O’Brien bid to gain control of Esat Digifone ‘threat to consortium’
"Up to then it had been very amicable," said Telenor executive Arve Johansen said.
By late September 1995 a month before Digifone won the right to negotiate for the GSM2 licence relations between the partners had deteriorated, typified by Mr O'Brien hanging up the phone on him during a heated conversation. Both joint venture partners then held 37.5%. Mr Johansen said he held firm as Mr O'Brien pushed hard to get Telenor to reduce its stake to 35%.
