Spanish telecoms company Telefonica, the parent company of O2, has poured cold water on speculation that it is preparing to go public in the UK following last year's Initial Public Offering (IPO) of ...

MADRID, Spain and DENVER, Colorado--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Global and Telefonica today announced their intention to appoint Lutz Schüler as Chief Executive Officer and Patricia Cobian as Chief ...

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the £31 billion ($44B) merger between Liberty Global-Owned Virgin Media and telecoms giant Telefonica’s British mobile company O2.

The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the idea of divestment, ...

Virgin Media O2, along with major shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, has outlined plans to create a national fixed network company to rival BT's Openreach in the UK. In a statement, the ...

Britain's BT Group is in early stage talks with Spain's Telefonica on a deal to buy UK mobile operator O2, with two sources saying it has also begun negotiations with EE as it seeks a return to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The company behind UK mobile operator Three, Hutchison Whampoa, is reportedly looking to purchase ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's competition regulator blocked on Wednesday CK Hutchison Holdings' <0001.HK> plan to become Britain's biggest mobile telecoms network operator, in a decision ...

Telefonica O2 UK operates in arguably the most fiercely competitive mobile market in the world, with numerous operators and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) all trying to win out. The market ...

Looks like the honeymoon period for EE and LTE in the UK is over. This morning, Telefonica’s O2 announced that it would turn on its LTE network on August 29, becoming the second operator to offer 4G ...

European carrier giant Telefonica, parent company of the UK's O2, has embraced WebRTC technology so its customers just need a browser to make calls. Too bad about Apple's Safari, though. Stephen ...

Of all the current UK networks, O2 has changed the most. The carrier as it exists now was “born” in 2002, but its history dates as far back as 1985. Prior to being known as O2, the BT-owned network ...