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CMA publish replies to provisional rejection of nexfibre’s £2bn UK Netomnia broadband deal

6th November, 2026 (23 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has today published the industry responses to their interim report on the proposed £2bn purchase of full fibre broadband network Netomnia (Substantial Group) by the parents of nexfibre and Virgin Media (O2), which was provisionally blocked last month. Nexfibre argues that the third-party responses reinforce concerns that the CMA’s findings relied on speculative assumptions.

O2 UK extend 5G Standalone mobile broadband network across Derbyshire

5th November, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning confirmed that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network across Derbyshire in England, which is said to reach more than 380,000 people in 368 towns and villages – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.”

Mobile operators in the UK struggle in 5G European Awards 2026

5th November, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal, which harnesses crowdsourced testing data from users of their app on millions of devices (Smartphones etc.), has published their annual 5G European Awards 2026 that analysed the mobile network performance of 91 national operators across 27 markets. But sadly mobile providers in the UK didn’t win anything and struggled to even register in the rankings.

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Streetwave compare Northern Ireland’s rural vs urban mobile broadband speeds

4th November, 2026 (1 Comment)

Telecoms network analyst firm Streetwave has today published the results of a new study, which uses data collected from bin lorries to show how real-world mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and data speeds vary across Northern Ireland between rural and urban areas, as well as via different mobile operators. Suffice to say, rural connectivity has a lot of catching-up to do.

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Virgin Media O2’s UK broadband customers fall as cost cutting hits and FTTP upgrades stop

3rd November, 2026 (55 Comments)

The latest Q3 2026 results from broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today been released, which reports a fall in consumer broadband customers of -22,100 to total 5,395,800 (vs -28,200k in Q2) and another decline in their mobile base to total 46.348m (down from 46.428m). But the big story this time is one of cost cutting, job losses and a stalled fibre upgrade scheme.

Broadband ISP Virgin Media makes it cheaper for UK customers to re-contract

2nd November, 2026 (40 Comments)

Some good news to start the week. Existing customers of broadband, TV and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) will be pleased to learn that, come the end of their existing contract term, they are now much more likely to be offered a significantly more affordable renewal deal than before. Some customers have reported seeing out-of-contract deals fall significantly in price.

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Virgin Media O2 set to cut thousands of UK jobs as part of cost cutting

31st October, 2026 (67 Comments)

A new news report has this morning claimed that broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) are allegedly preparing to cut thousands of UK jobs. The somewhat expected move appears to form part of the company’s long rumoured c.£600m cost cutting drive to help ease pressure from their c.£22bn debt mountain and falling bond prices.

Streetwave UK to survey mobile broadband coverage across Barnet Council

31st October, 2026 (1 Comment)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve been chosen by the Barnet Borough Council in London to conduct a real-world study of mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and data speeds across the area, harnessing 723km of the borough’s road network – testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).

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O2 UK deploys free AI-powered scam call protection for all customers

30th October, 2026 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that, following a successful trial earlier this autumn, they’ve now rolled out a free, AI-powered scam call protection service for all customers based on technology from existing partner Hiya. Over 3 million malicious calls a week are now expected to be blocked in real time from reaching customers’ phones.

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O2 UK launch flexible SIM-free Smartphone financing without an Airtime plan

29th October, 2026 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today launched SIM-free financing, which is described as being a “flexible payment offering” that enables customers to purchase a new or refurbished phone on its own – without an airtime plan – and spread the cost over time with finance options from 3 to 24 months (APR rates from as low as 0%, subject to a credit check).

O2 UK upgrades 4G and 5G mobile signals at Haven holiday parks

29th October, 2026 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has followed Vodafone’s announcement yesterday (here) by confirming that they, working alongside Small Cell experts at Freshwave, have also just completed the latest phase of Haven holiday park network upgrades to their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network as families enjoy the October half-term break.

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Telecoms provider Giffgaff refreshes UK brand to “set us up for our next chapter”

29th October, 2026 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator and broadband provider giffgaff, which is controlled by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group), has begun the first stage of rolling out a new brand refresh across their website, app and email campaigns as part of an effort to “set us up for our next chapter and signal where we’re heading“.

Virgin Media deploy 2Gbps broadband to 18 UK locations on coax network

27th October, 2026 (29 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media has today finally confirmed that they’ve “started” the non-trial roll out of their top 2Gbps download speed package for customers covered by their older Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC / DOCSIS 3.1) network, which is already said to be available across 18 UK locations.

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TalkTalk, Vodafone, EE and BT attracted most UK broadband complaints in Q2 2026

26th October, 2026 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has released their latest Q2 2026 study of quarterly UK consumer telecoms and TV complaints, which reveals that TalkTalk, Vodafone, EE and BT all tied by attracting the most complaints from customers about fixed broadband services, while Sky Mobile came top of the naughty table for Pay Monthly Mobile services and EE did the same for Pay TV.

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O2 UK trial Nokia’s AI-powered radio access network to boost 5G mobile network UPDATE

26th October, 2026 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that they’ve just completed the UK’s “first live deployment” of Nokia’s AI-powered Radio Access Network (RAN) tech at their Giga Site in London Paddington. The trial is said to have improved the network’s spectral efficiency by 20% and allowed their 5G+ (Standalone) site to carry more mobile data (mobile broadband) traffic.

EE come top in Streetwave study of Cornwall UK’s mobile broadband performance

24th October, 2026 (4 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the results from their recent survey of mobile network coverage and data (4G, 5G) performance across Cornwall in England, which tracked the capabilities of EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) across more than 5,000km of the county’s roads between 27th July and 7th October 2026.

O2 UK extends 5G standalone mobile broadband network to Cumbria

21st October, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network in the Cumbria area, which is said to reach up to 219,000 people in Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, Workington and Ulverston etc. – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.”