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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Irish telecommunications company. For other uses, see <a href="O2_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="O2 (disambiguation)">O2 (disambiguation)</a>. For Three Ireland, the company who bought O2 Ireland, see <a href="Three_Ireland" title="Three Ireland">Three Ireland</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Telefónica O2 Ireland Limited</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Telecommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunication">Telecommunications</a><br><a href="Internet_access" title="Internet access">Broadband Internet access</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Esat Digifone <small>1996<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996</span>)</span></small></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">Ireland (1997<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1997</span>)</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="BT_Ireland" title="BT Ireland">Esat Telecom Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2 March 2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Acquired by <a href="Three_Ireland" title="Three Ireland">Three</a> (3) <small>(2014)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Three_Ireland" title="Three Ireland">Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality">28–29 <a href="Sir_John_Rogerson's_Quay" title="Sir John Rogerson's Quay">Sir John Rogerson's Quay</a>, Dublin</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">Ireland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Brands</th><td class="infobox-data">48 Months<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"></span></span><a href="Euro" title="Euro">€</a>905 million <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2009)</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,787 <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2006<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2006</span>)</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Telef%C3%B3nica#Ireland" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a></li><li><a href="Three_Ireland" title="Three Ireland">Hutchison 3G Ireland Ltd.</a> <small>(2014 - 2015)</small></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.o2.ie/">www<wbr>.o2<wbr>.ie</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Telefónica Ireland</b> was a <a href="Internet_access" title="Internet access">broadband</a> and <a href="Telecommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunication">telecommunications</a> provider in <a href="Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> that traded under the <a href="O2_(brand)" title="O2 (brand)">O2</a> brand (typeset as <b>O<sub>2</sub></b>). O2 Ireland was previously called <b>Esat Digifone</b> when it was owned by <a href="BT_Ireland" title="BT Ireland">Esat Telecommunications</a> (and <a href="Telenor" title="Telenor">Telenor</a>) from 1997 to 2006.

</p><p>O2 Ireland became a subsidiary of <a href="Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a> in 2006, after its parent company <a href="O2_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="O2 (United Kingdom)">O2</a> in the United Kingdom was purchased. In June 2013, <a href="Hutchison_Whampoa" title="Hutchison Whampoa">Hutchison Whampoa</a> announced it would acquire the Irish arm of O2 for €780 million.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O2 was merged into Hutchison Whampoa's subsidiary <a href="Three_Ireland" title="Three Ireland">Three Ireland</a> in March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997–2000:_Origin">1997–2000: Origin</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Moriarty_Tribunal#Volume_II" title="Moriarty Tribunal">Moriarty Tribunal § Volume II</a></div>

<p>In 1995, the <a href="24th_Government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="24th Government of Ireland">government</a>, with <a href="Michael_Lowry_(politician)" title="Michael Lowry (politician)">Michael Lowry</a> as <a href="Minister_for_Transport_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Transport (Ireland)">Minister for Transport, Energy, and Communications</a>, authorised a second mobile phone network, to compete with <a href="Eircell" title="Eircell">Eircell</a> owned by the semi-state <a href="Telecom_%C3%89ireann" title="Telecom Éireann">Telecom Éireann</a>. The licence was awarded to Esat Digifone, a joint venture between <a href="Denis_O'Brien" title="Denis O'Brien">Denis O'Brien</a>'s company <a href="Esat_Telecommunications" class="mw-redirect" title="Esat Telecommunications">Esat Telecommunications</a> and Norway's <a href="Telenor" title="Telenor">Telenor</a>, which began operations in 1997. In 2008, the <a href="Moriarty_Tribunal" title="Moriarty Tribunal">Moriarty Tribunal</a> found that the awarding of the licence was influenced by payments made to Lowry by O'Brien.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2001:_BT_ownership.">2000–2001: BT ownership.</h3></div>

<p>In 1999, <a href="BT_Ireland" title="BT Ireland">Esat Telecom</a> and <a href="Telenor" title="Telenor">Telenor</a> began to dispute how Esat Digifone should be operated. Telenor removed the word <i>Esat</i> from the companies name, and began the attempted removal of <a href="Denis_O'Brien" title="Denis O'Brien">Denis O'Brien</a> as chairman of Digifone. Esat Telecom retaliated by threatening to take legal action against Telenor, and make repeated offers to buy Telenor's share of Digifone.

