over the next five years, increasing employment from 8,000 to 14,500. 15-Jun-1999

Cable & Wireless is discussing a possible alliance with Tokyo Telecommunications Network, following its acquisition of International Digital Communications of Japan. 14-Jun-1999

Scottish Telecom has confirmed plans to link up with the BBC to provide a free internet access service, and more than 100 jobs will be created at its Glasgow call centre. 11-Jun-1999

Cable & Wireless has been approached by five European companies interested in acquiring its One-2-One mobile phone business, and they are France Telecom, Vivendi, Deutsche Telekom, Mannesmann Telekom and Telecom Italia Mobile. 11-Jun-1999

Cisco Systems of the US is looking for 400,000 sq ft of office space in the Thames Valley. 10-Jun-1999

Scottish Telecom is looking for 50,000 sq ft of office space in Milton Keynes, and the same amount near the M4 motorway. 10-Jun-1999

Regus is to set up what it claims will be the UK's first business teleworking centre at the Cambridge Business Park, which will provide data links to houses at nearby Cambourne. 10-Jun-1999

Raychem is to cut 41 jobs at its electronic materials business in Swindon, where it employs 1,150 people. 09-Jun-1999

Vodafone is planning to invest £1bn over the next five years upgrading its mobile phone network so that it can offer services using the new UMTS operating standard. 09-Jun-1999

Viglen Technology is forming an alliance with Microsoft to provide subsidised hardware to 100 new Microsoft IT teacher-training centres. 09-Jun-1999

Philips Semiconductors has started work on a £5m semiconductor design facility in Southampton, which will create 160 jobs. 08-Jun-1999

Cannock Chase Council is to consider plans from Hednesford-based developer Fred Pritchard for a £3m scheme to expand Cannock town centre with two new call centres. 07-Jun-1999

Science Systems, the US software company, has started work on the second phase of a £4m headquarters in Chippenham, and 350 staff will be employed at the site. 07-Jun-1999

Virgin is planning to link up with One-2-One to launch Virgin-branded mobile phones, and will set up a call centre with 500 staff. 07-Jun-1999

The Meteorological Office is to close regional centres in Bristol, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle and Southampton, and staff will be re-deployed in the remaining seven centres. 07-Jun-1999

British Telecom is to close a directory enquiry centre in Stirling by June 2000 with the loss of up to 100 jobs. 05-Jun-1999

Pink Elephant, the Dutch-owned systems support company, is to create 250 jobs at its offices in Reading over the next two years as part of an ongoing expansion programme. 05-Jun-1999

Datalight, the US software firm, has opened its first European office in Cambridge, and an engineering operation will be added within three years creating 20 jobs. 04-Jun-1999

Adobe, the US software company, is planning to close its Edinburgh headquarters later this year with the loss of more than 100 jobs, in order to supply head office functions from London and San Jose. 04-Jun-1999

Kingston Communications has confirmed plans for a £650m flotation, and the local council is expected to make £250m from selling half its shares. 04-Jun-1999

Compaq Computers has awarded a £14m contract to Miller Construction to build a computer repair centre near Glasgow. 03-Jun-1999

Racal Electronics has delayed plans to float its telecoms business for at least a year, in order to give the new management team time to boost revenue growth. 03-Jun-1999

Protek, the computer security company, is to set up an office in Crewe later this month with the creation of about 100 jobs. 02-Jun-1999

Cable & Wireless is to cut 100 managerial jobs at its central London office, and a further 500 staff will be transferred to individual business units. 02-Jun-1999

London Bridge Software is to raise £12m in a share offer in order to continue its policy of making selected acquisitions. 02-Jun-1999

De La Rue is to launch a new division to provide software and consultancy services, which it hopes will generate £100m of turnover within two years. 02-Jun-1999

Locate in Scotland has announced that Level One Communications of the US is to set up a £2m communications design centre in Glasgow, with the creation of at least 25 jobs. 02-Jun-1999

The Industrial Development Board of Northern Ireland is opening an office in Boston in order to attract US computer companies to the province. 02-Jun-1999

Cellnet has announced plans to invest £560m over the next year in developing its mobile phone network and new technology. 01-Jun-1999

TWI North has opened a £1.4m centre of excellence at its base at Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, to provide training for local companies in printed circuit board assembly techniques. 01-Jun-1999

Vodafone has announced plans to float Libertel, its Dutch mobile phones subsidiary, on the Amsterdam stock exchange. 01-Jun-1999

Sage is planning to recruit an additional 300 customer support technicians and telesales staff in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in order to cope with rising demand for its accounting software products. 28-May-1999

NEC has confirmed plans to increase microchip production at its Livingston plant from 4m to 15m a month, as part of the group's £200m capital expenditure programme. 28-May-1999

Signum Circuits, the printed circuit board company, is planning to take over the former Exacta factory in Selkirk and more than double its turnover with the creation of 50 jobs. 27-May-1999

