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O2 (UK) Limited 260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX Registered in England and Wales: 1743099.
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  O2 plc at AllExperts
plc agreed to be taken over by the Spanish telco giant Telefónica with a cash offer of £17.7 billion (€26 billion) or £2 per share.
plc retained its name and continued to be based in the UK, keeping both the brand and the management team.
Since it applies to the EU only, it has been speculated that this is probably a response to Viviane Reding's plans to ban roaming charges by mobile networks within the EU[6], or more specifically, "require that international [within the EU] roaming charges are not higher than national roaming charges".
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 O2 plc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In March 2005, the company underwent a corporate reorganization, that saw mmO2 plc being delisted from the London Stock Exchange and acquired (via a share swap) by a new company, O2 plc, which was listed on the LSE in its place.
On the 31 October 2005, O2 plc agreed to be taken over by the Spanish telco giant Telefónica with a cash offer of £17.7 billion (€26 billion) or £2 per share.
According to the merger announcement, O2 plc retained its name and continued to be based in the UK, keeping both the brand and the management team.
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 CSC UK: O2 Chief Peter Erskine proclaimed Business Leader of the Year November 9, 2005
The O2 CEO faced stiff competition from some of UK business’ biggest names for the title, which is presented to an outstanding individual executive who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and vision.
Improvements to the O2 network has led to improved customer service and satisfaction and as a result O2 is now one of the leading brands in the sector.
O2 plc has 100% ownership of mobile network operators in three countries — the UK, Germany and Ireland — as well as a leading mobile Internet portal business.
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 Horizon Technology Group Plc. - O2 Case Study   (Site not responding. Last check: )
O2 Ireland is a leading mobile communications provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of mmO2 plc.
In 2000, O2 decided to evolve from a mobile only service to a fully integrated Internet service using WAP to provide value added services to the company's customer base.
O2 used external consultants to help prepare their strategic vision for the provision of value added services.
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 O2 PLC - Regulatory News Announcement
O2 Shareholders in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any other overseas jurisdiction in respect of which the issue of Loan Notes to them would be unlawful will not be entitled to elect to receive Loan Notes.
O2 has historically achieved higher growth rates relative to other mobile operators in the markets in which it is present and is expected to continue to do so.
O2 has decided to nominate Sir David Arculus and Peter Erskine to the board of Telefonica, with Peter Erskine also to be nominated to the Telefonica executive committee and management committee.
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 About O2 Asia
O2 Asia Pacific is a member of the O2 group, a leading provider of mobile communications services in Europe with more than 35 million active mobile customers.
O2 Asia Pacific has its headquarters in Singapore, with offices in Australia, Malaysia and Korea and a sister company in Hong Kong; apart from Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong, it also distributes in New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, India and the Indian subcontinent, Vietnam, Middle East and the Philippines.
O2 Asia Pacific's parent company, formerly O2 plc, was formed in November 2001 following a demerger from British Telecommunications plc.
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 United Clearing Plc - November 2005 - O2 UK signs contract with United Clearing
United Clearing wins contract with O2 UK UCL, the provider of outsourcing support services to the global cellular industry, announces it has won a contract with O2 (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of mobile network provider O2 plc, to provide Financial Clearing and Settlement services.
The contract, for an undisclosed amount, is expected to commence January 2006 and follows contracts UCL has already secured with the three other subsidiaries of O2 plc, in the Isle of Man, Germany and Ireland.
O2 plc, with over 24 million customers in the UK, Ireland and Germany, has an extensive network infrastructure, offers innovative post-pay and pre-pay products and mobile data services based on GPRS technology.
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 Leading Mobile Operator O2 Selects Tatara   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As high speed data networks continue to expand in coverage and performance, it is vital for service providers to offer their customers a range of converged mobile services across a variety of networks and devices that are simple and easy to use.
O2 is a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK.
O2 (UK) is a subsidiary of O2 plc which also owns O2 branded mobile operators in Ireland and Germany as well as the O2 Airwave emergency services network in the UK.
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 O2 moves into UK broadband market - CBRonline.com
UK mobile operator O2 Plc, which was recently acquired by the Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica SA, has made good on its hint of an entry into the UK fixed-line market with the news that it is to acquire internet service provider Be for 50m pounds ($92m).