</p><p>In November 1999, Telenor placed a bid for the entire share capital of Esat Telecom as a way of resolving the conflict. The bid was rejected by the majority shareholders of Esat Telecommunications who voted against the takeover. In January 2000, British Telecommunications counteracted Esat Telecom failed bid by placing its own bid to buy Telenor's shares in Digifone.

</p><p>In January 2000, <a href="BT_Group" title="BT Group">British Telecommunications</a> made a takeover offer for Telenor which was backed by Esat Telecommunications shareholders. Esat Telecommunications became a wholly owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications and was delisted from the stock market. When BT acquired Esat, they began integrating the business along with its <a href="Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> subsidiary, BT (NI). This eventually became <a href="BT_Ireland" title="BT Ireland">BT Ireland</a>. However Esat Digifone was not part of the operations integrated with BT's existing Irish operations. Instead, it became part of the BT Wireless division within BT, and was briefly rebranded simply <i>Digifone</i>. This branding lasted for less than six months.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001–2005:_Demerger_from_BT_Ireland">2001–2005: Demerger from BT Ireland</h3></div>

<p>In 2001, the BT Wireless division became <b><a href="Telef%C3%B3nica_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Telefónica Europe">mmO2 plc</a></b>, a separate company, through a demerger from BT. British Telecommunications shareholders received 1 BT Group and 1 mmO2 share for each British Telecommunications share they held. After the de-merger, most of mmO2's operations, including Digifone, were rebranded O2. mmO2 plc later became O2 plc and remained an independent company until 2005.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005–2006:_Telefónica_transition">2005–2006: Telefónica transition</h3></div>

<p>On 31 October 2005 it was announced that <a href="Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica, S.A.</a>, the Spanish <a href="Telecommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunication">telecommunications</a> company, had made a recommended takeover bid for O<sub>2</sub> Ireland's parent company, <a href="O2_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="O2 (United Kingdom)">O2 plc</a>. This was then approved by shareholders and O<sub>2</sub> was officially purchased in mid February 2006. The O2 brand is now used in several countries for Telefónica's mobile operations outside Spain and <a href="Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, where Telefónica fixed line and mobile services are branded as <a href="Movistar" title="Movistar">Movistar</a>. In January 2009, it was revealed that Ireland was nearly the most profitable market in the world for multinational mobile operators like O2.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>On 23 March 2009 Vodafone and O2's parent company Telefónica announced a deal to share their existing networks in Ireland and rollout future infrastructure jointly.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On 6 April 2011 it was announced that Telefónica O2 Ireland and Eircom had agreed a new network sharing partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013:_Hutchison_3_Ireland_merger">2013: Hutchison 3 Ireland merger</h3></div>

<p>On 24 June 2013, it was announced that Hutchison Whampoa would acquire <a href="Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a>'s Irish mobile operations for €780 million, to be merged into 3 Ireland upon completion of the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal was cleared by the EU in June 2014. On 15 July 2014, the acquisition was fully completed.

</p><p>On 2 March 2015 it was announced on social media that O2 Ireland and Three Ireland were merging.

</p><p>This change meant that Three Ireland had over 1.5 million customers on their network putting them up near the customer numbers of Vodafone Ireland.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2></div>

<p>O2 was the second largest telecommunications provider in Ireland, with approximately 40% market share or 1.6 million customers. The company's <a href="Subscriber_trunk_dialling" title="Subscriber trunk dialling">STD</a> prefix was 086, but following the introduction of full number portability, some O2 Irish mobile numbers featured prefixes starting 087, 085, 089 or 083, as customers may switch provider but keep their old phone number.