Sun Microsystems is building a £94m headquarters in Farnborough, and the first of five buildings will be ready next year. 27-May-1999

VideoLogic, the microchip company, is to change its name to Imagination Technologies. 27-May-1999

Psion has announced that Matsushita is taking an 8.8% stake in the Symbian mobile phones software joint venture at a cost of £22m. 26-May-1999

ICL has renegotiated its contract to computerise more than 19,000 post offices, as the Benefits Agency has withdrawn from the scheme in order to encourage social security claimants to open bank accounts. 26-May-1999

Hyder has won a long-term contract to provide an IT bureau service to the Patent Office, and it will base the operation at its data centre in Bridgend. 25-May-1999

Energis is to raise £250m in the bond market in order to fund the expansion of its telecoms network in the UK and abroad. 25-May-1999

British Telecom is linking up with Photo-Me International to transform photo booths into internet kiosks, incorporating smartcard technology. 25-May-1999

Hyundai is said to be ready to restart work on the £3bn semiconductor factory near Dunfermline, 17 months after investment was halted due to the collapse of the Far Eastern financial markets. 24-May-1999

Cable & Wireless is raising £3.8bn of cash by mortgaging its stake in the One-2-One mobile phone business, in order to provide short-term financial flexibility. 22-May-1999

STMicroelectronics is planning to recruit an additional 90 staff for its microchip R&D headquarters in Bristol. 21-May-1999

Apion, the Belfast software company, is to open a new office in Drogheda, where it expects to create 100 jobs over the next three years. 21-May-1999

Quadstone has raised £6.3m of venture capital in order to fund the expansion of its software business into the US and continental Europe. 21-May-1999

British Telecom is to help fund the £24m Northern Informatics public-private project to build an electronic economy in north-east England, which will involve free access to IT, a regional smartcard, and an education network. 21-May-1999

ICO Global Communications is planning to raise £600m in a rights offering in order to fund the completion of a network of Earth stations and satellites. 20-May-1999

British Telecom is planning to spend £600m in the Spanish telecoms market over the next ten years, creating a new internet and multimedia network for both residential and business users. 19-May-1999

Intelligent Environments is to raise £7.5m in a share placing in order to accelerate the commercial development of its software tools. 19-May-1999

RM is planning to recruit 250 staff this year at its Abingdon-based computer business, in order to benefit from government plans to upgrade equipment in schools. 18-May-1999

Absolute Quality of the US is to create 120 jobs in Glasgow over the next three years by setting up a support centre for entertainment software products. 18-May-1999

Terence Chapman Group, the IT systems and financial software company, is planning to raise £24m in a flotation in the next few months. 18-May-1999

NetBenefit is planning to raise £4.5m in a share placing in June in order to fund the expansion of its internet domain name registration business. 17-May-1999

Symonds, the printed circuit board company, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 15-May-1999

Oracle is planning to build a computer training centre at Woodley near Reading, including a 250-bed hotel and leisure facilities. 14-May-1999

British Telecom and ICL are linking up with Sega to offer a free internet access service to customers of Sega's Dreamcast games console. 14-May-1999

Dolphin Telecommunications is planning to launch a mobile radio service this summer aimed at transport companies, taxis, and utilities, and will spend $1.8bn by 2004 expanding the network throughout Europe. 14-May-1999

Autonomy, the developer of knowledge management software, has moved into Scandinavia through the acquisition of a 33% stake in its distribution partner Intracon. 13-May-1999

Lynx is looking to spend up to £80m on acquisitions to expand its financial software and IT systems business, and is also seeking to recruit more staff specialising in the installation of SAP systems. 13-May-1999

CCS Mobile Phone World is to open new sales centres in Newcastle, South Shields and Durham and expand its Sunderland head office, with the creation of about 30 jobs. 12-May-1999

British Telecom is planning to persuade at least 10,000 of its office staff to work from home, in order to save about £134m a year and enable it to dispose of surplus properties. 12-May-1999

Sage, the accountancy software company, is forming an alliance with IBM to provide services on the internet, and it aims to hook its 2m business customers up to the web. 12-May-1999

ECTEL, the European telecom trade association, has announced plans to set up 400 recycling points around the UK for old mobile phones. 11-May-1999

Comino has won a contract through its ISE subsidiary in Leeds to provide call centre technology to Wychaven and Malvern Hills district councils in Worcestershire. 11-May-1999

GEC is in discussions with NEC of Japan about the possibility of forming a commercial and technology alliance, which could involve NEC distributing GEC's communications products. 11-May-1999

The government has approved plans for a £300m project to rebuild the GCHQ communications headquarters on the existing site in Cheltenham, and the preferred bidder is a consortium of Group 4, Tarmac and British Telecom. 08-May-1999

Cable & Wireless has launched a £344m takeover bid for IDC, the Japanese telecoms operator, which beats a rival offer from NTT. 07-May-1999

Scottish Power is considering plans to float up to 25% of its Scottish Telecom subsidiary, which could be worth about £1bn. 07-May-1999

