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Virgin Media O2 Eye Vodafone UK Wholesale Broadband Deal and Lament Price Hikes

9th March, 2026 (20 Comments)

Telecoms giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) is reportedly engaged in talks with VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) over a possible wholesale broadband deal, which would enable Vodafone UK to sell packages to consumers via Virgin/nexfibre’s growing full fibre (FTTP) network. Separately, VMO2’s CEO has admitted that O2’s move to hike prices for existing mobile users “wasn’t the best decision“.

Nexfibre Publish Q4 2025 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update – 2.6M Premises

26th February, 2026 (26 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some parentage with its UK ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, has just published their latest quarterly Q4 2025 build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 2.6 million UK premises. But future expansion looks set to come from consolidation.

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Housing Developer Hampers Ferndown Homes from Getting Gigabit Broadband

25th February, 2026 (22 Comments)

A small group of homes in the East Dorset (England) town of Ferndown have effectively been denied access to a new gigabit broadband network because a local housing association, which owns a crucial piece of land, are only willing to grant Virgin Media’s (nexfibre) engineers a wayleave (legal access agreement) for an individual property; not the wider area.

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Giffgaff Confirms 2026 Price Lock for UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans

24th February, 2026 (6 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has today confirmed that they’ve introduced a “price lock” on their monthly rolling full fibre broadband plans, which means that new and existing customers of the fixed like service “can rest assured that there won’t be any price hikes for their monthly rolling plan in 2026“.

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Virgin Media O2 See Broadband Customers Fall by 16.7k as UK FTTP Build Slows

18th February, 2026 (19 Comments)

The latest Q4 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have just been published and reveal that their gigabit broadband network increased its UK coverage by 115,100 premises in the quarter (down from 139k in Q3), while related customers fell to total 5,687,600 (down by -16.7k in Q4 vs +60.8k in Q3). But their mobile base grew and 5G outdoor population coverage hit 87%.

Price Cut for Customers of Giffgaff’s 200Mbps UK Full Fibre Broadband Plan UPDATE

17th February, 2026 (12 Comments)

In a small but welcome development. Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has announced that both new and existing customers of their home broadband products – powered by nexfibre’s UK full fibre network (covers 2.5 million premises) – will benefit from a change of standard price on their 200Mbps tier that reduces it by -£1 to £29 per month.

The Trouble with Switching from Virgin Media UK to Giffgaff Broadband

3rd February, 2026 (26 Comments)

Over four months have now passed since mobile operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica UK, become the only other retail ISP after Virgin Media (O2) to start selling fixed broadband packages over nexfibre’s new full fibre (FTTP) network (here). But despite this welcome development, customers on Virgin Media are still struggling to switch.

Virgin Media Start Opening FTTP Upgrade Areas to Existing UK Customers

28th January, 2026 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve finally started to make their new XGS-PON powered full fibre (FTTP) network upgrade (aka – Project Mustang or Fibre Up), which is being deployed alongside their existing coaxial cable (HFC / DOCSIS 3.1) areas, available to existing customers too.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Build 2Gbps Broadband to 5,000 Strathaven Homes

26th January, 2026 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network partner nexfibre, which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their 2Gbps (symmetric) speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach more than 5,000 homes in the South Lanarkshire (Scotland) market town of Strathaven for “the first time.”

Virgin Media O2 Notifies Some 300 UK Staff of Potential Redundancies

14th January, 2026 (7 Comments)

Several sources have informed ISPreview that broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media (O2) has today notified staff, specifically those in the Fixed Wholesale and Customer Delivery side of their business, that c.300 of them could be facing redundancy in the near future. The move follows a slowdown in the expansion of their full fibre (FTTP) network via nexfibre.

Virgin Media O2 UK Open Manchester HQ After Broadband and Mobile Boost

16th December, 2025 (2 Comments)

Network provider Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today highlight how it’s making a “major investment” in the Manchester region through investments in its fibre optic broadband and 5G mobile networks, as well as the opening of a new multi-million-pound North West HQ building on John Dalton Street (just off Deansgate).

Court Rejects L1 Compensation Appeal Over Forced Sale of UK Broadband Network Upp

29th November, 2025 (4 Comments)

The Court of Appeal in London has dismissed an attempt by investment firm LetterOne (L1), which had been seeking compensation after the previous Government used the new National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) to force them into selling Upp’s full fibre broadband network to rival operator nexfibre at a loss (retail customers went to Virgin Media).

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Build Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Ripon

18th November, 2025 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network partner nexfibre, which enjoy some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their 2Gbps (symmetric) speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach more than 6,000 homes in the North Yorkshire (England) based Cathedral City of Ripon.

Nexfibre Publish Q3 2025 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update – 2.44M Premises

7th November, 2025 (11 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some parentage with ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, has published their latest quarterly Q3 2025 build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 2.44 million UK premises. But future deployments beyond 2025 remain uncertain.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Extend Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Widnes

6th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network partner nexfibre, which enjoy some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to add more than 6,000 additional homes in the industrial Cheshire (England) town of Widnes.

Telefonica Strategic 5 Year Plan Announcement

Key News for Virgin Media O2 as Telefonica’s Strategic Plan to Focus on UK

5th November, 2025 (8 Comments)

Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica, which forms part of the joint venture that controls broadband and mobile operators Virgin Media and O2 UK, has today announced the outcome of their recent Strategic Review and set out the six pillars underpinning their new five-year strategic plan. This includes consolidation and retaining the UK as one of their core markets.

Giffgaff Expands Full Fibre Broadband Availability to Include Chester UK

3rd November, 2025 (4 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica UK (VMO2), has today informed ISPreview that their recently launched (here) full fibre broadband products for homes – powered by nexfibre and Virgin Media’s networks – have now been made available to people living in the Cathedral City of Chester (Cheshire, England).