</p><p>The company provided <a href="Wireless_Application_Protocol" title="Wireless Application Protocol">WAP</a> and <a href="General_Packet_Radio_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="General Packet Radio Service">GPRS</a> services under the <i>O<sub>2</sub> Active</i> brand. In October 2005, O<sub>2</sub> Ireland launched a version of <a href="NTT_DoCoMo" class="mw-redirect" title="NTT DoCoMo">NTT DoCoMo's</a> <a href="I-mode" title="I-mode">i-mode</a> service. The company held a <a href="Universal_Mobile_Telecommunications_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Mobile Telecommunications System">UMTS</a> licence, and was the third Irish operator to offer <a href="3G" title="3G">3G</a> services, after <a href="Vodafone_Ireland" title="Vodafone Ireland">Vodafone Ireland</a> and Three Ireland, offering services in some built-up areas in late 2006.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="O2_Broadband">O2 Broadband</h3></div>

<p>In July 2007, O2 launched its mobile broadband offering in Ireland using <a href="High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access" class="mw-redirect" title="High-Speed Downlink Packet Access">HSDPA</a> technology over its <a href="Universal_Mobile_Telecommunications_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Mobile Telecommunications System">3G</a> network. They provided speeds of up to 7.2 Mbit/s and claimed to cover 90% of the population on the least contended Irish 3G network following an upgrade in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speak_Easy">Speak Easy</h3></div>

<p>Speak Easy was the name of O2 Ireland's prepaid service. In 2007 they became the first Irish operator to offer free text messages to all Irish mobile numbers, although it only applied for weekends. However, in early 2008 they introduced a new tariff which offered unlimited free text messages to all networks at any time, for life.

</p><p>The term "speak easy" was introduced when the company was branded as Esat Digifone

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="O2_Freedom">O2 Freedom</h3></div>

<p>The O2 Freedom plans were introduced in June 2013 which offered 2 main new price plans, Freedom talk and Freedom Internet. O2 was the first Irish operator to offer free calls to all networks at any time on prepay. This offer was Freedom Talk and gave customers Unlimited calls to all Irish mobiles and landlines which required a €20 top up of which €10 was deducted for the offer. Freedom Internet offered 1 GB of data and 350 any network texts. Same terms applied as per Freedom talk. In December 2013 the data allowance of 1 GB was increased to 7.5 GB which O2 advertised as Unlimited Internet.

Along with the new price plan O2 also launched a vast amount of prepay addons such as Talk, Text, Data, International Talk and International text.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_affairs">Corporate affairs</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Company_structure">Company structure</h3></div>

<p>In 2010, O2 underwent a restructuring phase, implementing a number of cost-cutting measures which involved outsourcing internal divisions to external companies.

O2's IT division was outsourced to <a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM Ireland</a>, while the <i>Network Operations</i> division was outsourced to <a href="BT_Ireland" title="BT Ireland">BT Ireland</a> (<i>who also run the network operations for Three Ireland</i>). The Network team outsource was limited to the Field Operations team along with some other support functions. The Network rollout team & Transmission team remained in-house to facilitate future network changes. It was more cost effective to retain these divisions in-house.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charitable_activities">Charitable activities</h3></div>

<p>In 2006 O2 chose Irish Autism Action as their charity of choice. The three-year deal involved sponsorship, creating awareness, using O2 staff to assist the charity and using technology developed by O2 to assist children affected by autism. In 2010, the company's charity of choice became Headstrong, a charity providing mental health support to young people.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsorship_programmes">Sponsorship programmes</h3></div>

<p>Over the years, O2 entered into some very high-profile sponsorship arrangements. In 1998 the then ESAT Digifone committed its support to the Hurlers & Footballers of Cork. They remained sponsors of <a href="Cork_GAA" title="Cork GAA">Cork GAA</a> for ten years.

