O2

Not satisfied with Virgin Media and O2 merger, Liberty Global takes 5% Vodafone stake

Looks financially driven, says analyst, but don't rule out bigger moves in future

Networks14 Feb 2023 | 8

BT says it's trading in line with expectations as revenue slides and pre-tax profit shrinks

Former state monopoly talks up FTTP build out, as does Virgin Media

Networks29 Jul 2021 | 3

UK's competition watchdog gives £31bn Virgin Media and O2 merger the seal of approval

Minimal risk to MVNO or backhaul customers, probe finds

Networks20 May 2021 | 38

Rude awakening for O2 customers after network runs surprise test of emergency mobile alert system

Sorry, there's no nuclear missile inbound. You have to go to work

Bootnotes11 May 2021 | 41

UK watchdog blesses Virgin Media and O2's union, says there's no risk of market distortion or competition loss

Hard luck, BT

Networks14 Apr 2021 | 25

UK carriers open their wallets as regulator Ofcom doles out more slabs of 5G spectrum

Netting £1.35bn for the Treasury

Networks17 Mar 2021 | 6

O2 UK overcharged exiting customers by £40.7m over 7+ years: Ofcom slams senior managers, fines it £10.5m

Nearly 8 years of extra fees after it 'initially identified issues' with billing in 2011... but nothing came of it

Networks12 Feb 2021 | 20

London calling: 5G coverage in British capital grew during second half of last year with fastest speeds on Vodafone

O2 regained lost ground, while EE continued to assert its dominance

Networks20 Jan 2021 | 10

UK competition watchdog fast-tracks investigation into mega-merger of O2 and Virgin Media

American cable guy Liberty Global and Spanish multinational Telefónica ask CMA to hurry up and marry their kids

Networks11 Dec 2020 | 18

O2 cuts ribbon on UK's first commercial driverless car lab where it'll blend satellite and 5G signal to stay on the road

Better improve its coverage then

Networks01 Oct 2020 | 13

Brit mobile network EE follows O2 by ending trading relations with retailer Dixons Carphone

'It’s hard to see how Carphone can turn around its mobile business'

Networks14 Sep 2020 | 16

Brit telcos deliberately killed Phones 4u, claim admins in £1bn UK High Court sueball

One-time retailer has a problem: Key evidence is on a lost fondleslab

Personal Tech21 Jul 2020 | 59

UK advertising watchdog raps ruler on O2's hand over misleading ads for iPad and Surface Pro deals

£9 a month mumble mumble, terms and conditions apply

Personal Tech08 Jul 2020 | 7

While Huawei burns, Ericsson lands plush new O2 contract to help push 5G in Britain

Carrier to use Swedish giant's RAN kit to upgrade 3G/4G sites

Networks10 Jun 2020 | 14

EU General Court tears up ban on Three slurping O2. Good thing the latter's not set to merge with Virgin Media, eh?

Oh wait

Networks28 May 2020 | 19

O2 be a fly on the wall during BT and Vodafone's video calls: Telefónica's UK biz, Virgin Media officially merge

Multinationals' UK arms pair up to take on Voda and former state-owned telco

Networks07 May 2020 | 54

Comms giant Telefonica confirms O2 in talks to merge with Virgin Media

Brrrring brrrring... Yep it's American cable guy Liberty Global

Networks04 May 2020 | 24

UK big five carriers bin wired broadband download quotas for as long as we're all stuck indoors

Keep Calm And Stream Video, on generous new discount plans and payment terms

Networks30 Mar 2020 | 28

Whoa, someone actually texted you in 2020? Oh, nvm, it's just Boris Johnson, telling you to stay the f**k at home

UK lacks formal emergency messaging system, so Big 4 carriers helped out

Networks24 Mar 2020 | 85

Your data was 'taken without permission', customers told, after personal info accessed in O2 UK partner's database

Well that's one way of putting it

Security13 Mar 2020 | 17

UK.gov sits down with mobile big four to formalise plans for rural shared 4G network

£1bn boon to improve coverage across the home nations

Networks09 Mar 2020 | 24

Brit telcos can keep £218m licence fee repayment from Ofcom after penny-pinching regulator loses Court of Appeal case

But will you see your phone bills decreasing?