O2 was spun off from BT Group Plc in November 2001 after the UK carrier fell victim to the prevailing financial wisdom of that time which decreed that mobile operations should be spun off in order to ensure future growth.
O2 is also likely to make a further payment of 5m pounds ($9.2m), depending on certain performance criteria.
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 o2 plc - Company Report
O2 plc is the holding company of mmO2 plc and the mmO2 group of companies.
O2 plc has 100% ownership of mobile network operators in three countries - the UK, Germany, and Ireland - as well as a leading mobile Internet portal business.
In May 2002, a single customer brand, O2, was introduced and in support of that introduction each of the principal country company operating names, except for Manx Telecom on the Isle of Man, were changed to include the O2 brand.
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 Telefonica's O2 win more customers in 3Q - Boston.com
O2 PLC, Telefonica SA's Britain-based mobile phone unit, said Monday customer numbers rose 14 percent in the third quarter and the company raised its outlook for U.K. service revenue growth.
LONDON --O2 PLC, Telefonica SA's Britain-based mobile phone unit, said Monday customer numbers rose 14 percent in the third quarter and the company raised its outlook for U.K. service revenue growth.
The company added 812,000 new customers in the three months through Sept. 30 to 34.4 million, O2 said in a statement.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/11/13/telefonicas_o2_win_more_customers_in_3q   (151 words)

  
 O2 Considered Acquisition Of Amena, Wind-CEO
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- O2 PLC, the U.K. mobile telecommunications company, Thursday said it considered acquiring both Spain's Amena and Italian operator Wind when those assets were for sale.
He said O2 is looking to make a return on its investment and that the company wouldn't consider demerging it until it has better visibility over the size of the business.
O2 offers a converged product in Germany while BT Group PLC (BT) has launched a similar service, using different technology, in the U.K. Williams said there are still technical issues to overcome but the company is trialing handsets from two manufacturers.
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 O2 Chooses Trintech's ReconNET for Transaction Reconciliation and ExecuNET for Business Analysis
O2 is a leading provider of mobile services to over 14 million customers in the U.K. and is a subsidiary of O2 plc, which also owns O2 branded mobile operators in Ireland and Germany.
O2 is a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the U.K. It is the leader in non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music and video, as well as always on data connections via GPRS, 3G and WLAN.
O2 (U.K.) is a subsidiary of O2 plc, which also owns O2 branded mobile operators in Ireland and Germany as well as the O2 Airwave emergency services network in the U.K. For more information visit www.O2.com.
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 O2 plc - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After a period of independence it was acquired by Telefonica of Spain, with the offer becoming unconditional on 23 January 2006.
plc agreed to be taken over by the Spanish telco giant TelefГіnica with a cash offer of £17.7 billion (€26 billion) or ВЈ2 per share.
plc retained its name and continued to be based in the UK, keeping both the brand and the management team.
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 KTS - Service you can bank on
KTS and O2 are jointly marketing the new service, which, in an age when financial professionals are working increasingly outside the office, allows them to keep completely up-to-date with live international market information, access the latest market news and receive instant price and news alerts.
With this new service, KTS and O2 are aiming to take a leadership position providing business data across mobile networks, which independent experts Strategy Analytics estimate will grow from $61 billion in 2004 to just over $189 billion by 2009.
O2 (UK) Limited is a subsidiary of O2 plc which also owns O2 branded mobile operators in Ireland and Germany as well as the O2 Airwave emergency services network in the UK.
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 Datamonitor ComputerWire - O2 plc - Company News & Research
O2 (formerly mmO2), is a provider of mobile communications services in Europe and also has a leading mobile Internet portal business.
UK-based mobile operator mmO2 Plc is upping its forecast for full-year growth for its UK operation as it prepares to launch the i-mode service.
Mobile operator mmO2 Plc denied it is in merger talks with Spanish giant Telefonica SA, after posting strong interim results on the back of impressive customer growth.
