O2

O2: Float or flog. What's it going to be, Telefonica?

Forced to find funds for €50bn deficit

Channel05 Sep 2016 | 16

Three posts lacklustre results, angrily mutters over O2 merger rejection

Getting ready for legal challenge against EU

On-Prem11 Aug 2016 | 18

Brit network O2 hands out free Windows virus with USB pens

Aww, you shouldn't have. No really, you shouldn't have

OSes08 Aug 2016 | 92

O2 sales dip 9% as tight-fisted Brits cling to their old handsets

Weak pound affects sales reporting in Blighty

On-Prem28 Jul 2016 | 13

O2 customer data grab: Not-a-hack creds for sale on dark web

Are you a login-recycling gaming fan?

Security26 Jul 2016 | 16

Ronan Dunne jumps O2 ship

What next for the Capita-loving chief exec?

On-Prem15 Jul 2016 | 6

Capita redundo staff: We are free at last, free at last… at the end of this month

Thank Andy Parker we are free at last

Channel14 Jul 2016 | 9

EU commish: We smacked down O2/Three but we didn't take it 'lightly'

Calls on consumers to submit evidence in crusade for greater competition

Networks13 May 2016 | 31

French maverick sniffs around O2

Ooh la la! Sex shops, Le Monde and a mobe network

On-Prem09 May 2016 | 15

Ofcom wants you to thank it for resurrecting the spectre of BT's 1980s monopoly

Comment Top Eurocrat could become Brexit poster girl after UK begging letter

Channel12 Apr 2016 | 19

UK competition watchdog gripes to Brussels about Three-O2 merger

If we can't have four operators, they can't have their deal

Channel11 Apr 2016 | 42

Three to chop off £3bn of its network in bid to woo EU over O2 merger

Please, miss, is that competitive enough?

Networks07 Apr 2016 | 22

CK Hutchison/O2: 'Four networks' dogma risks one giant and three hopeless dwarves

Analysis What good is that?

Channel15 Mar 2016 | 23

Virgin gives blessing to O2/Three merger

Eyes up prospect of tasty 4G

Networks05 Feb 2016 | 15

Three: We won't hike prices if you say yes to £10.5bn O2 merger

Please Ms Regulator, let us do our deal

Channel04 Feb 2016 | 45

Ofcom's head is dead against Three and O2's merger

Brit industry regulator snuggles up to EU mummy

Channel01 Feb 2016 | 48

Capita hiring temps to cover for call centre redundancies – staff sources

C is caring, and is also for Capita

Channel25 Jan 2016 | 26

EE, O2, Giffgaff, BT Mobile customers cut off as mobile networks fail

BT cockup believed to be at heart of TITSUP communication

Networks11 Jan 2016 | 51

European Commission prepares antitrust probe for O2/Hutchison deal

Regulatory listicle demands consideration before merger can pass Go

Legal02 Nov 2015 | 6

O2 joins Virgin Media as member of weak crypto software club

Operator promises El Reg it'll all be fixed before browsers deep-six support

Security21 Oct 2015 | 12

Ofcom triples licence fees for mobile operators to £200m

Move reflect importance of this ‘finite resource’, says regulator

Legal24 Sep 2015 | 26

Hutchison will float O2 … as soon as the Three merger is done

Brands to stay as they are! Yeah, that's what they all say

Networks21 Sep 2015 | 29

Capita IS good for former O2 staff. Oh yes it IS!

Staff willingly jumping, not being pushed, claims CEO of mobile biz

Channel27 Aug 2015 | 3

Vodafonica’s Cornerstone missing its UK coverage target, says report

If only it was all share and share alike for O2 and Vodafone

Networks19 Aug 2015 | 5

Capita: Listen up redundo staff, we know you're leaving but...

Can you help us prep the next generation? Oh, go on

Channel18 Aug 2015 | 22

Ofcom coverage map: 7/10 – must try harder next time

Analysis No blackspot spotting tools, or comparative element

Networks14 Aug 2015 | 41

Take redundancy if you want, Capita IS for turning now, after all

700 staffers on O2 call centre gig grab voluntary redundo, offices closing

Channel14 Aug 2015 | 9

At last we know for sure. Blighty's 'best mobile network' is ...

We’ll give you a clue. It’s not O2, Vodafone, or Three

Personal Tech28 Jul 2015 | 31

The modest father of SMS, who had much to be modest about

Only the true inventor would deny his invention? Erm, well, not quite

Personal Tech08 Jul 2015 | 21

O2 craps itself on national Blighty holiday as cabinet minister moans: 'Oi, sort it out!'

