O2 (UK) first commercial General Packet Radio Service. BT Cellnet, together with BT Group's mobile telecommunications businesses in Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands, was part of the BT Wireless division. This was spun off from the BT Group in 2002 to form a new holding company, mmO2 plc, which introduced the new "O2" brand for the businesses. In 2005, mmO2 plc was renamed O2 plc. O2 plc was purchased by the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica in 2006 for £18 billion. Under the terms of the acquisition, Telefónica agreed to retain the "O2" brand and the company's UK headquarters. O2 plc became Telefónica
PageOne Communications PageOne Communications PageOne is a British Messaging Solutions company based in Brentford, London. For over 25 years PageOne have provided tailored and bespoke messaging and communications services. PageOne also operate one of the largest public paging networks in the UK. PageOne also provide: PageOne was the first paging operator in Europe to use satellite links for the distribution of pager messages, the first company to forward emails to pagers, the first to launch 'Calling Party pays' Pagers and helped pioneer the use of SMS technology as part of organisational communications. As of 2009, PageOne is the first and only organisation