O2 (UK) BT subsidiaries: Esat Digifone in Ireland, Viag Interkom in Germany and Telfort Mobiel in the Netherlands. The rebranding was supported by a European advertising campaign, which began on 16 April 2002, across all four countries, at a cost of £130 million. The main launch campaign ran from 18 June and was developed by Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest, working alongside brand consultancy Lambie-Nairn, creators of the "O2" brand identity. In March 2005, mmO2 restructured its shares and the company was relisted as O2 plc. On 30 November 2005, O2 agreed to a takeover by Telefónica, a Spanish telecommunications company, for £17.7
Shift Communications Shift Communications Shift Communications is a marketing firm based in Boston with offices in New York, San Francisco and Austin. The company was founded in 2003, when the assets of former public relations firm Sterling Hager was acquired by three of its executives. In 2006, it created the first Social Media Release. The firm's primary practices areas are in the healthcare, technology and consumer markets. Shift Communications was founded in May 2003 out of a technology PR firm, Sterling Hager. Mr. Sterling Hager sold the firm's assets to three of his executives, Jim Joyal, Todd Defren and Ed Weiler, who