A POPULAR UK mobile provider has announced the imminent shut down of its 3G services this year. Customers using an older ...

This update from O2 follows similar moves by rivals EE, Three and Vodafone who have all now scrapped 3G access. Once the ...

The UK's biggest mobile provider has announced the shutdown of its 3G services in 2026, urgingcustomers with 3G-only devices ...

Virgin Media O2, the owner of the O2 mobile network, has confirmed its 3G mobile network will be switched off completely “in the coming weeks”, marking the end of 3G signal in the UK.

A huge mobile shake-up has just kicked off in Britain. Telefonica has agreed to sell O2 to Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of Three UK, for £10.25 billion. We knew it was likely, after the pair entered ...

The deal is set to cost a total of £10.25 billion, £9.25 billion which would be paid at closing and a further £1 billion to be paid after the deal has completed. Of course, this potential agreement ...

Update: Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa has officially confirmed that the company has entered into exclusive negotiations with Telefonica over a potential purchase of O2. Three UK, announced that it ...

Natasha Lomas is the Mobile Phones Editor for CNET UK, where she writes reviews, news and features. Previously she was Senior Reporter at Silicon.com, covering mobile technology in the business sphere ...

Of all the current UK networks, O2 has changed the most. The carrier as it exists now was “born” in 2002, but its history dates as far back as 1985. Prior to being known as O2, the BT-owned network ...

Looks like the honeymoon period for EE and LTE in the UK is over. This morning, Telefonica’s O2 announced that it would turn on its LTE network on August 29, becoming the second operator to offer 4G ...

Spanish-owned O2 UK and U.S. consumer electronics group Apple plan to launch a multimillion-dollar joint advertising campaign later this month as they get ready to bring the iPhone to Britain. O2 UK, ...