After a fallout between Esat and Telenor, BT bought Telenor's stake in 2000, with Esat Digifone becoming part of BT Wireless.
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In September 2001, BT Wireless demerged from BT and took the name mmO2 plc. Following this, Digifone dropped the Esat prefix and introduced a new logo designed by Neworld.
O2 Ireland was acquired by Telefónica in February 2006, as were O2 UK and Germany.
Hutchison Whampoa announced its acquisition of Telefónica’s Irish operations on 24 June 2013. The acquisition was completed on 2 March 2015, and the O2 brand in Ireland was retired in favour of the Three brand. All O2 customers were migrated to the Three network.
Notes: 1Joint venture with Vodafone. Formerly operated under the 3 brand. 2Acquired from VEON. 3Joint venture with Hanoi Telecom. 4Joint venture with Ooredoo. 5Acquired by Vodafone. Now part of Vodafone Idea Limited. 6Acquired from Orange S.A./Tele2 AB and merged into Hutchison Drei Austria. 7Acquired from Telefónica and merged into 3 Ireland. 8Acquired from Etisalat. 9Joint venture with Temasek Holdings. 10Under license. 11Joint venture with Jardine Pacific, Wharf Holdings and China National Aviation Holdings. 12Originally part of A.S. Watson Group until the group's IPO in 2014.
Other operations: Maritime telecommunication:Telenor Maritim Radio (Norway) Financial:Telenor Microfinance Bank (Pakistan) Television services:Allente (Nordics), T-We (Norway), Telenor MyTV (Hungary) Machine-to-machine/IoT:Telenor Connexion Other holdings:VEON (14.8%) (Kyivstar/Other)
1Co-owned with Axiata. 2Sold to PPF Group in 2018 with the Telenor brand changed to Yettel in 2022. 3Sold to PPF Group in 2018, and later to 4iG in 2022 with the Telenor brand changed in the same year. 4Merged into Bharti Airtel in 2018 and closed. 5Became O2 Ireland; merged with Three in 2015.
