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- Yahoo! replaces Google as O2 Germany's search provider
- Yahoo! claims it is ?displacing? Google by entering into a multi-year contract to put its search engine on handsets operated by O2 Germany. The deal will allow users to access the Yahoo! search engine from O2 handsets and to synchronise their PC and mobile homepages. Users will also get...
- Articles 2009-11-02
- T-Mobile to merge with Orange
- T-Mobile and Orange seem set to merge their UK operations after the companies confirmed they were in "exclusive talks" about partnering on a 50-50 venture. The deal will establish the merged firm as the biggest single mobile operator in the UK, with some 37% of the market. The new...
- Articles 2009-09-07
- Twitter signs SMS deal with O2
- O2 is to become the latest mobile operator to partner with Twitter to allow users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting a service that Twitter abandoned last year. O2 customers will be able to receive @replies and direct messages for free, under a 600-a-month fair usage limit. ...
- Articles 2009-07-13
- Telefonica signs exclusive Palm Pre deal
- Telefonica’s O2 and Movistar units have signed a deal with Palm that will see them become the exclusive carriers for the Pre smartphone in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain. Palm says the Pre will be available in these countries by Christmas, but is yet to announce its pricing...
- Articles 2009-07-06
- O2 may enter T-Mobile bidding war
- O2 is likely to join the bidding war for T-Mobile, the UK mobile operator owned by Deutsche Telekom which has been valued at between EUR3bn (USD4.2bn) and EUR4bn (USD5.6bn). O2 currently owns 27% of the UK market, and may be looking to strengthen its position as the mobile market...
- Articles 2009-07-05
- O2 set for exclusive Palm Pre deal
- Palm looks set to announce a deal with O2 that will see the mobile operator become the exclusive carrier for the Palm Pre smartphone in the UK. A report in the Guardian claims O2 saw off fierce competition from rival Orange to be the only seller of the Pre...
- Articles 2009-07-01
- O2 refuses to confirm exclusive Pre deal
- UK mobile operator O2 is playing down rumours it has sealed a deal with Palm to become the exclusive carrier for the US company’s long-awaited Palm Pre smartphone. Rumours published in the Guardian claim O2 is lined up to be the only seller of the Pre when it hits...
- Articles 2009-05-25
- Twitter SMS returns to UK
- Twitter is partnering with mobile operator Vodafone to allow UK users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting the service that it halted last year. Twitter was forced to abandon the service after is revealed that a single UK user could cost up to USD1,000 a year. ...
- Articles 2009-03-27
- 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...
- Articles 2009-03-13
- Telefonica signs exclusive Pre deal – Rumour
- Telefonica will carry the much-anticipated Palm Pre in Spain, the UK and Latin America, according to Spanish newspaper Expansion. The newspaper reports that Telefonica, which trades as O2 in the UK and Moviestar in Spain and Latin America, managed to beat bitter rival Vodafone to the contract with Palm....
- Articles 2009-03-12
- O2 UK Opens Up New App Store To Limited Subscriber Base
- The UK carrier O2 UK has opened up a new mobile application storefront today that allows developers to upload their apps to a small community of users that review, rate and provide feedback to the developers. The open platform serves as a testing ground for O2, by being able...
- External links 2008-12-12
- Vodafone eyes mergers in Europe
- Vodafone is considering limited mergers with rival operators in Europe, says the firm's CEO Vittorio Colao quoted by the Financial Times. The strategy, which Colao describes as "in-market consolidation", will probably see Vodafone merge some of its European units with local operators. However, the exec would not be drawn...
- Articles 2008-11-27
- SeaChange acquires mobile video firm Mobix
- Video-on-demand VoD firm, SeaChange, is acquiring UK-based mobile video business, Mobix Interactive. The deal was made through SeaChange's On Demand Group ODG subsidiary and was completed last week. SeaChange paid GBP3m (USD4.5m) with another GBP8.3m (USD12.5m) to follow over three years, based on Mobix's performance. ...
- Articles 2008-11-27
- Yahoo! and T-Mobile sign mobile search deal
- Yahoo! is hoping to increase its share in the US mobile search market after signing a deal to provide OneSearch for T-Mobile USA handsets. Under the terms of the deal, T-Mobile users will be directed to Yahoo!'s OneSearch search engine...
- Articles 2008-11-20
- Sky partners with 3 on mobile TV
- Sky has signed a mobile TV deal with UK operator 3. The agreement adds to similar deals with Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile and leaves O2 as the only major UK operator not to distribute Sky TV content. Through the deal,...
- Articles 2008-11-19
- T-Mobile and Orange merger could face concessions
- Mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange may be asked to make concessions to competition regulators in order to get approval for their UK merger. Ed Richards, CEO of UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom, says regulators are likely to ask the mobile operators to relinquish radio spectrum. Regulators may also scrutinise how...
- Articles 2009-11-22
- Microsoft, Cisco and O2 target Jajah in bidding war - Rumour
- Voice-over-IP VoIP service Jajah is rumoured to be the target of a bidding war between Microsoft, Cisco Systems and O2 that could settle at a price of up to USD400m. Jajah allows users to make inexpensive long-distance calls and is a rival to popular VoIP service Skype. ...
- Articles 2009-11-09
- Apple breaks exclusive iPhone contract in the UK
- Orange will sell the iPhone in the UK this year after signing a deal with Apple to become the second operator in the country to offer the phone. The deal breaks Apple’s exclusive deal with O2, which won the right to sell the phone two years ago. Apple is thought to be aiming...
- Articles 2009-09-27
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- O2 sales of iPhone remain strong
- The arrival of Orange as the second network in the UK able to sell the iPhone has not dented sales of the Apple handset through its original UK partner, O2. But Matthew Key, chairman and chief executive of Telefónica Europe - the group which owns O2...
- News items 2009-11-12
- O2 allows customers to unlock iPhones for free
- O2 has confirmed to TechRadar that iPhone users will be able to unlock their iPhone for free and use it on any network they wish at the end of their contract term. Some reports have suggested that a fee will be charged to perform this action, but O2...
- News items 2009-11-10
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