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
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Vodafone and O2 may share networks
Vodafone and O2 are in advanced talks regarding a UK wireless network-sharing deal that could realise significant savings for both operators. The deal may also resolve a dispute over radio spectrum space that threatens plans to expand broadband coverage across...
Apple demands profit share from iPhone network operators
BERLIN AFP — Apple is demanding that European mobile operators T-Mobile, Orange and O2 pay it a 10-percent share of their revenues from its iPhone, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would ring in a new era in relations between mobile telephone makers and operators,...
Ericsson to provide cutting-edge network for O2 in Ireland
Leading operator O2 has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as a sole supplier for its Irish HSDPA-enabled 3G network. Ericsson will also expand and modernize O2's existing network with Ericsson IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS and the Ericsson Mobile Softswitch solution.
Palm Treo 650 Smartphone Launches on O2 Network
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Telecommunications in Ireland is Estimated to Be Worth EUR 3.4 Billion, with the Mobile Market Worth EUR 1.5 Billion across the Major Mobile Networks O2, Vodafone and Meteor
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29497) has announced the addition of Telecommunications and Media Market Analysis 2006 to their offering.
Emblaze Mobile Acquires Strategic Interest in Global Telecoms Distribution Plc; Emblaze Mobile Gains Direct Access to Major Network Operators Including 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Others
RA'ANANA, Israel -- Emblaze Ltd, the next generation telecom vendor group, announces that Emblaze Mobile, its mobile handset design and manufacturing subsidiary, has acquired a strategic interest in Global Telecoms Distribution plc. Impact on cash from group reserves is negligible.
Technology Companies on the Isle of Man Enjoy Benefits of Europe's First 3G Network; O2 and Manx Telecom Launch Super-Fast Third Generation Mobile Data Network
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man -- The Isle of Man, located in the British Isles, announced that O2 successfully launched Europe's first commercial, super-fast third generation (3G) mobile data network earlier this month. The 3G network was developed by the company's subsidiary Manx Telecom on the Isle of Man through a...
O2, Sierra Wireless, and Manx Telecom Announce Availability of the AirCard 850 Wireless Network Card on Manx Telecom-Europe's First Super-Fast 3G Service
VANCOUVER, British Columbia & DOUGLAS, The Isle Of Man -- Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR)(TSX:SW), O2, and Manx Telecom (an O2 plc subsidiary) today announced commercial availability of the AirCardR 850 3G wireless wide area network card on Manx Telecom's newly unveiled HSDPA network on the Isle of Man....
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...
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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 |
| Volume | 4,842,774 |
| Shares Outstanding | 0. |
| Market Cap | 0. |
| Year High | 50.17 |
| Year Low | 22.19 |
| Earnings Per Share | 3.98 |
| P/E Ratio | 11.2714 |
| Dividend | 0.40 |
| Yield | 0.891663 |
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