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
PageOne Communications new name 'PageOne Communications'. 1992 - Mercury Paging Ltd acquires Intercity Paging ltd. Intercity's owner, Mtel Corporation (US) becomes the third shareholder. In the same year Mercury Paging's paging network infrastructure underwent extensive investment with satellite distribution technology implemented nationwide. 1990 - Using a single UK paging license, Mercury Paging commenced trading. A second UK paging channel was allocated in 1990. 1986 - PageOne Communications incorporated under its former name of Mercury Paging Ltd, its parent company, Mercury Communications being jointly owned by Cable and Wireless and Motorola. PageOne (operating under the Mercury brand) was the first UK organisation to