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O2 Reprimanded For 'best Network' Claims
News O2 has found itself on the wrong end of an adjudication from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after Vodafone filed a complaint. Vodafone's gripe with the recently acquired company relates to an O2 ad campaign.
[November 10, 2005, 8:15]
O2 Cuts Data-roaming Rates
News O2 has significantly cut its data-roaming prices within Europe. On Monday the Telefónica group, which owns O2, announced that its customers in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany and the Czech Republic would see cuts in excess of 40 percent when using...
[January 14, 2008, 15:03]
O2 To Offer Video Downloads
News Mobile network operator O2 UK will begin trials of a wireless video service with 350 of its mobile phone customers at the end of this month, ahead of a possible commercial launch later this year. The trials are the latest move by network providers...
[April 16, 2003, 12:07]
O2 Snaffles The Link In Shopping Spree
News Mobile operator O2 continued its shopping spree on Wednesday by taking over independent mobile phone retailer The Link. Dixons parent group DSG International, which also owns Currys and PC World, decided to get out of the mobile market by selling...
[June 21, 2006, 13:15]
O2 Plays Down Takeover Talk
News O2 has played down speculation that it may buy a UK ISP as part of a move towards offering converged telecoms services. A report in Friday's Independent suggested that the mobile operator, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica SA, is considering...
[May 5, 2006, 13:10]
O2 Baffled By Huge Roaming Bill
News O2, the mobile operator recently bought by Telefónica, has agreed to give a refund to a customer who was charged over £300 for three days use of his mobile phone while in Austria. O2 will also replace "what might be a faulty handset", an XDA II...
[March 3, 2006, 12:45]
O2 Finalising Roaming Price Cuts
News UK mobile operators O2 and Orange are set to follow competitors T-Mobile and Vodafone by cutting their mobile roaming rates. O2, which was recently bought by Spain's Telefonica, is putting the final touches on a new charging plan that will be...
[May 9, 2006, 15:25]
O2 Overshadows BT With Superfast Broadband Rollout
News BT's former mobile arm, O2, is challenging the telco in the broadband arena with a rapid rollout of superfast broadband. BT demerged O2 five years ago to help crack its multi-billion pound debt mountain.
[November 15, 2006, 15:51]
O2 Wades Into Termination Rate Spat
News It costs more to call a 3G phone than a 2G phone because 3G is less popular, a spokesperson for O2 has revealed. The justification came on Tuesday as Ofcom puts the finishing touches on its revised regulation of termination rates — the charges...
[February 27, 2007, 14:13]
O2 Recalls 140,000 Handsets Over Fire Risk
News Mobile operator O2 is recalling over 100,000 of its X1 mobile phones after customers reported that their handsets had melted while being charged. O2 published adverts in several national newspapers on Thursday, urging X1 users to return their...
[March 23, 2006, 13:45]
O2 (UK) Treats The Marketplace As A Retail Fashion Experience
White Papers O2 (UK), a division of BT Cellnet, is part of mmO2 plc, as a leading provider of mobile communications services in Europe. O2 (UK)'s text messaging service (SMS) quickly became very popular with its customer base and expanded beyond all expectations.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
O2 Soothes Ireland's Roaming Woes
Talkback Would the easiest thing not be for O2 UK to take over O2 Ireland and treat the British Isles as a single entity?
[February 11, 2006, 8:13]
O2 Soothes Ireland's Roaming Woes
News Mobile operator O2 has taken action to help some mobile phone users from the Republic of Ireland avoid paying international roaming charges when they cross into Northern Ireland. This is a serious issue for mobile phone users in both localities...
[February 9, 2006, 12:10]
O2 Prices Force Police To Rethink Vocab
News Police officers are to be given a CD teaching them to communicate clearly and concisely with one another, amid rising concerns over the cost of communications. Emergency services across the UK use a radio system called Airwave, which is based on...
[February 21, 2007, 8:48]
O2 To Launch Mobile Broadband
News O2 will launch its mobile broadband service on Friday, becoming the last major UK operator to do so. However, the service initially will be made available only to O2's existing customers. Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB...
[April 17, 2008, 11:48]
O2 Do Know About Edge - Kind Of!
Talkback i have just been on the phone to o2 who say they haven't released exact locations of edge coverage yet as they are upgrading areas as soon as possible, right through to mid November, so don't yet want to announce locations that they cannot deliver...
[October 2, 2007, 19:45]
O2 Seeks 2G Solution To Rural 3G
News O2 is seeking permission to run 3G services in spectrum dedicated to 2G, Dave Williams, the operator's chief technical officer, revealed on Monday. Speaking at the 3GSM World Congress, Williams claimed that the only way to deliver cost-effective...
[February 13, 2006, 11:35]
O2 EDGE
Talkback My O2 Blackberry has started showing EDGE instead of GPRS recently in a few areas. I suspect a rollout is under way.
[September 23, 2007, 17:42]
O2 Scores Its Biggest-ever Corporate Contract
News O2 has won its largest-ever corporate contract, taking over 23,000 Network Rail connections from Vodafone. According to O2, the contract marks the UK's most extensive port of numbers. The operator will be providing voice, BlackBerry and other...
[February 21, 2008, 11:07]
O2 To Cut Data-roaming Charges
News O2 is to cut its data-roaming rates, in a move that may placate some of its business customers enraged over the traditionally high charges. The European Commission has threatened action against the operators, but O2 denied that the pressure caused...
[March 14, 2007, 12:21]