</p><p>Another high-profile sponsorship agreement was their association with the <a href="Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Irish Rugby Football Union</a> and the <a href="Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland national team</a>, which has been continued by Three. Building on their rugby links with Shannon RFU, O2 joined forces with the top level of rugby in Ireland. They also sponsored the West Stand at Ireland's former home ground, <a href="Lansdowne_Road" title="Lansdowne Road">Lansdowne Road</a>.

</p><p>They were also the title sponsor of one of the country's most high-profile venue, "The O2", now renamed the "<a href="3Arena_(Dublin)" title="3Arena (Dublin)">3Arena</a>".

</p><p>They were title sponsor of the <a href="Aisling_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Aisling Foundation">Aisling Foundation</a>'s Ability Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-AislingGlobal_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AislingGlobal-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_executive">Chief executive</h3></div>

<p>Tony Hanway was Chief Executive of Telefónica Ireland from his appointment in September 2011 until March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hanway first joined Telefónica in Ireland in 2005 as Head of Customer Care, subsequently becoming Consumer Sales Director. Immediately prior to taking the role, Hanway headed up the Consumer division of Telefónica in the Czech Republic, managing a team of over 4000 people across the retail, online and customer care functions.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2></div>

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<p>In July 2004 the company admitted overcharging 71,000 customers following a review of its systems. The disclosure meant that 136,535 O2 subscribers - more than 10 per cent of its customer base - were overcharged.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Analysis by the Sunday Independent in January 2006 showed the massive margins being earned by Vodafone and O2 in the country were costing Irish mobile phone users about €300m a year. If the mobile phone companies were to cut their Irish margins to the group average, O2 customers would end up paying €84.07 less every year (€7 a month less).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The European Commission upheld a ruling by the Irish regulatory body, ComReg, that the Irish mobile phone market needed greater competition, and acknowledged that "tacit collusion possibly existed between O2 and Vodafone".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In May 2007, O2 Ireland management announced that the entire O2 Ireland technical staff were to be outsourced to a single Managed Service Provider.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next month O2 customers got a busy signal or no dial tone at all when they tried to make calls due to a network glitch. The reason for the glitch remained a mystery at the time because the company's spokesperson couldn't be reached by the media on her mobile, also seemingly affected by the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The Consumers' Association of Ireland lodged a complaint with the Competition Authority over a loophole used by O2 that allowed it to bombard customers with unwanted text messages.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The telecoms lobby group ALTO criticised O2 Ireland for its decision to quadruple the revenue it generated from calls to the 1850 LoCall number.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is a fixed price, shared cost service<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> used by charities and a number of public service bodies.

</p><p>The company was criticised for its monthly subscription fees levied on Irish users of the iPhone, as they represented poor value for money when compared with the services available to customers paying similar amounts in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less than 48 hours after the much hyped launch of Apple's latest model, owners of all phones on the O2 network discovered they could not access the internet at all due to a network failure.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further criticism came from iPhone customers regarding the continued failure of O2 to deploy Visual Voicemail. O2 was the only carrier in the world to launch the original iPhone without Visual Voicemail, one of its headline features.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>O2 was responsible for the highest number of registered judgments, which financially blacklists those people who do not pay their bills on time in August 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints concerning advertisements by O2.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In August 2010, O2 was warned by the telecoms watchdog, ComReg, that it could not move customers to online billing without their explicit agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In March 2011, O2 pleaded guilty to a breach of the Data Protection Act at the Dublin District Court.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In March 2011, it was revealed that Denis O'Brien made payments to the Minister for Communications, Michael Lowry, to aid Esat Digifone's licence bid.<sup id="cite_ref-Indy_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indy-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<li><a href="List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mobile network operators of Europe">List of mobile network operators of Europe</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-Indy-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Indy_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMcKitterick,_David2011" class="citation news cs1">McKitterick, David (24 March 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-billionaire-denis-obrien-the-minister-michael-lowry-and-a-deal-shocking-ireland-2251242.html">"The billionaire Denis O'Brien, the minister Michael Lowry and a deal shocking Ireland"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>. London<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2011</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