The government is to auction five licences for the next generation of mobile phone services, and is particularly keen for a newcomer to take the largest share of the available spectrum. 07-May-1999

Quadstone, the Scottish software house specialising in customer behaviour modelling, has formed an alliance with NCR that covers marketing, trade shows and training, and will enable it to expand into Europe and North America. 06-May-1999

Colt Telecom is to collaborate with Level 3 Communications in the construction of their European fibre optic networks, in order to share the costs and speed up completion. 05-May-1999

One-2-One is to set up a telecoms call centre in Greenock over the next two years with the creation of 800 jobs, while another 500 jobs will be created at its Dearne Valley call centre in south Yorkshire and 300 jobs at Doxford in Sunderland. 05-May-1999

The government is considering the possibility of scrapping the private-finance project to computerise benefit and pension payments in post offices due to ongoing problems and delays, which would be a blow to the ICL-led consortium that is running the venture. 05-May-1999

TIB is to expand its CD pressing plant in Merthyr with the creation of 44 jobs. 04-May-1999

Epitaxial Products International is planning to merge with Quantum Epitaxial Designs of the US to create a major independent manufacturer of compound semiconductors, and will then raise $40m in a flotation to invest in production capacity. 04-May-1999

Kymata is planning to set up a factory in Livingston to make telecoms components, and expects to create up to 200 jobs over the next five years. 03-May-1999

One-2-One could receive a takeover bid from Vivendi, the French utilities group that is looking to build up a European telecoms business. 30-Apr-1999

ZEDA, the IT services company, is to create more than 400 jobs in Nottingham, Hull, Leeds and Stirling this year as it continues to win new outsourcing contracts, and it is also looking to open new service centres at additional locations. 29-Apr-1999

Fibernet is planning to set up a fibre-optic network in a number of European countries through alliances and acquisitions. 29-Apr-1999

Jetcam International, the developer of software for industrial machinery, is planning to raise £0.3m in a flotation on Aim in order to fund acquisitions. 29-Apr-1999

Vocalis is planning to raise £8.7m in a share placing in order to fund the development of its speech recognition products. 29-Apr-1999

Vodafone has won planning permission to build a £120m world headquarters in Newbury, where it will employ up to 3,400 staff. 29-Apr-1999

Vodafone is linking up with the Automobile Association to trial a location system based on GSM phones in the Cambridge area. 29-Apr-1999

Energis and Siemens are linking up with a company called Freedom to launch an advertising-sponsored free telephone service called Free-to-Talk. 29-Apr-1999

British Telecom is linking up with GratisTel International of Sweden to trial a telephone service that offers free calls to customers prepared to listen to adverts during their conversations. 28-Apr-1999

British Telecom and AT&T have confirmed plans to acquire a 30% stake in Japan Telecom at a cost of £1.2bn, and Japan Telecom will distribute BT and AT&T services in Japan. 26-Apr-1999

VIS Interactive, the Dunfermline-based computer games designer, is planning to create up to 240 jobs by setting up a network of studios across Europe. 23-Apr-1999

Filtronic is planning to build another electronic components plant at Shipley in Yorkshire, which will create 400 jobs. 23-Apr-1999

DDL Electronics is to invest £5.6m at its electronic components factory in Lurgan in order to increase production and expand its international marketing operations, and 148 jobs are being created. 22-Apr-1999

Bovis Lelliott has won a contract from Echo Property Investments for the £10m conversion of a former print works in East London into a telecommunications centre. 22-Apr-1999

Astronics is creating 30 new jobs in Portsmouth, having won a contract to manufacture radio-based telephones for Africa. 21-Apr-1999

British Telecom is considering plans to build a multi-million pound regional headquarters at Temple Quay in Bristol. 21-Apr-1999

IMS, the Leeds-based telephone services company, is investing £2m in a new call centre at Steeton, near Keighley, creating at least 100 jobs. 20-Apr-1999

Dataform, the print management company, has relocated its 100 staff to the Balliol Business Park in Longbenton, Tyne & Wear, following its £1.5m acquisition by Sage. 19-Apr-1999

Parity is considering plans to demerge its IT staffing business from its consulting operation. 17-Apr-1999

Cable & Wireless has had a £382m bid for International Digital Corporation rejected by the Japanese company in favour of a rival offer by NTT. 17-Apr-1999

British Telecom has offered £1.2bn to increase its stake in Airtel of Spain from 18% to 34%, as part of a strategy to increase its share of the European mobile phones market. 16-Apr-1999

Ilion, the computer products distributor, is in talks with a number of companies about a possible takeover offer. 16-Apr-1999

Vodafone and Cable & Wireless Communications are to integrate their fixed and mobile services for business customers in order to provide single billing and a number of added-value services. 16-Apr-1999

Nortel Networks is seeking to recruit 300 assemblers at its optoelectronics plant in Paignton. 15-Apr-1999

