O2 (UK) cent share of Cellnet for £3.15 billion. Cellnet had five million customers at the time of its acquisition. The company was later rebranded as BT Cellnet , and it became a part of BT Wireless, a group of companies owned by BT. BT announced on 3 September 2001 that the BT Wireless business would be spun off from the main group as a newly listed holding company, mmO2 plc, operating under the "O2" brand. Shareholders approved the plan at an extraordinary general meeting on 23 October 2001. BT Cellnet relaunched as "O2" on 18 June 2002, along with other former
GTT Communications GTT Communications GTT Communications, Inc. (GTT), formerly Global Telecom and Technology, is a multinational telecommunications and internet provider company with headquarters in McLean, Virginia. GTT operates a Tier 1 IP network, and provides IP transit, MPLS transport services, managed services, voice and unified communications to enterprise, government, and carrier customers in over 100 countries. In 1998, telecom services integrator and network solutions provider Global Internetworking Inc. was founded in McLean, Virginia. That same year, European Telecom and Technology was founded in London. In April 2005, Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company created by Reston-based investment bank Mercator