O2 UK Complete 4G and 5G Upgrades for 1500 Postcodes in Nottingham

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve completed a project to upgrade the capacity of their 4G and 5G mobile services across “over” 1,500 postcodes in the East Midlands city of Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England), which should mean “faster” mobile broadband speeds and greater reliability.

The work, which began at the start of 2024 (the press release actually says “since the beginning of the year“, but we suspect they mean 2024 rather than 2025), forms part of O2’s ongoing effort to invest £2m a day into their mobile network, which enables them to deploy new technologies and keep up with increasing customer demand. All mobile operators have to conduct similar work. This comes against a backdrop of rising demand, with the amount of mobile data consumed by O2 customers seeing a 9% uplift over the past year (here).

Steven Verigotta, Director of Mobile Delivery at VMO2, said: “With customers using more data than ever before, the improvements we’ve made at over 1500 postcodes in Nottingham will ensure local people and businesses can access reliable connectivity that is so essential in the modern world. We are continuing to invest in our network with future upgrades planned to ensure that we can continue to support our customers both now and in future.”