O2 (Ireland) BT Group and 1 mm02 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. On 31 October 2005 it was announced that Telefónica, S.A., the Spanish telecommunications company, had made a recommended takeover bid for O Ireland's parent company, O2 plc. This was then approved by shareholders and O was officially purchased in mid February 2006. The O2 brand is now used in several countries for Telefónica's mobile operations outside Spain and Latin America, where Telefónica
Information and Communications Technology Council Jamie Darch, Principal, Jamie Darch & Associates<br> Rick Penton - President, Client Server Management Inc.<br> Dr. Thomas P. (Tom) Keenan - Professor, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary<br> Cecilia Ryan - Vice President, Telus Health Solutions<br> Keith A. Sinclair - President and Chief Executive Officer, The Harris Consulting Corp.<br> John Weigelt - National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada<br> Wadih Zaatar - Business Development Manager, CISCO Canada Information and Communications Technology Council The Information and Communications Technology Council was founded in 1992 as the Software Human Resources Council one of 31 sector councils funded in part by the Government of Canada's