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Three negotiating to buy O2 for £10bn
Its official! The parent company of the Three network, Hutchison Whampoa Limited has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the O2 network from Telefonica for a cool £10bn. So the rumours are true - and the combined companies would create the UK's biggest mobile network - assuming the competition regulators give it the green light. According…
Nexus 9 available from O2 today
O2 has announced that Google's newest tablet, the Nexus 9, is available in its stores from today. The Nexus 9 sports an 8.9" screen, and perhaps most attractively runs a completely clean version of Android as Google envisages it - with no bloatware added by the manufacturers. O2 says that the tablet is available on…
Could BT be buying O2 THIS WEEK?
It looks like BT could be buying itself an early Christmas present, if reports are to be believed that its purchase of O2 is imminent. We heard a few weeks ago that BT was mulling buying back its old mobile arm (BT used to own Cellnet, which became O2), but according to This Is Money,…
The Digest: Social media told to simplify terms… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] MPs say they need 'serious discussion' with social networks over users' data | The Guardian "Social networks should simplify their terms and conditions, to ensure that their users fully understand how their personal data will be collected and used, MPs have concluded. A report by the Commons science and technology committee calls for…
O2 sucks the joy out of Christmas and helps you crowdfund your presents
Christmas may be a time of giving, but O2 is betting on you deciding that it is actually the time for demanding. The company has launched a Kickstarter-style "Gift Hacker" crowdfunder. The idea is that you tell your family and friends you want one of the expensive gifts on offer, and then they can chip-in…
FINALLY someone invents Grindr but for ice cream vans
O2 has sent out a press release today about ice cream, clearly having hoped for better weather than the lukewarm temperatures August has actually given us. The company claims to have created the "UK'S MOST HIGH TECH ICE CREAM VAN". The company has given ice cream makers Tony Fresko Ltd, with 19 vans, a "technology…
Red HTC One M8 comes to O2
If you prefer your smartphones brightly coloured, then how about the HTC One M8... but in red? O2 has done the deal with HTC to get exclusive rights to the red version - and it will be available from its stores from the 4th August. It will also be available on O2 Refresh, if you…
O2 boosts holiday data allowance to 50mb
Good news for travellers this summer as mean old O2 (pictured) has received a visit from the ghost of holidays future, and has kindly relented and opted to give us a more generous data allocation when using our phones abroad. Under the new regime pay monthly customers will now be able pay £1.99 a day…
O2 to finally start selling 4G iPad Air & iPad Mini in the UK
Late to the party, but O2 has announced that from next Thursday it will be selling the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina display on contract. O2 joins the other major networks in offering a contract. Previously the only way to get an O2 iPad was to buy an iPad separately and add an…
O2 launch new PAYG "Big Bundles"
O2 has announced a new Pay As You Go (PAYG) tariff that could help users get cheaper calls and data when they need it. The way the "Big Bundles" will work is quite clever. First up, here's the three options:…