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<ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.o2.ie/">Official website</a></span></span></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Three_Ireland" title="Three Ireland">Three</a></li>

<li><a href="Vodafone_Ireland" title="Vodafone Ireland">Vodafone</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Eircell" title="Eircell">Eircell</a></li>

<li><a href="Meteor_(mobile_network)" title="Meteor (mobile network)">Meteor</a></li>

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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Ireland_mobile_virtual_network_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ireland mobile virtual network operators">Mobile virtual <br>network operators <br>(MVNOs)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="An_Post#An_Post_Mobile" title="An Post">An Post Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Clear_Mobile" title="Clear Mobile">Clear Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Lycamobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycamobile">Lycamobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Sky_Ireland" title="Sky Ireland">Sky Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Tesco_Mobile#Ireland" title="Tesco Mobile">Tesco Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Virgin_Media_Ireland#Mobile" title="Virgin Media Ireland">Virgin Mobile</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Eir_(telecommunications)#Eir_Mobile" title="Eir (telecommunications)">eMobile</a></li>

<li><a href="ID_Mobile#Ireland" title="ID Mobile">iD Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Just_Mobile" title="Just Mobile">Just Mobile</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="BT_Consumer" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Consumer">BT Consumer</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Business_and_Public_Sector" title="BT Business and Public Sector">BT Business and Public Sector</a></li>

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<li><a href="Openreach" title="Openreach">Openreach</a></li>

<li><a href="Plusnet" title="Plusnet">Plusnet</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Ireland" title="BT Ireland">BT Ireland</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Italia" title="BT Italia">BT Italia</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Global_Marine_Systems" title="Global Marine Systems">BT Marine</a></li>

<li><a href="Madasafish" class="mw-redirect" title="Madasafish">Madasafish</a>

<ul><li><small>merged into <a href="Plusnet" title="Plusnet">Plusnet</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Manx_Telecom" title="Manx Telecom">Manx Telecom</a></li>

<li><a href="Telef%C3%B3nica_Germany" title="Telefónica Germany">O2 (Germany)</a></li>

<li><a href="Ribbit_(telecommunications_company)" title="Ribbit (telecommunications company)">Ribbit</a></li>

<li><a href="Concert_Communications_Services" title="Concert Communications Services">Concert Communications Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecomsoft" title="Telecomsoft">Telecomsoft</a></li>

<li><a href="Tymnet" title="Tymnet">Tymnet</a></li>

<li><a href="International_Network_Services_Inc." title="International Network Services Inc.">International Network Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Dialcom" title="Dialcom">Dialcom</a></li>

<li><a href="Telfort" title="Telfort">Telfort</a></li>

<li><a href="LineOne" title="LineOne">LineOne</a></li>

<li><a href="Swindon_Cable" title="Swindon Cable">Swindon Cable</a></li>

<li><a href="6GMOBILE" class="mw-redirect" title="6GMOBILE">6GMOBILE</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Products<br>and<br>services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:3em;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BT_Broadband" title="BT Broadband">BT Broadband</a></li>

<li><a href="EE_(telecommunications)" title="EE (telecommunications)">EE Broadband</a></li>

<li><a href="EE_(telecommunications)" title="EE (telecommunications)">EE Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Smart_Hub" title="BT Smart Hub">BT Smart Hub</a></li>