Cellnet has announced plans to set up a new regional call centre in Bury, Greater Manchester, with the creation of 2,000 jobs. 15-Apr-1999

Eurotunnel is seeking a US partner to develop its telecommunications business, which provides cabling between London and Paris via the Channel Tunnel. 15-Apr-1999

Action Computer Supplies is in discussions with a potential buyer, and an announcement is expected in the next few weeks. 15-Apr-1999

Basys Technology is to cut 35 of the 308 jobs at its electronics equipment business in Gosport, in order to improve efficiency. 14-Apr-1999

One-2-One is cutting mobile phone call rates by up to two-thirds, raising the prospect of a new price war. 14-Apr-1999

Tees Valley Training & Enterprise Council has announced the creation of a new £0.5m training centre in Thornaby, to train staff for the growing number of call centres in the area. 13-Apr-1999

Dixons is considering plans to sell a minority stake in its Freeserve internet access business, having appointed advisers to examine the strategic alternatives. 13-Apr-1999

NEC is to invest a further £35m at its semiconductor plant in Livingston, which will help to secure 200 jobs. 12-Apr-1999

Calluna is to raise £5.8m in a rights issue in order to provide working capital and fund the manufacture of a new miniature hard disk drive. 10-Apr-1999

HM Computing is planning to set up an office on Malvern's Enigma Business Park, where it will design and build embedded computer systems. 09-Apr-1999

Cellnet is changing its name to BT Cellnet and aims to create 1,500 jobs over the next year, mostly in Scotland and Yorkshire. 09-Apr-1999

VideoLogic is forming an alliance with STMicroelectronics to develop and manufacture a range of computer graphics and video accelerators. 09-Apr-1999

East Midlands Development Agency has announced that TDS Systemhouse of Germany is to set up a UK computer services headquarters at the Tapton Park Innovation Centre near Chesterfield, and aims to create 100 jobs over the next three years. 08-Apr-1999

MPC Data has opened a new office near its existing headquarters in Bradford-on-Avon, and is seeking additional staff to work on a number of software projects. 08-Apr-1999

Black Box has acquired Ohmega Installations of Newbury in order to expand its network installation services. 08-Apr-1999

Content Technologies is seeking to recruit an extra 60 engineers at its offices in Reading and abroad, in order to cope with rising sales of its internet software products. 08-Apr-1999

Schroder Ventures has acquired a 73% stake in AU-System Group, the Swedish developer of software for wireless communications, for £85m. 08-Apr-1999

Atlantic Telecom is to launch an integrated fixed and mobile service, having signed an agreement with Cellular Options to use the Cellnet network. 07-Apr-1999

British Telecom has announced the creation of an additional 350 jobs at its £25m call centre at Gosforth Business Park on Tyneside. 07-Apr-1999

Portfolio Systems, the Edinburgh-based provider of customer service software solutions, has opened a new office in Coalville to focus on accountancy, marketing, IT consultancy and strategic planning. 02-Apr-1999

JWE Telecom is seeking an extra 20 staff for its headquarters in Pocklington, having won a £0.5m contract to repair mobile phones for Cellnet. 02-Apr-1999

British Telecom has won approval from the European Commission for its planned alliance with AT&T, in which they will offer a wide range of global services to multinational companies. 31-Mar-1999

The government has announced plans to increase its use of IT, and has set a target that all dealings with the public should be possible electronically by 2008. 31-Mar-1999

Atlantic Telecom has launched its first fully digital fixed radio access telecoms service in Edinburgh, to add to existing operations in Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow. 30-Mar-1999

Wireless Systems International, the manufacturer of power amplifiers for mobile phone communications networks, is to recruit an additional 40 research and engineering staff as it prepares to boost sales from £5m to £60m over the next five years. 29-Mar-1999

The police in the West Midlands are considering plans to set up interactive computer kiosks that will provide information and a new way for the public to contact the police. 29-Mar-1999

Omega Electronic Equipment is creating an extra 15 jobs in Stone, having won a contract to market its range of personal computers in the Freemans catalogue. 26-Mar-1999

Project Telecom is setting up a national mobile phones distribution and call centre in Newark with the creation of 100 jobs. 25-Mar-1999

Cable & Wireless and MediaOne are considering plans to sell One-2-One, the mobile phone business that is estimated to be worth about £8bn. 25-Mar-1999

Hyndburn Borough Council is set to open the £1.5m East Lancashire Technology Management Centre at the Globe Centre in Accrington, which will provide offices for hi-tech companies and offer advice on innovation. 24-Mar-1999

Vision Consulting is to invest £1.7m expanding its Belfast software business into new markets in Europe and the US, with the creation of up to 95 jobs. 24-Mar-1999

Kalamazoo Computer is to cut 130 jobs, mostly in Birmingham, as part of an ongoing rationalisation programme. 20-Mar-1999

British Telecom has formed a consortium with five partners to bid for Italy's fourth mobile phone licence. 19-Mar-1999

