Apple and O2 announced today that O2, the leading wireless carrier in the UK, will be the exclusive UK carrier for Apple���s revolutionary iPhone when it makes its debut in the UK on November 9th. iPhone combines three devices into one ��� a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod and the best mobile Internet device ever ��� all based on Apple's revolutionary multi-touch interface and pioneering software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers. Apple sold its one millionth iPhone just 74 days after it went on sale in ...
Posted on 18th September 2007
Under: Apple, O2 |
Common implementation profile defined within the Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum ensures service interoperability and economies of scale for Mobile TV devicesDigitenne, Ericsson, KPN, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, NXP Semiconductors, Sony Ericsson, Telefónica, O2 Europe, T-Mobile, Vodafone and ZTE today announced their support for a Mobile TV implementation profile developed within the Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum (bmcoforum). The profile simplifies the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Mobile Broadcast Services Enabler Suite (BCAST) ...
Posted on 12th April 2007
Under: Ericsson, Mobile TV, NXP, Nokia, O2, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Vodafone |
O2, through its parent company Telefónica, has signed up to the EU-wide common framework to promote safer mobile phone use by teenagers and children, unveiled today in Brussels. It also strengthened its partnership with Childnet International, the children's internet charity.Â
Peter Erskine, chief executive and chairman of Telefónica O2 Europe, said: "Today's initiatives help address the growing need to cast the safety net of co-operation between operators, content providers, regulators, governments and child protection organisations across a greater geographical area.
"The youth market in Europe now accounts for more than 100 ...
Posted on 6th February 2007
Under: O2 |
O2 Airwave has today been awarded a £115 million contract to link the Airwave radio network used by the police and emergency services to the Tube's new Connect digital radio system. It is planned that Airwave will be operational on all Underground lines in 2008.
This will mean that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and other UK police forces, including the City of London Police, will have Airwave radio coverage at all 125 below ground Underground stations.
Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, said: "The addition of the Airwave radio network to ...
Posted on 4th February 2007
Under: O2 |
O2 enters its fifth European market on February 2, 2007 when its new Slovakian unit opens for business and is already attracting potential customers, it was announced today.
Telefónica O2 Slovakia, which won the tender for a third in-country licence in August 2006, joins O2's existing operations in the UK, Germany, Ireland and the Czech Republic. It has already received an encouraging start with more than 400,000 pre-registered potential customers and its adoption of the O2 brand follows the successful re-branding of the Czech Republic business last year.
Juraj Šedivý, general director of Telefónica O2 Slovakia, said: "The strength of the O2 brand is now being seen ...
Posted on 25th January 2007
Under: O2, Telefonica |
