O2 and Virgin Media confirm merger
Major shake up for UK comms
Liberty Global and Telefónica have revealed that their respective UK subsidiaries, cable company Virgin Media and mobile operator O2, are to merge in a move which will mean a real shake up for the UK comms industry.
O2 fined by Ofcom
Did not provide accurate and complete answers
Mobile operator O2 has been fined £75,000 by telcom watchdog Ofcom for “failing to provide accurate and complete answers” to the regulator.
O2 and Vodafone include 5G in their UK sharing deal
Look out BT
O2 and Vodafone have turned the thumbscrews on the British market leader BT by extending their network sharing deal to cover 5G.
OnePlus pumps oxygen into its latest phones
It's a phone, Jim, but not as we know it
Phone firm OnePlus said its new smartphones - a family in the OnePlus 6 range – will go on sale in Europe and the States on the 22nd of May in various shapes and sizes.
O2 takes the biggest chunk of UK airwaves
All of the blocks of 2.3Ghz airwaves for 4G
Telefonica’s O2 won the biggest chunk of new British mobile airwaves in an auction that raised $1.9 billion for the government.
Moto goes blue
Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa
Lenovo Moto has unveiled a stunning Sapphire Blue variant of the fifth generation Moto G smartphone, which is now available exclusively from O2, in store and online.
EU blocks Hutchison’s O2 take-over
Would have harmed the UK mobile sector
The European Commission has blocked the proposed acquisition of O2 by Hutchison under the EU Merger Regulation.
HTC One Mini coming to UK next month
To cost £380 without contract
Porn film-maker to send letter to O2 porn sharers
Stop what you’re doing…No, not that
O2 forced to hand over customers IP addresses to porn producer
Prepared to be blackmailed