The London market has plunged to new lows. The FTSE 100 Index fell 72.1 points to 4580.3, its lowest point for nine months.

Wireless technology company 2PM Technologies has announced new funding of €760,000 from Enterprise Ireland, provided towards the creation of 40 new high tech jobs in the Development Zone around Athlone in the Midlands.

Conduit, has announced that it has been provisionally allocated 11-88-99 for directory enquiries following the Oftel Directory Enquiry Lottery procedure.

Online directory business Scoot.com is on the verge of being bought by British Telecom.

The UK telecom regulator Oftel has released figures showing a sharp decline in internet traffic across UK telephone networks in the first three quarters of 2001.

Directory assistance company Conduit increased its revenues by 79% to €37.4m in the third quarter, which ended 31 December, 2001.

British telecommunications regulator Oftel today proposed a series of measures to ensure companies continue to deliver unmetered internet access to consumers.

The FTSE 100 Index close down 4.9 points at 5203.6 as banking stocks took a battering on concerns about exposure to Enron.

Four million old mobile phone numbers will be switched off in Britain tomorrow in the final phase of the ‘‘Big Number’’ change - but half of users do not know their new number, a survey shows.

Sir Richard Branson made a whistle-stop visit to Belfast today to launch his Virgin Mobile telephone brand in the North.