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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Liberty Global and Telefonica have agreed to merge their British businesses in a $38 billion deal that will create a powerhouse in mobile and broadband to take on market ...

Just a few weeks after BT confirmed that it is in talks to acquire EE, the parent company of Three is said to be considering a £9bn bid to take over O2 from Spanish communications giant Telefónica.

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 ...

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 ...

COURBEVOIE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--O2 in partnership with IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, has today supplied secure connectivity to over 4 million UK homes with a second generation ...

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 ...