Highbridge Properties is planning to build a 75,000 sq ft call centre building at the Enterprise Zone Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside. 18-Mar-1999

Orange is to launch a range of information services for its cellular phone subscribers later this year, including news, entertainment, traffic, and banking. 18-Mar-1999

KPN of the Netherlands is planning to move into the UK telecoms market by next year, and will increase its stake in Telecom Eireann by 9% to 44%. 18-Mar-1999

Pace Micro Technology has announced plans to create 100 new jobs at its R&D facility in Bradford this year, in order to help with the development of digital TV software. 17-Mar-1999

Viasystems is to close its printed circuit boards factory in Rugby with the loss of 91 jobs. 17-Mar-1999

Royal Mail has launched a secure e-mail system called ViaCode that will initially be offered to business users. 17-Mar-1999

Computacenter is seeking bolt-on acquisitions to expand its computer distribution and support services business in the UK, France and Germany. 17-Mar-1999

United Utilities is planning to launch a high speed internet access service via the electricity network by late summer, using technology developed jointly by its Norweb business and Nortel. 16-Mar-1999

One-2-One is outsourcing the management of its 821 transmission masts to Castle Transmission International, and CTI will also own and manage an additional 500 masts planned over the next three years. 16-Mar-1999

Veba of Germany has sold a 10.2% stake in Cable & Wireless to institutional investors for £1.8bn, as part of a strategy to sell off non-essential shareholdings. 16-Mar-1999

Core Design, the computer games company, is planning to move to a new headquarters in Derby's Pride Park in May with the creation of 25 jobs. 15-Mar-1999

User Technology Associates, the US software solutions company, is planning to open a new office in Belfast which will create 100 jobs. 15-Mar-1999

Raytheon is planning to set up a software support centre in Northern Ireland, probably in Londonderrry, in order to back up its global defence programmes and create 150 jobs. 15-Mar-1999

The Post Office is to launch an electronic commerce service called Trusted Third Party, which will enable companies to make secure transactions on the internet. 13-Mar-1999

Apricot is to close its personal computer plant at Glenrothes in Fife with the loss of 124 jobs, in order to focus its business on internet consultancy and systems integration. 13-Mar-1999

Workplace Technologies is seeking to recruit an additional 30 staff at its computer services business in Stoke-on-Trent. 12-Mar-1999

Merlin Communications is setting up a £30m telecommunications hub in Fareham, raising hopes that other hi-tech companies will be attracted to the area. 12-Mar-1999

British Telecom is acquiring a 20% stake in ImpSat, the builder of fibre optic networks in South America, for £90m. 12-Mar-1999

Orange is bidding for a mobile phone licence to operate in Hungary, in partnership with Callahan Associates International. 11-Mar-1999

Electrocomponents has relocated 50 staff from Peterborough to its new headquarters on the Oxford Business Park, and is now recruiting more staff in Oxford. 11-Mar-1999

EasyScreen is in merger discussions with Pat Systems, which could lead to the creation of a £50m group focused on the development of dealing systems for futures and option markets. 11-Mar-1999

British Telecom is to close a computer centre in Portsmouth as part of a strategy to focus its computer operations at large central sites, and the 25 staff are being offered alternative posts. 10-Mar-1999

ARD Electronics has set up a new facility on the Altham industrial estate in East Lancashire to distribute electronic components, and the 30-strong workforce is expected to rise significantly over the next year. 10-Mar-1999

Sony has announced a worldwide restructuring programme that will result in the closure of 15 factories and the loss of 17,000 jobs, as part of a strategy to refocus its electronics business on internet opportunities. 10-Mar-1999

The government is planning to invest £1.7bn setting up a national network of 1,000 learning centres that will link schools, colleges and companies, and improve computer literacy among all age groups. 10-Mar-1999

Integrated Silicon Systems has secured £3m of funding from Apax Partners, which will enable it to expand its Belfast semiconductor business and create more than 30 jobs. 09-Mar-1999

Cambridge Positioning Systems has developed a low-cost system to calculate the position of a mobile phone within a few metres, and a trial will be launched in Cambridge in the summer. 09-Mar-1999

Scottish Enterprise is expected to announce that Micro Linear of the US is to set up an electronics design unit at the Alba Centre in Livingston with the creation of 30 jobs. 08-Mar-1999

Fareham Borough Council is considering plans to convert the Cams Hall estate, where Merlin Communications International is based, into a technology centre for up to 30 small businesses, creating 330 jobs. 08-Mar-1999

Axon is raising £14m in a share placing in order to develop the e-commerce side of its business software business. 08-Mar-1999

Quantum Electronics is to expand its electronics manufacturing service in South Wales with the creation of 100 jobs. 05-Mar-1999

Bowthorpe's Western Pacific Data Systems division is to open a software development centre in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 52 jobs. 05-Mar-1999

Torch Telecom is seeking permission to expand its Wakefield base with the creation of 100 jobs. 05-Mar-1999

