I think that the best thing O2 is doing right now is separating data allowances from the rest of the package.
If you want 1GB on a Sim Free plan from Vodafone then you have to pay £31! That's because it includes 900 minutes - even if you don't need them.
Orange is doing the same thing, except it costs at least £36.
T-Mobile offers separate data packages (and gives a slightly higher allowance than O2)
Three limits the All You Can Eat data package to a select few of its plans and restricts tethering on all of them bar one (i.e. the One Plan).
You can get 1GB for £10 on O2, plus £10.50 per month for the basic calls/text package.
The networks continue to exploit the fact that it costs them virtually nothing to provide texts/calls, yet they know they can provide a huge allowance of them and charge for it.
Like I've said before - 2012 is going to be make or break for O2/Telefonica. I reckon the O2 arm will be sold off before long...
Why when O2 is one of the strongest parts of their business? It's the UK's biggest mobile success story by a mile in terms of a UK network! Biggest single provider (excluding EE which merged two networks), least compalints to Ofcom, highest cusotmer satisfaction rating in Ofcom surveys, huge success with joint MVNO ventures like Tesco Mobile and one of the most successful UK brands of this century.
Why when O2 is one of the strongest parts of their business? It's the UK's biggest mobile success story by a mile in terms of a UK network! Biggest single provider (excluding EE which merged two networks), least compalints to Ofcom, highest cusotmer satisfaction rating in Ofcom surveys, huge success with joint MVNO ventures like Tesco Mobile and one of the most successful UK brands of this century.
Think about it...
If Telefonica are up the proverbial creek, what's the first asset they'll sell to keep the rest afloat?
The one that is most successful - and they'll sell for top dollar too.
To be fair, I think their 3G network coverage-wise is worse than shocking. Three/EE are best by a country mile.
BUT... Thats two companies. They merged.... If o2 and Vodafone merged they'd have more customers than EE
Exactly - and I was quite specific about that merged business.
O2 have 22+ milllion subscribers of their own and 3 million jointly with Tesco Mobile plus other MVNOs including their own GiffGaff one. Vastly more than Vodafone or any of the pre-merged network operators.
Exactly - and I was quite specific about that merged business.
O2 have 22+ milllion subscribers of their own and 3 million jointly with Tesco Mobile plus other MVNOs including their own GiffGaff one. Vastly more than Vodafone or any of the pre-merged network operators.
Fact is.. 2012 going into 2013 is going to be a risky and turbulent time for all the networks. LTE may break the back of AT LEAST one mobile operator in the coming months!
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And revenue is the important number, who gives a monkeys how many customers you have if they don't provide the revenue to re-invest into the company.
Very soon Vodafone Uk will pass O2 and move into 2nd in the UK market behind EE. Whom VF are rapidly catching as well.
They took about 6% points from EE so yes they are catching and have been for a few qtrs now.
Of the big three only Vodafone are showing revenue growth, O2 results were a huge 8% fall in revenues, EE I think reported being down by 4%
Because they chose to come out with weird, expensive new tarrifs.
You're telling me! You get sod all for you money on O2 compared to the likes of T-mobile, Orange and Three.
I think that the best thing O2 is doing right now is separating data allowances from the rest of the package.
If you want 1GB on a Sim Free plan from Vodafone then you have to pay £31! That's because it includes 900 minutes - even if you don't need them.
Orange is doing the same thing, except it costs at least £36.
T-Mobile offers separate data packages (and gives a slightly higher allowance than O2)
Three limits the All You Can Eat data package to a select few of its plans and restricts tethering on all of them bar one (i.e. the One Plan).
You can get 1GB for £10 on O2, plus £10.50 per month for the basic calls/text package.
The networks continue to exploit the fact that it costs them virtually nothing to provide texts/calls, yet they know they can provide a huge allowance of them and charge for it.
They have already made 6,500 of their employees redundant (20% of their Spanish workforce) costing them 2.7BN Euro.
At O2 Ireland there have been 120 redundancies.
Atento, the call centre business they own which employs 15,000 staff and operates over 100 call centres is being sold off.
The latest news is the company has hit a 52 week low on the stock market as Spain's economy continues to go down the pan.
http://markets.ft.com/Research/Markets/Tearsheets/Summary?s=TEF:MCE
Why when O2 is one of the strongest parts of their business? It's the UK's biggest mobile success story by a mile in terms of a UK network! Biggest single provider (excluding EE which merged two networks), least compalints to Ofcom, highest cusotmer satisfaction rating in Ofcom surveys, huge success with joint MVNO ventures like Tesco Mobile and one of the most successful UK brands of this century.
You are thinking of Vodafone surely?
Think about it...
If Telefonica are up the proverbial creek, what's the first asset they'll sell to keep the rest afloat?
The one that is most successful - and they'll sell for top dollar too.
To be fair, I think their 3G network coverage-wise is worse than shocking. Three/EE are best by a country mile.
He must be, after all it is the biggest mobile operator in the world isn't it?
No its not! Its China Mobile by over 200 million subscribers.
O2 have been the most successful single operator in the UK if you exclude the merged T-Mobile/Orange joint venture.
By revenue yes, also EE are the biggest in the UK by subscriber numbers.
BUT... Thats two companies. They merged.... If o2 and Vodafone merged they'd have more customers than EE
Exactly - and I was quite specific about that merged business.
O2 have 22+ milllion subscribers of their own and 3 million jointly with Tesco Mobile plus other MVNOs including their own GiffGaff one. Vastly more than Vodafone or any of the pre-merged network operators.
PM'd you wave.
The very company i feel may buy them.... IF they are put up for sale.
It would take a HUGE company to buy Vodafone. Do China Mobile have the funds?
I would have thought that Vodafone have more than 200 million subscribers worldwide. I'm surprised they don't actually.
They do have more than 200 million - about 440 million but China Mobile have almost 650 million!
Telefonica who own O2 have 231 million mobile subscribers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators