Telefónica Europe business was rebranded to 'O2 Online' which continues in the UK as a mobile communications service provider tied to the O2 UK network. The Genie portal properties were rebranded O2 Active in UK, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands, and Genie Asia became O2 Asia. O2 Asia became a subsidiary of O2 UK for governance purposes. On 31 October 2005, O2 agreed to be taken over by Telefónica, a Spanish telecommunications company, with a cash offer of £17.7 billion, or £2 per share. According to the merger announcement, O2 retained its name and continued to be based in the United Kingdom,
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