Psion is planning a strategic review of its Symbian wireless technology venture with Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia, due to concerns that further funding for Symbian could have an adverse affect on profits. 04-Mar-1999

Energis is forming a joint venture with Viridian to invest £20m setting up a telecoms network along power lines in Northern Ireland, and about 200 jobs will be created. 04-Mar-1999

Rockeagle, the Exeter-based property developer, is planning to build a new call centre in Plympton that could create up to 400 jobs, and discussions are taking place with potential occupiers. 02-Mar-1999

Morse Holdings is planning to raise £55m in a flotation in order to fund the expansion of its computer services business, and it has also announced the acquisition of a 34% stake in Partner System of France. 02-Mar-1999

Virgin is said to considering plans to move into the telecoms sector later this year, concentrating on technology that enables people to view TV pictures and gain access to the internet via their phone. 01-Mar-1999

Cable & Wireless is considering plans to float the One-2-One mobile phone business, which could be valued at more than £5bn. 01-Mar-1999

Scipher, the technology development company working in areas such as fingerprint security, is planning to raise about £20m through a flotation later this year. 01-Mar-1999

Motorola is creating 400 jobs at its Easter Inch manufacturing site due to rising export demand for mobile phones. 27-Feb-1999

Orange is to recruit an extra 2,000 staff in the UK over the next two years to cope with rising demand for mobile phones, and is seeking to acquire more stakes in operators in mainland Europe. 26-Feb-1999

Colt Telecom is planning to raise £500m to fund the development of new networks that will link up the 26 cities being targeted in mainland Europe. 26-Feb-1999

The Office for National Statistics has awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, ICL and Polestar for the management of the 2001 census, and up to 1,000 jobs will be created in Runcorn by ICL. 26-Feb-1999

Atlantic Telecom has been awarded five new regional licences by the Radiocommunications Agency to provide radio-based telephone services. 25-Feb-1999

Cellnet is launching a new division called Genie Internet, in order to become the first cellular operator to offer internet access over a mobile phone network. 25-Feb-1999

ARM Holdings has agreed a deal for 3Com of the US to use its technology in the next generation of advanced networking products. 25-Feb-1999

Logica is seeking at least four acquisitions to expand its computer services business, and is particularly interested in the US and Germany. 25-Feb-1999

Admiral is to increase investment in strategic planning and innovation in order to prepare for the expected slowdown in the computer services market. 24-Feb-1999

Eidos is forming an alliance with Easynet to offer a free internet access service, in order to promote its games software. 24-Feb-1999

Memory Corp has announced plans for a £2.2m expansion that will result in the relocation of its Dalkeith base to Heriot Watt University Business Park and the creation of 50 engineering jobs. 23-Feb-1999

Sage is forming an alliance with Intershop Communications to develop e-commerce solutions for small and medium-sized companies. 20-Feb-1999

AMP of the US is to close its electronic components plant at Port Glasgow later this year with the loss of 250 jobs, and some of the production will be transferred to Bideford in Devon. 20-Feb-1999

The Yorkshire and Humberside Development Agency has announced that Silknet Software, the US developer of internet software, is to set up a European base in Harrogate, creating 20 jobs over the next year. 19-Feb-1999

Johnson Matthey has been approached by a number of companies seeking to buy its electronic materials business, which is thought to be worth about £450m. 19-Feb-1999

Danka Business Systems, the photocopier company, is planning to cut 1,400 jobs in a £145m restructuring programme. 18-Feb-1999

Cardiff County Council and British Telecom have combined to set up a new £1m Multi Media Learning and Training Centre at Cardiff's International Arena. 17-Feb-1999

The government has confirmed plans to make efficiency savings of about £20m a year at the Office for National Statistics, which is expected to lead to the loss of 350 jobs and the transfer of a further 650 to the private sector. 17-Feb-1999

ICL is leading a consortium that has been selected as preferred bidder for a £500m contract to upgrade IT and telecoms equipment at Customs & Excise. 17-Feb-1999

Healey & Baker, the commercial estate agent, has been appointed to seek a buyer for Fujitsu's Newton Aycliffe semiconductor plant, which is valued at about £12m. 17-Feb-1999

Voss Net has announced a four-year deal to supply free internet access to schools, reinforcing moves by the government to set up a £700m national grid for learning. 17-Feb-1999

Morse Holdings, the computer services company, is planning to raise £130m in a flotation this spring, with about £30m being earmarked to fund expansion. 17-Feb-1999

North Tyneside Council is considering plans from Northern Micro Developments to set up a call centre at the Royal Quays in North Shields, which could lead to the creation of 800 jobs. 16-Feb-1999

Torbay Council is in talks with a number of companies that are interested in taking on the closed Nortel fixed wireless operations building. 16-Feb-1999

Atlantic Telecom is planning to offer high-speed internet access in July, using a new generation of wireless technology developed by RDC Communications of Israel. 16-Feb-1999

Dicom has announced an alliance with GTE CyberTrust to work together in e-commerce security. 12-Feb-1999