<li><a href="TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="BT_Fusion" title="BT Fusion">BT Fusion</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Highway" title="BT Highway">BT Highway</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Mobile" title="BT Mobile">BT Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Superfast_Fibre" title="BT Superfast Fibre">BT Superfast Fibre</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Versatility" title="BT Versatility">BT Versatility</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Voyager" title="BT Voyager">BT Voyager</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_MyDonate" title="BT MyDonate">BT MyDonate</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_MyPlace" title="BT MyPlace">BT MyPlace</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecom_Gold" title="Telecom Gold">Telecom Gold</a></li>

<li><a href="Micronet_800" title="Micronet 800">Micronet 800</a></li>

<li><a href="Merlin_M4000" title="Merlin M4000">Merlin M4000</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buildings<br>and<br>facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:3em;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Adastral_Park" title="Adastral Park">Adastral Park</a></li>

<li><a href="Baynard_House%2C_London" title="Baynard House, London">Baynard House</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Centre">BT Centre</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Tower" title="BT Tower">BT Tower (London)</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Tower_(Birmingham)" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Tower (Birmingham)">BT Tower (Birmingham)</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Tower_(Swansea)" title="BT Tower (Swansea)">BT Tower (Swansea)</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Riverside_Tower" title="BT Riverside Tower">BT Riverside Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Stadium_House%2C_Cardiff" title="Stadium House, Cardiff">Stadium House</a></li>

<li><a href="Charwelton_BT_Tower" title="Charwelton BT Tower">Charwelton BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Faraday_Building" title="Faraday Building">Faraday Building</a></li>

<li><a href="Goonhilly_Satellite_Earth_Station" title="Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station">Goonhilly Cornwall</a></li>

<li><a href="Guardian_telephone_exchange" title="Guardian telephone exchange">Guardian Exchange Manchester</a></li>

<li><a href="Madley_Communications_Centre" title="Madley Communications Centre">Madley Communications Centre</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Network_Management_Centre" title="National Network Management Centre">National Network Management Centre</a></li>

<li><a href="Peterborough_transmitting_station" title="Peterborough transmitting station">Peterborough transmitting station</a></li>

<li><a href="Zouches_Farm_transmitting_station" title="Zouches Farm transmitting station">Zouches Farm transmitting station</a></li>

<li><a href="Heaton_Park_BT_Tower" title="Heaton Park BT Tower">Heaton Park BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Purdown_BT_Tower" title="Purdown BT Tower">Purdown BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Pye_Green_BT_Tower" title="Pye Green BT Tower">Pye Green BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Stokenchurch_BT_Tower" title="Stokenchurch BT Tower">Stokenchurch BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Sutton_Common_BT_Tower" title="Sutton Common BT Tower">Sutton Common BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Tinshill_BT_Tower" title="Tinshill BT Tower">Tinshill BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Tolsford_Hill_BT_Tower" title="Tolsford Hill BT Tower">Tolsford Hill BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Wotton-under-Edge_BT_Tower" title="Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower">Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower</a></li>

<li><a href="Red_telephone_box" title="Red telephone box">Red telephone box</a></li>

<li><a href="KX_telephone_boxes" title="KX telephone boxes">KX telephone boxes</a></li>

<li><a href="LinkUK" title="LinkUK">LinkUK</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Anchor_telephone_exchange" title="Anchor telephone exchange">Anchor telephone exchange</a></li>

<li><a href="Bletchley_Park" title="Bletchley Park">Bletchley Park</a></li>

<li><a href="C.S._Sovereign" title="C.S. Sovereign"><i>C.S. Sovereign</i></a></li>

<li><a href="De_Vere_Horwood_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="De Vere Horwood Estate">Horwood House</a></li>

<li><a href="Kingsway_telephone_exchange" title="Kingsway telephone exchange">Kingsway telephone exchange</a></li>

<li><a href="Leafield_Technical_Centre" title="Leafield Technical Centre">Leafield Technical Centre</a></li>

<li><a href="Mondial_House" title="Mondial House">Mondial House</a></li>

<li><a href="Stag_Lane_Aerodrome" title="Stag Lane Aerodrome">Stag Lane Aerodrome</a></li>

