type public industry telecommunications founded 1 january 1987 1 january 1987 29 years ago headquarters braddan isle of man area served worldwide key people gary lamb ceo kevin walsh chairman 1 services communications service provider revenue 79.3 million 2014 2014 2 operating income 23.2 million 2014 2014 2 number of employees 280 as of 2014 2014 3 website www.manxtelecom.com manx telecom ltd. manx chellinsh vannin is the primary provider of broadband and telecommunications on the isle of man . it is a quoted company that trades on the aim market . 4 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 principal competitors 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit for more details on this topic see communications in the isle of man telephones . historically the telephone system in the isle of man had been run as a monopoly by the british general post office and later british telecommunications and operated as part of the liverpool telephone district . in 1985 the manx government announced that it would award a 20 year licence to operate the telephone system in a tender process . as part of this process in 1986 british telecom created a manx registered subsidiary company manx telecom to bid for the tender . it was believed that a local identity and management would be more politically acceptable in the tendering process as they competed with cable & wireless to win the licence . manx telecom won the tender and commenced operations under the new identity from 1 january 1987 . on 17 november 2001 manx telecom became part of mmo2 following the demerger of bt wireless s operations from bt group . it was acquired by telef nica in 2006 2006 . on 4 june 2010 manx telecom was sold to uk private equity investor hgcapital who were buying the majority stake alongside telecoms management company cps partners . hg capital indicated that the enterprise value of the deal was 158.8 million 232.5 million . in 2014 it floated on the aim market . 4 operations edit manx telecom headquarters in the isle of man business park douglas manx telecom operates fixed line and mobile networks and data centres on the isle of man . the global solutions division operates outside of the isle of man through mobile virtual network operator mvno and international roaming agreements . 5 the cell phone network operated by manx telecom had been used by o2 as an environment for developing and testing new products and services prior to wider rollout . in december 2001 the company became the first telecommunications operator in europe to launch a live 3g network . in november 2005 the company became the first in europe to offer its customers an hsdpa 3.5 g service . 6 principal competitors edit bluewave communications sure wi manx domicilium see also edit communications commission communications on the isle of man references edit https www.manxtelecom.com about investors tab 2135 a b 1 retrieved march 1 2016 . retrieved march 1 2016 . a b http www.lse.co.uk allnews.asp code se94v2n2 & headline manx telecom plans maiden interim dividend profit hit by writedowns https www.manxtelecom.com document library investors 210 2014 annual report file manx telecom website https www.manxtelecom.com about the company company timeline bt and telefonica ownership . retrieved march 2 2016 . external links edit official website telefonica sells manx telecom to private equity groups v t e bt group divisions and subsidiaries current bt business bt consumer bt global services bt wholesale bt research bt ireland bt italia ee dabs.com openreach plusnet former madasafish merged into plusnet hibu formerly yell group manx telecom o2 germany o2 ireland o2 united kingdom ribbit telecomsoft telfort products and services current bt broadband bt infinity bt mobile bt tv bt sport bt sport espn bt wi fi bt mydonate bt home hub bt voyager adsl max defunct telecom gold buildings and facilities current adastral park bt centre bt tower london bt tower birmingham stokenchurch bt tower bt tower swansea charwelton 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