The government is reviewing the future of the Office for National Statistics, which employs about 3,000 people in Titchfield, London, Newport, Runcorn and Southport, prompting fears that offices could be closed or sold off. 11-Feb-1999

Samsung is planning to recruit more staff at its Teesside electronics factories in Wynward and Billingham, to cope with higher production targets being set for this year. 11-Feb-1999

Carlton Communications has launched an internet service through its DHE subsidiary, which will be aimed at retailers and publishers. 11-Feb-1999

AVX is creating 30 jobs in new product development at its electronics plant in Coleraine. 10-Feb-1999

British Telecom has launched a free internet access service called ClickFree. 10-Feb-1999

The government is seeking to encourage new operators to take part in the auction for the next generation of mobile phone licences, having decided to allow them to roam on to existing networks until their own networks are established. 10-Feb-1999

Cisco and Motorola are planning to invest up to $1bn over the next five years to develop a wireless internet, and four internet solutions centres will be set up worldwide to encourage innovations from other companies. 09-Feb-1999

AB Electronics Assemblies is closing its Abercynon components plant in South Wales with the loss of more than 60 jobs. 09-Feb-1999

British Telecom is forming an alliance with Microsoft to develop data communications services for mobile customers, and the services will be tested in the UK before being launched commercially around the world next year. 09-Feb-1999

British Telecom is to relaunch its Home Highway high-speed internet and telephone service this spring, following problems with the initial launch caused by unexpectedly heavy demand. 09-Feb-1999

Scottish Power is considering plans to seek a stock market listing for its Scottish Telecom business, which could be valued at up to £2bn. 08-Feb-1999

Viasystems has cut 60 contract jobs at its ISL plant at Killingworth on Tyneside, but has denied reports that it may close the site. 08-Feb-1999

Chadwyck-Healey, the Cambridge-based electronic publishing firm, has sold its subsidiary Geosure LP to Vista Information Solutions of the US in a £14m deal. 05-Feb-1999

Fox Computers is planning to move its software business to the derelict Victorian east railway station in Maldon. 05-Feb-1999

C-MAC is to shed 100 jobs at its electronics plant in Harlow, as part of a reorganisation that will involve the transfer of activities to India. 05-Feb-1999

Siemens has rejected a management buyout bid for its North Tyneside semiconductor plant, without disclosing details. 05-Feb-1999

Synstar, the computer services company, is planning to raise £150m through a listing in London next month. 04-Feb-1999

British Telecom has announced the completion of a new pan-European high-speed network that will enable it to cope with rapid growth in data traffic and to reduce transmission prices. 04-Feb-1999

LG Electronics is to stop producing televisions at its plant in Washington, Tyne & Wear, with the loss of 95 jobs. 04-Feb-1999

Bond International Software has formed an alliance with Brussels-based Consultus to launch two new recruitment software products in mainland Europe. 03-Feb-1999

LG Electronics could be planning a substantial jobs boost at its Newport plant, having won a contract from Apple to manufacture the iMac computer. 03-Feb-1999

Marconi Communications is planning to recruit 300 specialists to develop its fibre optic networks at four UK sites. 03-Feb-1999

Skillsgroup is seeking to spend up to £35m on acquisitions, and will focus on enterprise solutions, consultancy and technical training. 03-Feb-1999

Eurodis Electron has announced the formation of alliances with Philips Semiconductor, AVX, and Bourns, to expand its electronic components business in the UK, France and eastern Europe. 03-Feb-1999

Tiny Computers is planning to move into the US retail market by investing £15m opening 125 computer stores in Washington state, Oregon and California. 03-Feb-1999

Worldgate, the computer technology, is to be placed into voluntary liquidation and bought by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, as the council requires the £8m Trentham Lakes centre for its economic development task force. 02-Feb-1999

Cellnet has started work on the expansion of its customer care centre in Leeds, which could eventually create up to 700 new jobs. 02-Feb-1999

PanCredit, the Leeds-based software supplier, is creating 40 new jobs in order to cope with a growing order book. 02-Feb-1999

British Telecom has appointed Skillsgroup as its first choice supplier of professional and computer training for the next four years. 02-Feb-1999

Martin Dawes Telecommunications is linking up with Oracle to launch a new service that will enable mobile phone subscribers to send and receive voice, fax and e-mail from anywhere, using text-to-speech technology. 02-Feb-1999

The Welsh Development Agency is in discussions with a number of companies interested in occupying a new purpose-designed call centre being built in Swansea. 01-Feb-1999

British Telecom has been given the go-ahead to acquire a stake in the next generation of mobile phones and to bid for full control of Cellnet, as the government has agreed to relax the restrictions on the group. 30-Jan-1999

Premier Farnell, the electronic components group, is planning to invest more than £45m over the next three years in the development of a customer database, improvements in logistics, e-commerce, and sales training. 29-Jan-1999

Ceredigion County Council is to set up four technology centres in West Wales, in order to provide training to small and medium-sized businesses. 28-Jan-1999

