When did bt cellnet become O2?

Answer 1

Hello and thank you for your question:

Cellnet became BT Cellnet in 1999 which became O2 in November 19 2001 .

http://www.o2.com/media/business_fact_sheet.asp Under the Milestones category.

Background:
Originally launched in 1985 and named Cellnet, the company's UK operation was originally a joint venture between BT Group (then called British Telecommunications) (60%) and Securicor (40%). In 1993 it launched GSM services, and in 1999 Securicor sold its remaining shares to BT and the company was renamed BT Cellnet. The company became part of the BT Mobile arm of BT, alongside the firm's Irish, Dutch, and German mobile businesses.

O2 was created when BT Group demerged its mobile phone business as part of BT's plan to strengthen its financial position following over-expansion in the 1990s. The BT Cellnet consumer brand was renamed O2 - the chemical symbol for unbound oxygen - as were all the group's other businesses (other than Manx Telecom). The rebranding was engineered by the Lambie-Nairn design agency, which developed the idea of the company supplying services that were essential, much the same as oxygen is essential for life. With this, the company logo and associated graphics were designed, using air bubbles to present this.

I hope you find this answer acceptable.

CH

Answer 2

Bt Cellnet

Answer 3

Hi Jas as the other answers have said that t-mobile used to be one-2-one if im not mistaken going back further than that if im not mistaken before it was one-2-one ive got a funny feeling that it was known as mercury. the problem with phone networks these days is they seem to run off each others network like virgin runs off t-mobiles network tescos run off o2's network & asda runs off vodafone network .... hope this has been of some use to you ... sly

Answer 4

1999!!