Preferred provider organization
In health insurance in the United States, a preferred provider organization (PPO), sometimes referred to as a participating provider organization or preferred provider option, is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide health care at reduced rates to the insurer's or administrator's clients.
The People's Operator
The People's Operator (or TPO Mobile) is a mobile virtual network operator that provides mobile phone services in the United Kingdom via the Three (though TPO had initially selected the EE company), and in the United States via the Sprint and T-Mobile networks. It was launched in 2012, with the stated aim of being an ethical mobile network operator. TPO asserts that their service gives private customers the opportunity to support good causes, charities/nonprofits, "progressive organisations" or "ethical groups" of their choice and receive updates on how their money is being spent, while businesses can fulfil their corporate social responsibility commitments. The company's stock dropped nearly 90 percent in value in its first year and a half. Trading of The People's Operator stock on the London exchange was suspended in July 2018, when the company had failed to provide its 2017 financial reports. In December 2018, the company received a cash infusion from the holding company that is majority owner of Lycamobile. In 2016, nearly twenty Lycamobile employees were arrested in France, with about half of them charged with money laundering.