Today, Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa released a statement saying that it is in exclusive negotiations with Telefonica to acquire mobile carrier O2 in the UK, offering to pay up to £10.25 billion ...

Of all the current UK networks, O2 has changed the most. The carrier as it exists now was “born” in 2002, but its history dates as far back as 1985. Prior to being known as O2, the BT-owned network ...

Natasha Lomas is the Mobile Phones Editor for CNET UK, where she writes reviews, news and features. Previously she was Senior Reporter at Silicon.com, covering mobile technology in the business sphere ...

Spanish-owned O2 UK and U.S. consumer electronics group Apple plan to launch a multimillion-dollar joint advertising campaign later this month as they get ready to bring the iPhone to Britain. O2 UK, ...

Apple and O2 announced Tuesday that O2, the leading wireless carrier in the UK, will be the exclusive UK carrier for Apple's iPhone when it makes its debut in the UK on November 9. “We’re ...

Looks like the honeymoon period for EE and LTE in the UK is over. This morning, Telefonica’s O2 announced that it would turn on its LTE network on August 29, becoming the second operator to offer 4G ...

The deal is set to cost a total of £10.25 billion, £9.25 billion which would be paid at closing and a further £1 billion to be paid after the deal has completed. Of course, this potential agreement ...

O2 declined to comment when leaked shots of the OpenPeak OpenFrame home information center showed up last month bearing the carriers icons, but they're happily squealing about it today. The 7-inch ...

HOLIDAYING O2 customers will be able to bag a free speed upgrade at 22 locations across the UK. They’re all holiday hotspots – and four of the speed boosts have already gone live. It’s part of what ...

A flaw in O2 UK's implementation of VoLTE and WiFi Calling technologies could allow anyone to expose the general location of a person and other identifiers by calling the target. The problem was ...

UK mobile phone operator Orange and Apple [AAPL] have signed a groundbreaking deal, which sees O2 lose exclusivity to sell the iPhone in the UK. As a result, Orange will be selling the iPhone 3G and ...