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One-2-One One-2-One is to close 30 of its 138 mobile phone stores with the loss of about 100 jobs, and is also planning to rebrand the business under the name of German owner T-Mobile. 09-Apr-2002 One-2-One is to shed 900 of the 7,000 jobs in its UK mobile phone business, with most of the cuts affecting its customer services operation. 22-Nov-2001 One-2-One is to build six new offices at the Hatfield Business Park, and Kier has won the £60m construction contract from developer Arlington Securities. 19-Apr-2001 One-2-One is to install mobile phone masts at more than 250 Shell service stations. 26-Mar-2001 One-2-One is to expand the Pocket Phone Shop chain of 162 stores at a rate of one new outlet a month. 19-Feb-2001 One-2-One is planning to recruit 100 people a month at its new Merthyr Tydfil mobile phone customer service centre until June. 08-Jan-2001 One-2-One is to set up a telecoms switching centre at the Moss Side Development Park in Leyland. 03-Oct-2000 One-2-One has announced plans to create 1,000 jobs at a new mobile phone call centre in Dundee. 19-Sep-2000 One-2-One has acquired the Pocket Phone Shop, which includes a network of 167 shops, for £73m. 22-Jun-2000 One-2-One has announced plans for a third call centre investment in Sunderland, which will involve the creation of 400 jobs at the Doxford International Business Park. 25-May-2000 One-2-One has announced plans to create a further 2,000 customer service jobs over the next year at sites in Merthyr Tydfil, Greenock, Rotherham and Sunderland. 05-May-2000 One-2-One is planning to create up to 2,000 jobs in Scotland this year, including 300 at contract company TSC's site across the road from One-2-One's main Greenock centre. 17-Feb-2000 One-2-One is planning a £12m expansion at its telecoms call centre in Sunderland, with the creation of 300 jobs. 10-Feb-2000 One-2-One is planning to set up a call centre for its mobile phone business in Wales, with the creation of 800 jobs, and a number of potential sites are being considered. 15-Jan-2000 One-2-One has agreed a £100m deal with Crown Castle to create a mobile phone network in Northern Ireland. 30-Dec-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 One-2-One is to be acquired by Deutsche Telekom for £8.4bn, which will give the German company its first foothold into the UK mobile phone market. 06-Aug-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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 One 2 One is to start offering incentives of up to £100 to persuade customers to switch to their mobile phone network, and this new marketing initiative has been timed to coincide with the introduction of number portability. 31-Dec-1998 One-2-One has announced a series of measures to increase its share of the mobile phone market, including an agreement to sell phones in Sainsbury's stores, free lunchtime calls, and a £15m advertising campaign. 19-Oct-1998 One2One is planning to invest £900m over the next three years expanding its mobile phone coverage from 96% to 98% of the population, and will set up more base stations on major roads to improve reception. 18-Aug-1998 One-2-One is to offer a new mobile phone package to business subscribers that includes free daytime local calls. 30-Apr-1998 Orange and One 2 One are to get more marketing freedom following a decision by the telecoms industry regulator to stop forcing them to provide airtime to mobile service providers after a 12-month transition period. 10-Apr-1998 One-2-One is looking at ways to offer both fixed and mobile communications to its customers, and will also be introducing new services for small and medium businesses later this year. 20-Jan-1998 One 2 One, the mobile phone operator owned by Cable & Wireless and US West, is to launch a "pay as you go" service next month, which will enable customers to buy airtime vouchers from supermarkets instead of paying monthly rental charges. 29-Jul-1997 Mercury One-2-One plans to speed up the development of its mobile phone network, aiming to reach 95% of the population by the end of 1997. 14-Mar-1996 Mercury One 2 One aims to boost its mobile phone sales by offering companies with over 20 phones the chance to get 1,000 minutes of free national calls a month in return for £60. 02-Feb-1996 Mercury One 2 One is to stop offering new customers free local calls at offpeak during the week. 06-Sep-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007