O2 most mobile in pursuing unpaid bills

MOBILE phone giant O2 has taken three times as many people to court for unpaid bills than its nearest rival, court records have revealed.

O2, which is Ireland’s second-biggest mobile phone firm, has brought 2,400 bad payers to court since 2001.

Ireland’s biggest mobile phone operator Vodafone has brought around 800 defaulters to court over unpaid debts since 2000 - despite the company having 2 million customers to O2’s 1.5 million.