BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.6B
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Talking is breathing to them! mm02 plc is the wireless unit of British Telecom. It owns mobile phone operators and serves about 24 million customers in UK, Ireland and Germany. O2 also owns O2 Airwave, which supplies secure digital communications to the emergency services and other public safety organizations. Founded in 1998, this $12.5 billion company is based in Slough, UK and employs about 14,000 people and has more than 35 million customers across Europe. In September 2005 the company was selected as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes World and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Stoxx. It was given a first placing in the wireless communications sector and a second placing in the telecommunications sector.
Chairman & CEO
Peter ErskineNumber of Employees 15,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications: 517212
News & Analysis
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O2, Manx Telecom, Lucent Technologies and QUALCOMM Conducting 3G UMTS/HSDPA Field Trial Using 900 MHz Spectrum on the Isle of Man
MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Deploying Mobile Technology at Lower Frequencies Can Help Operators Cost-Effectively Deliver UMTS/HSDPA Services and Improve Coverage Significantly
Manx Telecom to launch HSDPA network Nov. 1.(News)
O2, Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that Europe's Isle of Man will have a commercial HSDPA network by Nov. 1, providing mobile high-speed data services based on Lucent's UMTS/HSDPA and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem solu O2, Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies Inc....
O2, Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies to Launch First Commercial 3G HSDPA Network in Europe; Lucent-Supplied HSDPA Network to Enable Manx Telecom to Introduce New, Mobile High-Speed Data Services; IMS Network Launch to Follow Early Next Year
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man -- O2, Manx Telecom (a wholly owned subsidiary of O2) and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced plans to launch the first commercial HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access network service in Europe on the Isle of Man on Nov. 1 of this year. This marks...
Lucent, Novatel supply PC cards to O2.(Global Wireless)
Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless UMTS PC card modems known as Merlin U530. Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless...
O2 Selects Lucent Technologies and Novatel Wireless to Supply 3G UMTS PC Cards to Support Mobile High-Speed Data Services
LONDON & SAN DIEGO -- O2 Offers Customers in the UK High-Speed Mobile Access to the Internet and Corporate Networks Using Merlin U530TM Wireless PC Card Modem from Lucent and Novatel Wireless
O2 inks MVNO pact with supermarket, hires Lucent to deploy UMTS service.(News)
Byline: FARAH JIFRI Byline: FARAH JIFRI
O2 awards Lucent E38.4m contract.(Brief Article)
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Finch | CFO |
| Andrew Harley | Group Director, HR |
| David Nicholas | Director, Communications |
| Richard Poston | Director, Corp Affairs |
| Sohail Qadri | Group Director, Strategy & Performance Management |
| Philip Bramwell | General Counsel & Secretary |
| Simon Gordon | Head, Media Relations |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Peter Erskine | Chairman & CEO |
| Andrew Sukawaty | Board of Directors |
| Antonio Viana-Baptista | Board of Directors |
| Cesar Alierta | Board of Directors |
| Danuta Gray | Board of Directors |
| David Arculus | Board of Directors |
| Jaime Smith | Board of Directors |
| Julio Linares | Board of Directors |
| Matthew Key | Board of Directors |
| Rudolf Groger | Board of Directors |
Peter Erskine was appointed to the Board in 2001 as Chief Executive Officer. He joined the Company from BT where, since March 1993, he held a number of senior positions including Director of BT Mobile, President and Chief Executive of Concert, and, from 1998, Managing Director of BT Cellnet. Prior to joining BT he was European Vice President of Sales and Customer Service for Mars and Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for UNITEL. Mr Erskine is also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Reading Business School. Following Telefonica's acquisition of O2, Mr. Erskine became Chairman and Chief Executive of O2 and also joined the Board of Telefonica, S.A. as an Executive Director. Mr. Erskine is also Chairman of the supervisory board of Telefonica O2 Czech Republic a.s.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica, S.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica, S.A. | Executive Director | Former |
| Telefonica, S.A. | Chairman of Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Director, Communications | Current |
| O2 plc | Director, Communications | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Director, Corp Affairs | Current |
| O2 plc | Director, Corp Affairs | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Group Director, Strategy & Performance Management | Current |
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| O2 plc | Group Director, Strategy & Performance Management | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | General Counsel & Secretary | Current |
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Head, Media Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Antonio Viana-Baptista serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since August 2002. He is an economist who graduated from the Catholic University of Lisbon in 1980. He has a post graduate in European Economy (1981), and an MBA, obtained with a distinction mention, from INSEAD (Fontainebleu). He is member of the board of directors, the Delegate Committee and the Executive Committee of Telefonica S.A. He is also Chairman of Telefonica Moviles Espana, S. A. and member of the board of directors of Telefonica Internacional, S.A., Portugal Telecom SGPS, Brasilcel N. V. , CTC Chile, Telefonica de Argentina, S. A. and Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo S. A. Until July 2002, he served as President of Telefonica Internacional and Executive President of Telefonica Latinoamerica. Before that he also served from 1991 until 1996, as Executive Director of BPI (Banco Portugues de Investimento). From 1985 until 1991 Mr. Viana-Baptista was Principal Partner of McKinsey & Co. in Madrid and Lisbon. He was appointed to the O2 Board on 23 January 2006 after the Telefonica offer for O2 went unconditional.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefonica de Argentina S.A. | Member | Current |
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica de Argentina S.A. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Telefonica, S.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica Moviles, S.A. | Chairman & CEO | Former |
| Bpi, Inc. | Executive Director | Former |
| INSEAD | Mba | Former |
| The Catholic University of America | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 Communications (Ireland) Limited | CEO | Current |
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica O2 Czech Republic, A.S. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica O2 Czech Republic, A.S. | Chairman, President & CEO | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonica, S.A. | General Manager, Coordination, Business Development & Synergies | Former |
| Telefonica, S.A. | General Manager, Coordination, Business Development & Synergies | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG | CEO | Current |
| O2 plc | Board of Directors | Current |
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