More about the brands that make Everything Everywhere the UK’s largest mobile operator.
Orange
Launched from its Bristol HQ in 1994, Orange was the fourth company to enter the UK mobile marketplace. By 1996 its coverage reached 90% of the UK population and Orange Plc became the youngest company ever to enter the FTSE-100, valued at 2.4 billion and with one million customers.
After being the first mobile operator to launch a tv-on-the-mobile service in 2005 and launching the iPhone in 2009 Orange now has over 15 million customers in the UK, and is one of the most recognisable brands on the high street.
T-Mobile
After starting life as One2One, the brand was acquired by Deutsche Telekom in 1999. One2One launched Virgin Mobile, a 50:50 joint venture with Richard Branson’s Virgin group in the same year, providing the network for customers.
In 2002 One2One rebranded to become T-Mobile, and in the same year became the first network to offer picture messaging. Today, T-Mobile sells over 4.5 million handsets per year, around 10 million SIM cards and has over 12 million customers.