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Kingston Communications Kingston Communications has acquired Mistral Internet, the business internet service provider with offices in Romsey, Southampton, Brighton and London, for £20m. 02-Feb-2007 Kingston Communications has acquired JAM IP, the Maidenhead-based IP contact centre solutions company, for an initial £2.6m. 19-Dec-2006 Kingston Communications is to acquire Smart421, the Ipswich-based IT services company, for £24m. 02-Oct-2006 Kingston Communications, the Hull-based telecoms company with a market valuation of £345m, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 11-Nov-2005 Kingston Communications has sold Arche Communications of France to Telindus of Belgium for £32m. 23-May-2005 Kingston Communications has acquired Technica, the storage consultancy with 30 staff in Warwick and Reading, for up to £6.5m. 14-Mar-2005 Kingston Communications is to acquire Omnetica, the Hemel Hempstead-based provider of enterprise network solutions, for £169m. 01-Dec-2004 Kingston Communications has acquired Eclipse Networking, the internet service provider, for £12m. 01-Oct-2004 Kingston Communications has sold its Inmedia satellite and broadcasting unit to The Carlyle Group for £34m, and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt. 30-Apr-2004 Kingston Communications is to shed 100 jobs in its business communications division, which will affect sites across the country. 30-Mar-2004 Kingston Communications has indicated that it may be interested in a merger, following the announcement of an unexpected profit warning. 11-Sep-2003 Kingston Communications has warned that it may have to close its interactive TV service in Hull unless an external backer can be found. 23-May-2003 Kingston Communications is launching a new service called Kingston Interactive TV, which will provide video on demand and other broadband TV services to 10,000 houses in Hull and east Yorkshire. 13-Nov-2001 Kingston Communications has acquired Milgo Solutions from Platinum Equity in a £23m deal, as part of a strategy to develop a nationwide communications network. 13-Mar-2001 Kingston Communications has dropped plans to invest £1bn in a national high-speed internet service, and will instead limit spending to £150m by forming partnerships with other telecoms companies. 29-Nov-2000 Atlantic Telecom and Kingston Communications are considering plans to combine their network infrastructure to reduce the cost of launching DSL high speed internet access services. 13-Nov-2000 Kingston Communications is to restructure its core business into two new divisions, with one handling corporate customers and the other controlling the networks. 30-Oct-2000 Kingston Communications has applied for access to 1,000 British Telecom exchanges, as part of a strategy to expand its broadband services at a cost of up to £1bn. 14-Sep-2000 Kingston Communications is selling its 25% stake in KSCL, the communications software business, to Telesens of Germany for £26m. 15-Aug-2000 Kingston Communications is looking to sell its telecoms testing business over the next few months, including laboratories in Ontario, Dallas, the Netherlands and the UK. 26-Jul-2000 Kingston Communications and Kingston upon Hull City Council are considering plans for a £40m project to give every household in Hull free access to interactive TV. 20-Jul-2000 Kingston Communications is planning to expand its business telecoms network into the Thames Valley and the north-west of England, and has also announced plans for the development of a £60m glass fibre network in partnership with Colt. 23-May-2000 Kingston Communications is looking to sell KTL, its Hull-based communications testing subsidiary. 17-May-2000 Kingston Communications has announced plans to raise £100m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its Torch telecoms business into more cities. 11-Feb-2000 Kingston Communications has announced plans to set up a fourth Torch Telecom network, covering Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. 25-Nov-1999 Kingston Communications is planning to become the first company to offer an interactive TV service via normal telephone lines, and it will be rolled out across its Hull and East Yorkshire network. 08-Oct-1999 BSkyB is considering plans to form new media ventures with Kingston Communications, including interactive services such as video-on-demand. 14-Sep-1999 Kingston Communications is to set up a £4m call centre in Hull, with the creation of 1,100 jobs. 12-Aug-1999 Kingston Communications and the Hull Daily Mail have applied to the Independent Television Commission for a licence to set up interactive TV services in the Hull area. 25-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 Kingston Communications has announced plans to launch an interactive TV service in Hull later this year, using its existing telephone lines. 17-May-1999 Kingston Communications is setting up a new business called Kingston TLI, in order to offer TV production and satellite distribution services. 03-Mar-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 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 Kingston Communications is to offer high-speed internet access to customers in Hull using Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line technology, which enables large amounts of information to be sent over ordinary copper wires. 08-Dec-1998 Kingston Communications is to start offering its telephone service to customers across East Yorkshire, the first time it has moved outside its established market in Hull and into British Telecom territory. 01-Oct-1998 Kingston Communications has bought Teleport London International, the broadcaster of TV and radio programmes to Armed Forces throughout the world, for £10m, in order to gain a foothold in the digital TV revolution. 29-Sep-1998 Kingston Communications is planning to build a £1m engineering centre in Hull, which will bring together engineers from offices across the city. 09-Sep-1998 British Telecom has been given Oftel approval to move into Hull, which has traditionally been dominated by the municipally-owned Kingston Communications, although it is not clear whether BT will want to do so. 01-Aug-1998 Kingston Communications has sold Kingston SCL, the supplier of billing and operational support software, to management for £55m. 22-Jul-1998 Kingston Communications has rejected a £245m offer from Landtel Communications of the US for a stake in the company, as Hull's city council wants to retain ownership. 13-Jun-1998 Hull City Council is looking at the possibility of ratepayers taking a stake in Kingston Communications, in order to raise funds for expansion without the need for a flotation. 30-May-1998 Kingston Communications, the local authority-owned telecoms company based in Hull, is planning a flotation that will value it at up to £300m, in order to raise funds for expansion. 17-Apr-1998 Kingston Communications could be facing new competition as the industry regulator has announced proposals that will encourage other telecoms companies to move into the Kingston upon Hull area. 03-Mar-1998 Kingston Communications, the Hull telephone company, is to undergo a further investigation by Oftel, the industry regulator, following allegations that it is cross subsidising its services and could be breaching its licence conditions. 30-Jul-1997 Kingston Communications is to cut back 300 of its 1,530 staff in an effort to improve its competitiveness in the domestic telecoms market. 09-Jan-1997 Kingston Communications has bought out Yorkshire Electricity's 50% stake in their Torch Telecom joint venture for £24m. 17-May-1996 Kingston Communications is buying Certelecom, the Canadian telecoms testing facility, for £1m. 01-Feb-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007