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O2 Plc.

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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 Erskine
Number of Employees 15,000
Contact Information

Wellington St

Slough SL1 1YP

www.o2.com

(44) 1132722000

NAICS Code Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications: 517212

News & Analysis

o2 germany and o2 plc. - All News and Analysis

  • O2 Germany selects Opera Mini browser for Internet-to-Go initiative

    - 2008-08-11

    NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-11 August 2008-O2 Germany selects Opera Mini browser for Internet-to-Go initiativeC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegian Internet browsers developer Opera Software ASA (OSE: OPERA) announced on Friday (8 August) that the mobile operator O2 Germany has selected the Opera Mini browser for a number of handsets in...

    Tags: O2 Germany, O2 Plc., Opera Software ASA

  • O2 Germany deploys Netopia's NBBS platform

    - 2007-01-26

    TELECOMWORLDWIRE-26 January 2007-O2 Germany deploys Netopia's NBBS platformC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The TR-069 Netopia Broadband Server NBBS service management platform from Netopia Inc (Nasdaq:NTPA), a provider of broadband service assurance solutions, has been deployed by mobile telecomms provider O2 Germany to manage and support the introduction of broadband...

    Tags: Netopia Inc., O2 Germany, O2 Plc.

  • O2 Germany expands BlackBerry portfolio for small enterprises.

    - 2005-09-01

    O2 introduces BlackBerry Internet Service, the BlackBerry 7100x and the Nokia 9300 with BlackBerry Connect in Germany O2 Germany and Research In Motion RIM have announced the expansion of O2's BlackBerryR portfolio with the launch of BlackBerry Internet ServiceTM, the BlackBerry 7100xTM business ...

    Tags: O2 Germany, O2 Plc.

  • Nokia awarded contract by O2 Germany.(GERMANY)(Brief Article)

    - 2005-08-01

    O2 Germany has awarded the deal to provide UltraSite base stations, BSC3i base station controllers, its NetAct network, and its service-management system to Nokia. O2 Germany has undertaken the expansion of its GSM network to increase coverage in the Northern, Western, and Eastern parts of the...

    Tags: Nokia Corp., O2 Germany, O2 Plc.

  • O2 Germany renews contract to use Interconnect bureau service from Azure

    - 2005-07-07

    TELECOMWORLDWIRE-7 July 2005-O2 Germany renews contract to use Interconnect bureau service from AzureC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com German mobile operator O2 Germany is reported to have renewed its contract to use the Interconnect bureau service from Azure Solutions, a revenue-assurance company. Azure said its Interconnect bureau provides operators...

    Tags: O2 Germany, O2 Plc.

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 CFO Current
O2 plc Board of Directors Current

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O2 plc Group Director, HR Current
O2 plc Group Director, HR Former

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O2 plc Director, Communications Current
O2 plc Director, Communications Former

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O2 plc Director, Corp Affairs Current
O2 plc Director, Corp Affairs Former

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O2 plc Group Director, Strategy & Performance Management Current
O2 plc Board of Directors Current
O2 plc Group Director, Strategy & Performance Management Former

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O2 plc General Counsel & Secretary Current
O2 plc Board of Directors Current

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O2 plc Head, Media Relations Current

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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

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O2 plc Board of Directors Current

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O2 Communications (Ireland) Limited CEO Current
O2 plc Board of Directors Current

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O2 plc Board of Directors Current

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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

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O2 plc Board of Directors Current

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O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG CEO Current
O2 plc Board of Directors Current