O2 has confirmed reports that it plans to re - enter the fixed wireless broadband market , either by partnering with another ISP or building its own full fibre backbone network . The company , which is owned by Telefonica , said it is more likely to go the latter route , but will decide by the end of the year . Under O2 the network initially retained its reputation and for awhile continued to grow, although this slowly went into reverse following a series of price hikes, congestion problems, the disconnection of heavy users and their inability to launch any packages based off Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) network. Telefonica CEO Mark Evans said : “ ultimately , there will be one type of backbone — a fixed backbone with a wireless tail ” which , according to ISP Review , means we might use fibre to support a service based on 5G.
O2 has confirmed reports that it plans to re - enter the fixed wireless broadband market , either by partnering with another ISP or building its own full fibre backbone network . The company , which is owned by Telefonica , said it is more likely to go the latter route , but will decide by the end of the year . Telefonica CEO Mark Evans said : “ ultimately , there will be one type of backbone — a fixed backbone with a wireless tail ” which , according to ISP Review , means we might use fibre to support a service based on 5G.