Position: Field account manager
Location: I cover Scotland
Favourite tipple: Single Malt
Favourtie Restaurant: Oloroso
Dream dinner party guests: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
If you won the lottery you would: I don’t play
The O2 music and entertainment venue generates £405m a year for London’s economy, according to an independent economic impact study.
In November 2010, AEG Europe commissioned David Hornby’s business consultancy, Why Not to assess the social and economic impact of The O2 since opening in June 2007. The study looks at The O2′s position as a visitor attraction, employer and catalyst for regeneration.
Other findings within the report state that the venue attracts up to 7.2 million visitors a year and that it has, to date, generated a total economic impact of £1.4bn, whilst providing a range of additional social, environmental and commercial benefits.
The O2 supports an additional 2,900 jobs in the London economy and also contributes £126m a year to the local Greenwich economy.
Alex Hill, Senior Executive Director of AEG Europe said: “The O2′s first four years of operation have seen exciting changes for Greenwich and London, but there is more to come. Planning permission has been granted for a four-star, 450-room luxury hotel, which will include London’s largest clear span banqueting and meeting space. With AEG’s plans to further develop the site at The O2 and to continue to attract new and innovative content, we will continue to drive employment and contribute millions of pounds to the London economy.”
Thanks to Visit London for the story.
Telefónica looks at funding 900MHz spectrum refarm over next two years after project’s success
According to sources, O2 is undertaking ‘astronomical’ amounts of work, with major sites going live first before rolling out to the rest of the country. It will also look at expanding 3G services to remote areas that previously had little or no coverage.
The project, which aims to migrate data-hungry dongle and iPhone 4 users onto the 900MHz spectrum band, is led by O2 CTO Nigel Purdy.
O2 switched on a new superfast 3G network in Bradford, Bristol, Glasgow, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leicester, Sheffield and Liverpool last week, having gained permission to reuse the 900MHz spectrum for 3G services from Ofcom in January.
O2 said the new 3G900 network layer in these cities is expected to deliver a 50% increase in capacity to its existing 3G network.
The 900MHz frequency band was previously only licensed for 2G services in the UK. Since being granted its new network licence in January, O2 has deployed 3G900 services in several key cities across the UK including Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.
O2 added that customers on 3G900 compatible devices such as the iPhone are now receiving data 30% faster than before the new spectrum was allocated for 3G use.
Purdy (pictured) said: ‘This 3G900 switch-on is the latest in a series of network enhancements for O2, and is a first for the UK and Telefónica. We’ve acted quickly to bring the benefits of 3G over 900MHz spectrum to our customers and we’re thrilled with the results. Quite simply, on O2’s network, more customers can use more data, and experience it quicker.’
‘We invest the equivalent of over £1m a day, every day, in our network, which is used to deliver technologies in a way that goes beyond traditional cellular infrastructure, providing access to a new range of ‘smarter’ services. Our strategy is to intelligently layer our network to give our customers connection to 2G, 3G, HSPA+, LTE and Wi-Fi, seamlessly, simply and at speed.’
Story courtesy of ‘Mobile Today’ Magazine – Editor: Kate Oflaherty
Position : Fixed Line and Broadband Specialist.
Location : Irongray House, Dumfries
Favorite Tipple : Jack Daniels and Coke
Favorite Restaurant : Nardini Restaurant, Largs Marina
Favorite Dinner Guest : Seve Ballesteros
Favorite Song : Sunday Bloody Sunday U2
Dream Holiday : Las Vegas , Dubai.
If I Win The Lottery : I Would travel around the world going to all the great Sporting events World cup, Grand Prix, Ryder Cup.
Interesting Fact About Me : I take pleasure in dealing with the bad times just as much as the Good Times.( Happy Days.)
Position: Bram
Location: Head office
Favourite tipple: Bourbon
Favourtie Restaurant: Brunos (Italian)
Dream dinner party guests: Jim Morrison, Alexander The Great, Bruce Lee, James Dean, Muhammed Ali, Elvis Pressley, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Keith Moon, Raquel Welch, Jenny Agutter aged 18-28, Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood
Favourite song: Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys
Dream holiday: Tour of Japan
If you won the lottery you would: Travel the planet until my death
Interesting fact about yourself: I have a third nipple (my little nubbin)
Great detail about the investment O2 have made in the network, read all the details here
Position: responsible for Customer Services, Sales & Marketing
Location: Dumfries
Favourite tipple: Gin & Lemonade or Lager
Favourtie Restaurant: Pizzeria Il Fumme in Dumfries
Dream dinner party guests: Lord Sugar, Jack Nickalus, Jonathan Ross, Ricky Gervais, Martin Sheen & Girls Aloud
Favourite song: Depending on my mood; The Smiths – “The boy with the thorn in his side”, Primal Scream – “Slip inside this house”, Oasis – “Slide Away” & anything by New Order
Dream holiday: Florida with family
If you won the lottery you would: look after family and friends, buy a season ticket for the Masters every year
Interesting fact about yourself: Don’t get enough time to play golf!
We have our friends from Blackberry in the office today, showing the team the new ‘Playbook’ and we are all getting a chance for some real ‘hands-on’ experience with it.
The feedback so far is that this is a serious contender and is looking to be a very successful product.
For a more in depth look- watch the the demo video from Blackberry
We have an exciting opportunity to join the team at Atlas.
We are looking for an IT Technician, for more info please click here