Union warns O2 Telefónica job cuts could hit customer service

The Verdi trade union has criticized Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica over major job cuts that will see one in six jobs at ...

O2 Telefónica to cut one in six jobs in Germany

Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica is cutting one in six jobs at its German O2 subsidiary, with up to 1,100 full-time ...
Wall Street Journal

Telefónica Agrees to Sell O2 for $13.83 Billion

In a regulatory statement, Telefónica said Hutchison would pay £9.25 billion ($13.83 billion) in cash, and as much as £1 billion later if the combination of O2 with Three, Hutchison’s existing British ...
CNBC

BT confirms deal talks with Telefonica's O2

Britain's BT Group is in early stage talks with Spain's Telefonica on a deal to buy UK mobile operator O2, with two sources saying it has also begun negotiations with EE as it seeks a return to the ...
Business Insider

Telefonica To Sell O2 For Over £10 billion

Telefonica has entered "exclusive negotiations" with Hong Kong investment conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa to sell O2 for £10.25 billion, the Spanish company said Friday. The announcement confirms ...
TechCrunch

Liberty’s Virgin Media and Telefonica’s O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal

The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the idea of divestment, ...
Reuters

Telefonica starts sale of O2 Germany stake

MADRID/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Telefonica SA started the sale of up to 20 percent of its O2-branded German unit, hoping to raise up to 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion) from a share offering designed to ...
Reuters

Telefonica sells O2 Ireland to Hutchison's 3 for $1 billion

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 ...
Business Wire

Telefonica and Liberty Global announce CEO and CFO for proposed UK joint venture between O2 and Virgin Media

MADRID, Spain and DENVER, Colorado--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Global and Telefonica today announced their intention to appoint Lutz Schüler as Chief Executive Officer and Patricia Cobian as Chief ...
CNET

Web tech helps Telefonica and O2 move calling beyond the phone

European carrier giant Telefonica, parent company of the UK's O2, has embraced WebRTC technology so its customers just need a browser to make calls. Too bad about Apple's Safari, though. Stephen ...
ZDNet

Telefonica nixes suggestion of O2 UK going public

Spanish telecoms company Telefonica, the parent company of O2, has poured cold water on speculation that it is preparing to go public in the UK following last year's Initial Public Offering (IPO) of ...
Business Wire

Hiya and O2 Telefónica Launch Branded Calling, Expanding Coverage for More than 90% of the German Mobile Market

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hiya, a global leader in trusted voice solutions, today announced the launch of branded calling with O 2 Telefónica, marking a major expansion of trusted caller identity ...