mmO2 plc (Research discontinued)

Synopsis

British Telecom spun off its wireless operations in November 2001 to form mmO2 plc, a separately listed company encompassing all the mobile activities of the former BT Wireless. This report highlights the new company’s major activities, its restructuring program and its financial status. The subsidiary companies in the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and Germany are all profiled, as well as the pan-European mobile Internet portal Genie. The Dutch operation was sold during 2003. Following a program of profit improvement, the company achieved an 11% increase in customers, and an 18% increase in service revenue.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Restructuring after demerger
  • 2.2 Company history
  • 2.3 mmO2 results for 2003
• 3. Services
  • 3.1 3G licences
• 4. Operations
  • 4.1 O2 UK
  • 4.2 O2 Germany
  • 4.3 O2 Netherlands
  • 4.4 O2 Ireland
  • 4.5 Manx Telecom
  • 4.6 O2 Online
• 5. Contact details

• Table 1 – mmO2 subscribers and annual growth in the UK – 1997 - 2003
• Table 2 – mmO2 subscribers and annual growth by country – 1997 - 2003
• Table 3 – SMS messages sent by subsidiary - 2003
• Table 4 – mmO2 revenue – 1997 - 2003
• Table 5 – Revenue by Country – 2003

• Exhibit 1 – mmO2 at a glance