Peter Jones founded the telecommunications company Phones International Group and was an original Dragon on the British series Dragon's Den.
Phones International Group was established by Jones in 1998 and operated in the mobile-communications sector. His experience in telecommunications helped explain his interest in pitches involving technology, phones and scalable consumer businesses.
Jones was one of the five Dragons in the first British panel, alongside Duncan Bannatyne, Simon Woodroffe, Rachel Elnaugh and Doug Richard. He became one of the programme's most recognisable long-term investors, although the Dragons' panel has changed many times over the years.
Phones International Group should not be confused with the Dragons' Den investment company PJI, which is also connected with Jones, or with the many retail mobile-phone brands that appeared in later pitches. The question identifies the earlier telecommunications company specifically: its founder was Peter Jones.