{"id":21777,"date":"2020-04-01T17:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=21777"},"modified":"2020-04-02T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:20:12","slug":"o2-uk-ends-long-relationship-with-carphone-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/04\/o2-uk-ends-long-relationship-with-carphone-warehouse.html","title":{"rendered":"O2 UK Ends Long Relationship with Carphone Warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> UK (Telefonica) has officially cut its commercial ties to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/cpw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Carphone Warehouse<\/a> (Dixons Carphone) after two decades of working together. The two had been in the process of negotiating terms for a future contract renewal but have been unable to reach an agreement.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The failure to reach a deal is being seen as a direct result of the recent decision by Dixons Carphone to close all 531 of their standalone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/cpw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Carphone Warehouse<\/a> retail stores across the United Kingdom. Instead the company hopes to continue their operations by selling mobiles and contracts through concessions inside 305 large Currys PC World stores (as well as online).<\/p>\n<p>A number of mobile operators, some of which have also had to cut back on their own high-street outlets over the past few years, were said to have been surprised by the move. Clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> felt as if their deal with Dixons Carphone no longer provided the same value for money as before.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>A Spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we&#8217;ve worked hard over the past year to put a number of options on the table, it has not been possible to reach a new agreement as they&#8217;ve made clear to the market that they wish to take a new strategic direction and change the relationship they had with mobile operators.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The situation has also painted a question mark over relations between Dixons Carphone and their other primary mobile partners, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/idmobile\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">iD Mobile<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has officially cut its commercial ties to the Carphone Warehouse (Dixons Carphone) after two decades of working together. 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