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Kingston Communications (HULL) PLC
 PROFILE
People have been communicating in Kingston upon Hull for centuries, but Kingston Communications (HULL) has taken it to a new level. The UK's only municipally owned telecom company at the time of its 1999 public offering, Kingston provides local phone service to 185,000 customers in the Kingston upon Hull area. Using ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) technology, it also pushes Internet access and interactive TV in the region and is building a national fiber-optic network to offer the services nationwide. Subsidiary Torch Telecom provides voice and data services to UK businesses, and unit Kingston MediaStream serves up global satellite transmission. The Kingston upon Hull city council owns 44% of the firm.

 COMPETITION
British Telecommunications plc (BTY)
Cable and Wireless plc (CWP)
Deutsche Telekom AG (DT)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2001 Sales (mil.): 328.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 14.0%
Employees: 1,906
Revenue per employee: $172,560.34

 KEY PEOPLE
• Steve Maine
    CEO
• Ross Cope
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Telephone House, Carr Ln.
Kingston upon Hull HU1 3RE, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1482-602-100
Fax: 44-1482-320-652
Online: Web Site

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