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| O2 Telefónica |
Telefónica O2 Europe plc[1] (known prior to March 2005 as mmO2, prior to 2006 as O2 plc and usually stylised as O2, like the chemical symbol) is an European telecommunications company specialising in mobile phones. The company was previously part of BT Group plc as BT Cellnet. After a period of independence it was acquired by Telefónica of Spain, with the offer becoming unconditional on 23 January 2006. [1] By 31 December 2005 the company had 27.4 million customers in the UK, Germany and Ireland. [2] The UK headquarters are in Slough, with major offices in Bury, Glasgow, Leeds, and Preston Brook. It has both retail outlets and technology sites located around the UK, Ireland and Germany. In 2005 it acquired the name rights of the Millennium Dome. Irish Headquarters are in Dublin and German headquarters are in Munich. New in the group are O2 Czech Republik and O2 Slovakia. |
| Orange SA |
Orange SA IPA: [ɔʀɑ̃ʒ] is a mobile network operator and an internet service provider that is a subsidiary of France Télécom. Orange also belongs to the FreeMove mobile phone alliance.
It operates as a mobile phone operator in many parts of the world, including France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (see Orange UK), Switzerland, Poland (see Orange Polska), Egypt (see mobinil), the Dominican Republic, Slovakia (see Orange Slovensko), Romania (see Orange Romania), Moldova (see Orange Moldova), Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Réunion and on Martinique, French Guiana, St Kitts in the Caribbean and Spain (see Orange España).
It also franchises the Orange Brand in Israel (see Partner Communications Company Ltd.) and has franchised it in Australia, India (until 2006) and Hong Kong in the past. It had a joint venture with Charoen Pokphand in Thailand until 2005.
Altogether, as of July 2006 Orange Mobile had 88.6 million users.[1] |
| OTA |
Over-the-air programming (OTA), also known as over-the-air service provisioning (OTASP), over-the-air provisioning (OTAP) or over-the-air parameter administration (OTAPA), is a method of distributing new software updates to cellphones or provisioning handsets with the necessary settings with which to access services such as WAP or MMS. Some phones with this capability are labeled as being "OTA capable."
When OTA is used to update a phone's operating firmware, it is sometimes called "Firmware Over The Air" (FOTA). For service settings, the technology is often known as Device Configuration.
Various standardization bodies were established to help develop, oversee, and manage OTA. One of them is the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). |
| Over-the-air programming |
Over-the-air programming (OTA), also known as over-the-air service provisioning (OTASP), over-the-air provisioning (OTAP) or over-the-air parameter administration (OTAPA), is a method of distributing new software updates to cellphones or provisioning handsets with the necessary settings with which to access services such as WAP or MMS. Some phones with this capability are labeled as being "OTA capable."
When OTA is used to update a phone's operating firmware, it is sometimes called "Firmware Over The Air" (FOTA). For service settings, the technology is often known as Device Configuration.
Various standardization bodies were established to help develop, oversee, and manage OTA. One of them is the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). |