Networks19 Feb 2020 | 14

Mobile operators to be stung for 10% of annual turnover if coverage falls short, digital sec warns

Meanwhile, Nicky Morgan hints at imminent decision on Huawei in UK's 5G infrastructure

Networks29 Oct 2019 | 10

Giffgaff goody-baddy-bag billing faff: Ofcom fines operator £1.4m for overcharging folks by almost £3m

2.6 million customers hit... over period of nearly 8 years

Networks30 Jul 2019 | 28

O2: We've found Huawei of not using you-know-who's kit in 5G rollout

Sticking with Ericsson and Nokia

Networks25 Jul 2019 | 14

A bunch of also-RAN: Vodafone and O2 cosy up to share '5G-active' gear

Sharing is caring, guys

Networks24 Jul 2019 | 6

Cheapskate Brits appear to love their Poundland MVNOs as UK's big four snubbed in survey again

Updated Giffgaff tops satisfaction ratings, Vodafone brings up the rear

Networks23 Apr 2019 | 77

O2 brings forth a Friday fail for some unlucky UK customers

Updated Voice services go TITSUP* to round out the week

Networks22 Mar 2019 | 10

Expired cert... Really? #O2down meltdown shows we should fear bungles and bugs more than hackers

Comment Incompetence is a kind of malware

Networks07 Dec 2018 | 165

Why millions of Brits' mobile phones were knackered on Thursday: An expired Ericsson software certificate

Swede Jesus!

Networks06 Dec 2018 | 146

Total Inability To Support User Phones: O2 fries, burning data for 32 million Brits

'Global' network issue pinned on supplier – Ericsson 'working' on solution

Networks06 Dec 2018 | 184

You can hear a PIN drop... All quiet on the mobile broadband speed front, says network watcher OpenSignal

UK operators this summer look much like they did last year

Networks11 Oct 2018 | 6

Brit mobe operator O2 asks cut-off customers: Have you tried turning it on and off again?

Updated Classic. But in the meantime, folk can't make or receive calls

Networks04 Oct 2018 | 32

Belfast's networks are hella fast, London's are in the bog

Northern Ireland capital is tops for just about everything mobile

Networks05 Sep 2018 | 5

Blinking internets, Batman! O2 trials 5G over lightbulbs

Let there be light

Networks17 Aug 2018 | 15

Vodafone pinches mobe network nerd metrics from the mighty EE

Surgical investment pays off for performance in three UK cities

Networks29 Jun 2018 | 7

Brit mobile phone users want the Moon on a stick but then stay on same networks for aeons

How does that work?

Networks18 Jun 2018 | 27

UK mobile operator Three launches Superdrug Mobile MVNO

More opportunities to get to punters in crowded market

On-Prem04 Jun 2018 | 22

Measure for measure: Why network surveys don't count what counts

Interview Punters want reliable calls most

Networks08 May 2018 | 12

O2 UK wafts 4G coverage over 1,000 new Brit sites

Small operator starts LTE building following spectrum splurge

Networks26 Apr 2018 | 6

Bargain-happy Brits snub big four mobile network operators

Plucky MVNOs snag top five spots for customer satisfaction

Networks24 Apr 2018 | 17

O2 wolfs down entire 4G spectrum as pals fiddle with their shiny 5G band

UK mobe operators fling £1.3bn at Ofcom auction

Networks05 Apr 2018 | 51

UK mobe network Three's profits hit by IT upgrade costs

Oh, and billionaire owner Li Ka-shing retires

Networks16 Mar 2018 | 19

Ofcom gives six operators green light to bid for spectrum

Includes Hull-based Connexin and US subsidiary Airspan

Networks27 Feb 2018 | 9

Mobile network O2 UK leaps into 5G test bed with Greenwich trial

First taste of 5G for consumers, but will it make any cash?

Networks22 Feb 2018 | 8

Sorry, I can't hear you, the line's VoLTE

The path to all-IP calls is not smooth. Just ask EE

Personal Tech20 Feb 2018 | 23

UK mobile customers face inflation-busting price hike

Look guys, everyone's doing it

Networks16 Feb 2018 | 47

Mobe network Three's 'Make The Air Fair' ads deemed 'misleading'

Spectrum-moaning campaign must not run again

Networks07 Feb 2018 | 6

TalkTalk starts offering punters choice to shift-shift to O2

A 'great' deal - as long as you stay with their crummy broadband

Networks24 Jan 2018 | 30

Carphone Warehouse given a stern talking to for 'misleading' radio ad

Three's a crowd, and a 'major competitor', says watchdog

Networks08 Nov 2017 | 23

Roaming charges drop smacks O2 daddy Telefonica in the profits

Chief reckons biz did well despite 'negative impact' of EU regs

On-Prem26 Oct 2017 | 20

Chief digital officer and sales director leave O2 amid ongoing shake-up

Roles yet to be filled

Networks21 Sep 2017 | 7

UK mobe network Three launches legal challenge over spectrum auction

Here we go

On-Prem09 Aug 2017 | 12

You know what’s not so throttled at O2? UK sales. They're up 2.6%

Firm chips away at debt after Three flog-off squashed

On-Prem27 Jul 2017 | 7

O2 admits to throttling network bandwidth for EU data roamers

'Temporary measure' to cope with demand, apparently

Networks26 Jul 2017 | 43

O2 will be carrying out UK IoT connectivity trials later this year

Exclusive Internet of Things arrives at British telco

Edge + IoT22 May 2017 | 11