<li><a href="Graham_Hills_Building" title="Graham Hills Building">Marland House</a></li>

<li><a href="Vita_Student_Sheffield" title="Vita Student Sheffield">Sheffield Telephone House</a></li>

<li><a href="Post_Office_Research_Station" title="Post Office Research Station">Post Office Research Station</a></li>

<li><a href="Portishead_Radio" title="Portishead Radio">Portishead Radio</a></li>

<li><a href="Criggion_Radio_Station" title="Criggion Radio Station">Criggion Radio Station</a></li>

<li><a href="Rugby_Radio_Station" title="Rugby Radio Station">Rugby Radio Station</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Telecom_microwave_network" title="British Telecom microwave network">Microwave network</a></li>

<li><a href="CANTAT-2" title="CANTAT-2">CANTAT-2</a></li>

<li><a href="UK-Belgium_5" title="UK-Belgium 5">UK-Belgium 5</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Programmes<br>and<br>standards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:3em;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="BT_site_engineering_code" title="BT site engineering code">BT site engineering code</a></li>

<li><a href="Speaking_clock#United_Kingdom" title="Speaking clock">BT Speaking Clock</a></li>

<li><a href="British_telephone_socket" title="British telephone socket">British telephone socket</a></li>

<li><a href="Cable_jetting" title="Cable jetting">Cable jetting</a></li>

<li><a href="Customer_Service_System" title="Customer Service System">Customer Service System</a></li>

<li><a href="Advanced_Mobile_Location" title="Advanced Mobile Location">Advanced Mobile Location</a></li>

<li><a href="Digital_Access_Carrier_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Access Carrier System">Digital Access Carrier System</a></li>

<li><a href="Digital_Access_Signalling_System_2" title="Digital Access Signalling System 2">Digital Access Signalling System 2</a></li>

<li><a href="System_X_(telephony)" title="System X (telephony)">System X</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Y" title="System Y">System Y</a></li>

<li><a href="Redcare" title="Redcare">Redcare</a></li>

<li><a href="YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:3em;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Digital_Access_Signalling_System_1" title="Digital Access Signalling System 1">Digital Access Signalling System 1</a></li>

<li><a href="Digital_Private_Network_Signalling_System" title="Digital Private Network Signalling System">Digital Private Network Signalling System</a></li>

<li><a href="Fixed-Mobile_Convergence_Alliance" title="Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance">Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance</a></li>

<li><a href="Go!Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Go!Messenger">Go!Messenger</a></li>

<li><a href="International_Packet_Switched_Service" title="International Packet Switched Service">International Packet Switched Service</a></li>

<li><a href="NHSnet" class="mw-redirect" title="NHSnet">NHSnet</a></li>

<li><a href="Packet_Switch_Stream" title="Packet Switch Stream">Packet Switch Stream</a></li>

<li><a href="Prestel" title="Prestel">Prestel</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="BT_Group#History" title="BT Group">BT Group</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a></li>

<li><a href="Electric_Telegraph_Company" title="Electric Telegraph Company">Electric Telegraph Company</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="BT_Archives" title="BT Archives">BT Archives</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Museum" title="BT Museum">BT Museum</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Digital_Music_Awards" title="BT Digital Music Awards">BT Digital Music Awards</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Sport_Action_Woman_Awards" title="BT Sport Action Woman Awards">BT Sport Action Woman Awards</a></li>

<li><a href="Buzby" title="Buzby">Buzby</a></li>

<li><a href="Connected_Earth" title="Connected Earth">Connected Earth</a></li>

<li>People</li>

<li><a href="Young_Scientist_and_Technology_Exhibition" title="Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition">Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Telecommunications_plc_v._Prodigy" title="British Telecommunications plc v. Prodigy">British Telecommunications plc v. Prodigy</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> <b>Category</b></li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BT_Group" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:BT Group"><b>Commons</b></a></li></ul>

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