Updated Be less dog poop

On-Prem26 May 2015 | 29

Free at last! Flogging off O2 fattens Telefonica’s financials

Higher earnings point to ‘new cycle’ of growth

On-Prem14 May 2015 | 9

Tesco tries to talk Tesco Mobile up from 'Value' to 'Finest' ahead of sale

Analysis Embattled grocer's network needs one of those yellow 'reduced' stickers

Networks13 May 2015 | 23

Firm with 80 per cent of UK mobile numbers fails to monetise them, sold to O2

Weve fails to generate workable tapcash fabric

Networks05 May 2015 | 4

giffgaff riff-raff hacked off with lift-off of cash spaff

The company with no CAPITALS wants to lend capital

Networks24 Apr 2015 | 12

'Tech City should not be relying on Game of Thrones ravens'

QuotW Plus: 'Anon dark web NOT a protective shield from arrest and prosecution'

Bootnotes08 Feb 2015 | 3

O2 notifies data cops 'for courtesy' ... AFTER El Reg intervenes in email phish dustup

Suggests customers must have lost their own data

Security04 Feb 2015 | 44

Then there were 3: Another UK mobile network borged ...

Analysis ... and what it all means for speed, coverage and phone masts

Networks23 Jan 2015 | 41

Telefónica to offload O2 to Three daddy Hutchison for £10.25bn

Talks reported last week, confirmed on Friday

Channel23 Jan 2015 | 45

Hong Kong mogul mulls multi-billion pound bid for O2 – report

Three daddy 'in talks' with Telefonica's UK mobile carrier

On-Prem18 Jan 2015 | 13

Yes, UK. REST OF EUROPE has better mobe services than you

EE best of a disappointing lot

Personal Tech26 Nov 2014 | 54

BT in talks to re-slurp O2 after spitting it out a decade ago

In talks with Spanish owner Telefonica

Networks24 Nov 2014 | 35

TalkTalk wants more FOURPLAY, jumps into bed with Telefónica

'Bye Voda. What will Three think of all this Four?

Networks17 Nov 2014 | 12

Reg mobile man: National roaming plan? Oh UK.gov, you've GOT to be joking

Comment Less is more plan not big or clever

Legal10 Nov 2014 | 48

Fatty Brit 4G networks slow down. Too much Bacon, perhaps?

Leap in demand puts pressure on service, love handles blamed

Networks05 Nov 2014 | 23

Amazon sells Fire Phone in UK ... on CONTRACT

Hooks up with O2

Personal Tech28 Oct 2014 | 7

Coughing for 4G, getting 2G... Networks' penny-pinching SECRETS REVEALED

Half-rate codecs, you say? You must be joking

Networks15 Oct 2014 | 52

Mobile coverage on trains really is pants

You thought it was just *insert your provider here*, but now we have numbers

Networks14 Oct 2014 | 65

Oh noes, fanbois! iPhone 6 Plus shipments 'DELAYED' in the UK

Is EMBIGGENED Apple mobile REALLY that popular?

Personal Tech13 Sep 2014 | 56

O2 breathes life into Amazon Fire: Mobe to hit Blighty in WEEKS

Yes, it's the Amazon phone you can't buy from Amazon

Personal Tech08 Sep 2014 | 23

Who us, share infrastructure? Networks reject gov proposal

Execs pour scorn on 'national roaming' outline – report

Networks08 Sep 2014 | 21

The Register Monopoly Pubcrawl Mobile Map: VODAFONE VICTOR in LONDON

Special Report Unless you just want the best 4G: Then EE

Networks23 Aug 2014 | 18

EE: STILL Blighty's best mobe network, says 'Frappucino' Moore

Fresh round of network stats fisticuffs possibly on the cards here

Networks19 Aug 2014 | 34

O2 vs Vodafone: Mobe firms grab for GCHQ, gov.uk security badge

No, the spooks love US best, say rival firms

Security11 Aug 2014 | 7

Operators get the FEAR as Ofcom proposes 275% hike in mobile spectrum fees

Wait - aren't they increasing prices mid-contract? Hmm...

Legal01 Aug 2014 | 22

Mobile money firm Weve waves goodbye to David Sear

Departing boss looks for some change

Networks25 Jun 2014 |

Crikey! Three can buy O2, EU regulator says

Oh wait, only O2 Ireland. As you were

On-Prem02 Jun 2014 | 12