Mobile operator O2 has taken action to help some mobile phone users from the Republic of Ireland avoid paying international roaming charges when they cross into Northern Ireland. This is a serious ...

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 ...

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 ...

Telefonica O2 Ireland is teaming with 3V Transaction Services Ltd. to launch 02 Money, a Visa-branded prepaid chip-and-PIN card, the Ireland-based mobile operator announced last week. R Raphael & Sons ...

The European Commission (EC) approved the merger of Telefonica-owned O2 Ireland with Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 Ireland, dependent on a number of conditions submitted by 3 Ireland in order to clear the way ...

Why do it yourself when you can pay an expert to do it for you? That s the basis of outsourcing and that s the thinking behind Telefonica O2 Ireland s decision to appoint Irish mobile games service ...

DUBLIN, June 24 (Reuters) - Indebted Spanish group Telefonica has agreed to sell its O2 Ireland mobile business for 780 million euros ($1 billion) in cash to Hutchison Whampoa's local unit 3 Ireland, ...

Wireless operator O2 Ireland has kicked off a consumer trial of DVB-H-based mobile TV in Dublin. Working with transmission services provider Arqiva, the company has put state-of-the-art Nokia N92 ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hutchison Whampoa (HK:0013) is set to gain regulatory clearance for its $1 billion bid for Telefonica's (MC:TEF) Irish business as soon as it signs a separate deal aimed at ...

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)LONDON, May 30 (Fitch) Regulatory approval by the EU Competition Commission of Hutchison Whampoa's O2 Ireland acquisition boosts the chances ...