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Employment in the sector

Employment is the sector is dominated by postal and related services.

In the late 1990s the sector experienced a strong growth due to liberalisation of fixed-line telecommunication networks and the adoption of mobile telephony. This has come to an end as a result of:

  • the roll-out of broadband being slower than expected (partly many firms are heavily indebted)
  • mobile telephony companies, successful in bidding for the UK 3G licences, face uncertainty about the take-up of 3G services amongst their customers
  • price controls for cross-network calling have been imposed

Source: Working Futures 2004

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