O2 Ireland has been sold to Three parent Hutchison Whampoa Group, in an €850m ($1.1bn) deal that will see Three surge in subscribers to around 2m active users. O2 Ireland parent Telefonica described ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hutchison's Three Ireland is prepared to sell radio spectrum and continue a network sharing deal with a rival in order to win EU approval of its $1 billion (600 million pounds) ...

Hutchison Whampoa, owner of Three U.K., has today acquired O2 Ireland in a deal worth €850 million ($1.1 billion). Telefonica, O2’s parent company, believes the move will “create a new competitive ...

DUBLIN/MADRID, June 24 (Reuters) - Indebted Spanish group Telefonica has agreed to sell its O2 Ireland mobile business for at least 780 million euros ($1 billion) in cash to Hutchison Whampoa's local ...

Churn is an obsession in the mobile telecoms industry. Focus is shifting away from simply winning new customers, moving instead to the retention of existing ones. This raises the question: Should the ...

MOBILE phone company O2 Ireland has increased the cost of once-off text messages but has also introduced a reduced cost service targeting people who use SMS services regularly. This new bundled text ...

O2 Ireland has enhanced its mobile broadband service, which now enables customers to upload content at broadband speeds of up to 1.4 Mbps. The new functionality is in addition to the existing ...

O2 Ireland on Wednesday became the first mobile operator in Ireland to essentially eliminate roaming fees for all customers who travel to Northern Ireland. O2’s action may lead the way for other ...

According to media report the struggling telecom giant, Telefonica SA ( TEF) is considering the sale or merger of its Irish subsidiary, O2 Ireland and has received several offers. The divesture is ...

DUBLIN/MADRID (Reuters) - Indebted Spanish group Telefonica has agreed to sell its O2 Ireland mobile business for at least 780 million euros ($1 billion) in cash to Hutchison Whampoa's local unit 3 ...