About Telefónica Europe plc
We provide integrated mobile, fixed and broadband businesses in the UK, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Together, we’re Telefónica Europe, but customers know us as O2.
Telefónica Europe also owns 50% of the Tesco Mobile joint venture business in the UK and Ireland, as well as, the Tchibo Mobilfunk joint venture in Germany. In addition, the group includes the Isle of Man fixed/mobile operator, Manx Telecom.
We have more than 42 million fixed and mobile customers across Europe and 29,000 employees across the Group.
In increasingly competitive European markets, O2 delivered a strong start to the year, adding over half a million mobile customers in the first quarter and growing the total customer base by close to 3 and a half million compared to March 2007. Non-SMS data revenue continues to grow with €903 million recorded in the first quarter 2008, a growth of 40.6% year on year. This trend is expected to accelerate throughout 2008.
The company was the first in the world to launch and rollout a commercial GPRS (or 2.5G) network. During 2004/05, O2 launched 3G consumer and business services in Germany, the UK and Ireland. O2 became the first operator to have a working 3G network in Europe on the Isle of Man and launched Europe's first commercial High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) on the island in November, 2005.
Building on the O2 brand, the company aims to become the mobile operator of choice through a commitment to offering high quality products and services as well as leading customer retention and loyalty programmes. O2 is committed to demonstrating clearly and powerfully what customers 'can do' with new data services, devices and technology.
Telefónica Europe, part of the Telefónica group, is headquartered in Slough, UK, and has more than 42 million mobile and fixed customers.
O2 announce its results in its territories with Telefónica's quarterly reporting cycle. We reported revenues for the period ended 31 December 2007 of over 14 billion euros.
As part of an enlarged company, O2 will build on its track record of operational delivery, the strength of its brand, and the momentum it has established in all its markets. O2 and Telefónica bring together two strong, successful, growth-orientated companies, creating a strong pan-European/global telecoms player.
About Telefónica
Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world in terms of market capitalisation. Its activities are centred mainly on fixed and mobile telephony, with broadband as the key tool for the development of both.
The company has a significant presence in 24 countries and a customer base of 233 million worldwide.
Telefónica is a 100% listed company, with in excess of 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its share capital currently comprises 4,921,130,397 ordinary shares traded on the Spanish Stock Market (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) and on those in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, New York, Lima, Buenos Aires and São Paulo.