Kingston Communications is to be partially floated by its owner Hull City Council, and 400 new jobs are expected to be created over the next few years. 28-Jan-1999

Gamar, the Bristol-based telecoms company, is planning to recruit 200 software engineers to help with a number of new projects. 27-Jan-1999

Service Industries Limited, the Bristol-based computer repair company, has collapsed with the loss of more than 100 jobs. 27-Jan-1999

IMS, the telephony services company, is planning to open a call centre in the north of England later this year. 27-Jan-1999

Toshiba is cutting 113 short-term contract jobs at its TV assembly plant in Plymouth, due poor sales. 26-Jan-1999

Servelec has won a £30m contract to develop a computerised control room for use in prisons, and the first Concept 2000 facility will undergo trials at the Prison Service College near Rugby. 26-Jan-1999

Pace Micro Technology is launching a £1m training programme for electrical retailers, in order to support their sales of digital TV. 26-Jan-1999

Microsoft has announced a strategic alliance with NTL, in which it will invest $500m to help the UK cable TV operator build high speed voice and data services. 26-Jan-1999

Filtronic is creating an extra 50 jobs at its Saltaire site in Bradford due to a rise in sales of mobile phone components, and it is also taking on staff at other sites around the world. 25-Jan-1999

Hull City Council is said to be close to agreeing the flotation of its Kingston Communications telecoms business, which is expected to value the company at more than £400m. 23-Jan-1999

Acer Peripherals is to start recruiting 140 workers for its new computer factory at Wentloog near Cardiff next month. 22-Jan-1999

Cap Gemini is setting up an accountancy call centre in Nairn with the creation of 30 jobs. 22-Jan-1999

Internet Technology Group, the internet service provider, has been awarded a national and international telecommunications licence. 22-Jan-1999

IBM is to relocate its Havant-based call centre to Greenock in Scotland, which will involve the transfer of up to 125 jobs. 20-Jan-1999

Zergo has announced an alliance in which PwC will use its internet security products in its network consultancy business, and it has also agreed a worldwide licensing deal with Intel. 20-Jan-1999

British Telecom is planning to set up a corporate university in order to train its 125,000 employees, and it is seeking partners to help develop tailor-made courses. 19-Jan-1999

The Inland Revenue has confirmed plans to set up a new tax department in Liverpool employing 800 staff. 18-Jan-1999

National Grid is linking up with France Telecom and Sprint of the US to set up a long-distance telephone network in Brazil. 16-Jan-1999

The government has announced a £120m invest-to-save programme that will include a number of pilot schemes, including joint 999 call centres for the emergency services and various projects designed to facilitate "electronic government". 14-Jan-1999

Airtech, the mobile communications company, is in discussions with an unnamed company that could lead to a takeover offer. 13-Jan-1999

Pace Micro Technology is to create 50 new engineering jobs this year in order to keep up with demand for digital TV systems. 11-Jan-1999

Simoco Systems Solution is to recruit an additional 25 staff at its Derby office to cope with an increase in demand for its radio communication products. 11-Jan-1999

Acorn Group has sold its 50% stake in the Xemplar school computers business to its joint venture partner Apple Computer for £3m. 11-Jan-1999

Simoco, the Cambridge communications equipment company, is to cut up to 150 jobs in a restructuring programme. 08-Jan-1999

Strategic Systems Solutions is to open a new software development office in Leeds, creating up to 70 jobs. 08-Jan-1999

Scottish Enterprise is to open two new technology centres in the US - in Virginia and Florida - in order to win new orders for Scottish companies involved in software, multimedia, optoelectronics and biotechnology. 07-Jan-1999

The Welsh Development Agency is linking up with Modis Training Technologies of the US to set up a £4m virtual reality skills training centre in Newport, creating up to 80 jobs. 07-Jan-1999

EDS, the US computer services company, is to set up a regional centre in Sheffield that will create 300 jobs initially and a further 700 over the next few years. 07-Jan-1999

LG Group of South Korea is selling its semiconductor division to Hyundai, but no decision has yet been made on the future of LG's chip plant in Wales and Hyundai's $5bn Scottish project. 07-Jan-1999

Telecom Manufacturing, the Airdrie-based electronic switchboards company, has gone into liquidation with the loss of 230 jobs. 06-Jan-1999

ICL and Unisys have won a £183m contract to supply computer systems to magistrates courts in England and Wales, with the aim of standardising the existing systems and allowing public access through the internet. 06-Jan-1999

Micro Focus, the software development company, is planning to change its name to Merant in February. 06-Jan-1999

The Northern Call Centre is to set up a new operation at Hartlepool Marina in February, and expects to create up to 300 jobs to handle two new contracts with unnamed companies. 06-Jan-1999

Vodafone has awarded a £100m contract to Cable & Wireless Communications for the supply of a backbone network to link up its core sites and improve nationwide mobile phone coverage. 04-Jan-1999

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