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Marconi sells US unit to shrink debt mountain

...set to lead to a reduction in the UK equipment maker's debt mountain and has led to a more positive statement about the company... Read more

6 January, 2004 by Tony Hallett

Marconi settles its debts

Ahead of schedule, the telecoms equipment company is on the way to turning a profit Read more

6 September, 2004 by Ron Coates

Lucent chips away at debt mountain

Lucent has clawed back $519m to counter its debt mountain by issuing more Agere shares. The company's bank, Morgan Stanley... Read more

3 April, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

AT&T hacks at debt mountain

...US giant telco AT&T hacked another $2.2bn slice off its debt mountain today. The company is to sell its cable systems in four... Read more

27 February, 2001 by Ron Coates

BT shakes the debt mountain

...troubled telco announced it had sliced a further £2.9bn from its debt mountain, though this still leaves a fairly sizeable debt of £13.6bn... Read more

7 February, 2002 by Kate Hanaghan

NTL struggles to scale debt mountain

...be asked to write off $6bn (£4.1bn) of NTL's $17bn debt mountain and the cable operator will move to cut expenditure to keep... Read more

17 December, 2001 by Ben King

KPN tackles debt mountain

...bid. The move is an attempt to reduce the Dutch telco's debt mountain and avoid the sale of key assets, the Telegraph reports. The... Read more

22 November, 2001 by Aled Herbert

Lernout & Hauspie auctions assets to shrink debt-mountain

But it will take a lot more than selling a few assets before it's in the clear... Read more

27 November, 2001 by Suzanna Kerridge

France Telecom set to chop debt-mountain

The only way to disolve your debts is to sell your valuables... Read more

19 October, 2001 by Suzanna Kerridge

Level 3 to cut $8bn debt mountain

ISP struggles to reduce debt... Read more

11 September, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

KPN tackles debt mountain

Dutch telecoms operator KPN is to sell off a range of non-core operations and cut jobs in a bid to cut debt and improve its credit rating. Read more

26 March, 2001 by Ben King

BT pulls plug on shareholder meeting

...heads to roll, together with mounting concern over the telco's £30bn debt mountain, makes it a bad time to face the shareholders Read more

20 March, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

France Telecom shares take a fall

Failing to scale that debt mountain... Shares in France Telecom fell up to four per cent this... Read more

19 February, 2002 by Sonya Rabbitte

Telecom Italia profits cut in half

Debt mountain looms higher... Telecom Italia's net profits crashed 50.7 per... Read more

13 September, 2001 by Heather McLean

BT profits continue to slide

Now for the good news: The debt mountain's shrinking... BT has sliced over £10bn off its debt mountain... Read more

26 July, 2001 by Mark Graham

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