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 O2 beats market expectations as churn levels fall - CBRonline.com
Mobile operator O2 Plc, the former wireless arm of BT Group Plc, has reported a rise in customer numbers for the past three months, and said it has also been successful in stemming UK customer defections to rival mobile networks.
This shows that O2 is taking action after it reported for the year ending March 31 that its annual churn had risen to 35% in the UK from 30% a year earlier.
This means that unless O2 improves its current performance, it will have to sign up at least a third more customers this year just to stay the same size.
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In addition, O2 UK has a 50% interest in a joint venture, Tesco Mobile, to sell exclusively Tesco-branded mobile services in Tesco stores across the UK, using O2's technology and network.
Furthermore, O2 Germany has a 50% interest in Tchibo Mobilfunk, a joint venture with Tchibo GmbH, which is selling an O2 pre-pay mobile service in Germany.
Following shareholder approval, mmO2 was acquired by a new company, O2 plc, which effected a reduction of its share capital to create distributable reserves.
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 Telefonica to buy U.K. mobile operator O2 - International Business - MSNBC.com
Peter Erskine, chief executive of O2, said two companies operated in different geographical areas and that was a strong reason for recommending the deal.
O2 and its subsidiaries provide service to nearly 25 million customers in Britain, Ireland and Germany, where the company says it is the fastest-growing mobile telephone operator.
O2 was created in 1971 from the mobile telephone operation of BT PLC, Britain's largest telecommunications company.
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 O2 - Investor centre
On 7 March 2006, O2 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefónica S.A. and O2's ordinary shares were delisted from the London Stock Exchange.
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic is listed within the Czech PX Index.
Telefónica O2 Europe's latest key performance data is for the third quarter, the three month period to 30 September 2006.
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 O2, DBD Launch Wireless High-Speed Internet,Phone Service   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DBD and O2 are launching their product as telecommunications operators try to exploit new technologies to offer a broader array of services.
Fixed-line company BT Group PLC (BT) last week launched its combined fixed and mobile phone service - the phone switches to cheaper fixed-line rates when the customer is home and works as a mobile phone the rest of the time.
O2 already successfully completed a test of a WiMAX-based Internet service in Ireland, with its technology partners Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR) from Israel and Germany's Siemens AG (SI), earlier in 2005.
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 O2 Re Contract
O2 plc O2 plc has 100% ownership of mobile network operators in three countries - the UK, Germany and Ireland - as well as a leading mobile Internet portal business.
The company is a founding member of Starmap Mobile Alliance, has operations on the Isle of Man (Manx Telecom) and owns O2 Airwave - an advanced, digital emergency communications service.
In addition, O2 has established the Tesco Mobile and Tchibo Mobilfunk joint venture businesses in the UK and Germany respectively.
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 Setting up your phone - Services - O2
Whether you want settings to traditional WAP services or to the O2 Active colour WAP services, depending on your phone type we can send the settings to your phone in the form of a text message.
O2 Active, allows you instant access to a variety of ringtones, games, and up to date news, sport and entertainment.
* O2 are not liable for any lost or changed settings that occur during the configuration process.
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 O2 PLC - SEC Filing
O2 Airwave is also shortlisted for the Fire Service national contract.
Pete Richardson, managing director of O2 Airwave, said: "We are extremely pleased to welcome NHS Ambulance Trusts to Airwave and look forward to deploying the technology to the benefit of patients and staff.
O2 plc Date: 19 July 2005 By:___/s/ Robert Harwood___ ROBERT HARWOOD Assistant Secretary
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 Bloomberg.com: Latin America   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The board of O2, which is led by Chief Executive Peter Erskine, said it considers the bid ``fair and reasonable'' and will recommend shareholders accept it.
O2 was spun off from BT Group Plc, Britain's former phone monopoly, in November 2001 because BT had to cut debt.
Combining O2 with an existing U.K. cellular division, which would be possible for Deutsche Telekom, could justify a bid of 170 pence for each O2 share, according to Tailor.
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 Mobile matters - FAQs
Mobile matters – a review of key issues
Visit the O2 plc Corporate Responsibility report 2005/06
You can find FAQs for the O2 plc Corporate Responsibility report 2005/06 at: www.o2.com/cr/resource2005-06/faq
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