Tele2 UK Services
{{short description|Defunct British telecommunications company}}
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| name = Tele2 UK Services Limited
| logo = Tele2 logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| former_name = {{ubl|Browntrees Ltd.|(2000)|Alpha Telecom Communications Ltd.|(2000-2005)}}
| type = Limited Company
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|2000|07|07|df=y}}
| founder = Tele2
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| successor = TalkTalk
| location = London, United Kingdom
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| industry = Telecommunications
| products = Telephone company
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| parent = Carephone Warehouse
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| dissolved = {{ubl|{{End date|2005|12|19|df=y}}|(as a brand){{Cite news |last=Tran |first=Mark |date=19 December 2005 |title=Carphone Warehouse buys Onetel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/dec/19/money.mobilephones |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}|{{End date|2013|10|13|df=y}}|(as a legal entity){{Cite web |title=TELE2 UK SERVICES LIMITED overview - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04028792 |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=Companies House |language=en}}}}
| fate = Acquired by Carphone Warehouse
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Tele2 UK Services was the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland based operation of multinational telecommunications company Tele2. It was acquired by Carphone Warehouse for £8.5 million in 2005.{{Cite news |date=19 December 2005 |title=Carphone Warehouse snaps up Onetel |url=https://www.ft.com/content/65c52d16-7068-11da-89d3-0000779e2340 |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=Financial Times}}
History
On 7 July 2000, Browntrees Limited was incorporated with Companies House in the United Kingdom. A month later, on 8 August, it was renamed to Alpha Telecom Communications Limited. Alpha Telecom was acquired by multinational telecommunications company Tele2 in 2003, and begun marketing its services under the Tele2 brand by the end of the same year.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139898842.html Tele2 Sells its UK and Ireland Operations to the Carphone Warehouse Group PLC., 19 December 2005]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
In December 2005, it was announced that Tele2 had pulled out from the British & Irish markets after selling its Tele2 UK subsidiary to Carphone Warehouse for £8.5 million. Following the completion of the acquisition, Tele2UK was integrated into Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk brand.{{Cite news |date=20 December 2005 |title=Centrica sells telecoms arm to Carphone Warehouse |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/centrica-sells-telecoms-arm-to-carphone-warehouse-520131.html |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=The Independent}}{{Cite news |last=Tran |first=Mark |date=19 December 2005 |title=Carphone Warehouse buys Onetel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/dec/19/money.mobilephones |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} At the time of the acquisition, the company had 188,000 customers in the UK and 36,000 in the Republic of Ireland.{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Tim |date=19 December 2005 |title=Carphone swallows Onetel, Tele2 |url=https://www.theregister.com/2005/12/19/carphone_onetel/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}