Today, Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa released a statement saying that it is in exclusive negotiations with Telefonica to acquire mobile carrier O2 in the UK, offering to pay up to £10.25 billion ...

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 ...

Liberty Global has put on hold plans to find investors for Virgin Media's O2 fixed NetCo in the UK, while Telefónica ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 rumors were true: UK broadband provider Virgin Media and telecoms operator O2 are to merge, their parent companies confirmed today. In a statement, Liberty Global and Telefonica said that the deal ...

Telefonica has entered "exclusive negotiations" with Hong Kong investment conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa to sell O2 for £10.25 billion, the Spanish company said Friday. The announcement confirms ...

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 ...

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 ...