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O2 UK Give Mobile Customers Option to Upgrade to 5G+ At No Extra Cost

11th March, 2026 (15 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’re giving millions of their Pay Monthly mobile customers the “chance” to upgrade to their latest end-to-end 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network “at no extra cost”, provided they have a compatible device of course.

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Uncertainty Surrounds Virgin Media and O2 UK’s Community Forum Merger UPDATE

11th March, 2026 (13 Comments)

Over a month has now passed since broadband and mobile providers Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) closed their respective customer community forums to new postings as part of plans to merge and upgrade the platform (here). But the operator still doesn’t seem to know when this process will complete and won’t say what platform they’re adopting.

O2 UK and Ontix Expand 5G Mobile Small Cells to Boost Data Capacity in Bath

10th March, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed their first 4G and 5G capable Small Cells in the Somerset (England) city of Bath, which will boost local data capacity (mobile broadband) for their network.

50 Publicly Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across Wales

9th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 50 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across Wales as part of the industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project (up from 30 in July 2025), which last year succeeded (here) in extending geographic 4G cover from at least one operator to 95% of the UK (aggregate).

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

9th March, 2026 (21 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“.

Virgin Media O2 Harness AI to Flag 1 Billion Suspected SCAM and SPAM Calls

6th March, 2026 (5 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have today revealed that they’ve used AI technologies, such as Call Defence from Hiya, to flag over 1 billion “suspected” scam and spam calls to UK customers before they even pick up the phone (more than 70 million suspected scam and spam calls are currently being flagged every month).

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Virgin Media O2 UK’s Broadband Engineers Get Renault Master EVs

6th March, 2026 (9 Comments)

Broadband, mobile and TV giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that, as part of their target to transition to a fully Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet by 2030 (c. 4,300 vehicles), they just purchased 101 Renault Master e-Tech vans (priced from £37,500 plus VAT after PiVG) for their telecoms engineers to use.

Virgin Media O2 UK Replaces BT Group Poached CFO with David Melcon

4th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

Combined broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they’re set to replace their former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2021, Patricia Cobian, with David Melcon from 2nd April 2026. In case anybody has forgotten, Patricia announced last year that she was jumping ship to the BT Group (here).

Virgin Media and O2 UK Offer Free Phone Calls and Data to the Middle East

3rd March, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has announced that they will credit back the cost of calls, SMS messages and data (mobile broadband) to and from the UK to several countries in the Middle East, which will be backdated to 28th February and run until 7th March 2026 (although this may be extended).

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Virgin Media O2 Pumps Another £700m into UK Mobile Upgrades for 2026

2nd March, 2026 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning confirmed that they’ll pump another £700m into their Mobile Transformation Plan for 2026 (the same amount as last year), which much like in 2025 will be focused on “improving reliability, boosting capacity and extending coverage across the country“.

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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Virgin Media O2 Satellite Service Goes Live with 4G Mobile from Space

26th February, 2026 (17 Comments)

The United Kingdom will today become one of the first countries in Europe to go live on Starlink’s latest Direct to Cell (DtC) and satellite based 4G mobile data (broadband) connectivity, as mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) switches-on its new O2 Satellite service for customers. Better yet, it’ll only set most customers back an extra £3.

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Virgin Media O2 Warn Customers to Watch Out for Fake 5G SIM Upgrade Emails

25th February, 2026 (4 Comments)

Customers of broadband and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have been warned to keep an eye out for a new round of phishing emails, which use the retirement of O2’s 3G network as an excuse to falsely invite subscribers to “upgrade your current SIM card to a new 5G-ready SIM“.

Virgin Media O2 Business Completes Dark Fibre Network in Swansea Bay City Region

25th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business (VMO2) has completed the Dark Fibre Network East project as part of the Swansea Bay City Region project (Digital Infrastructure Programme), which is said to have delivered a secure fibre network linking 36 public-sector sites (e.g. council offices, NHS, doctors, schools etc.) through 46 connections in Llanelli, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

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Cellular Starlink Service Targets Peak Mobile Broadband Speeds of 150Mbps

25th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed that its “greatly enhanced” second generation (GEN2) of Direct to Cell (DtC) capable Starlink broadband satellites, which are due to launch in 2027, will aim to support 5G connectivity and deliver peak data speeds of 150Mbps (Megabits per second) per user.

Some Existing Virgin Media UK Broadband Customers Get Extended Discounts

21st February, 2026 (14 Comments)

Over the past few months we’ve noted how quite a few existing customers of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (O2) home broadband packages are, at the end of their first contract term, now being offered significant automatic extensions to their existing discounted service price – often lasting for another 12-months.

O2 UK and McAfee Launch McAfee Protect Advanced for Mobile Users

19th February, 2026 (6 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today launched a bespoke family protection and security package for up to 10 devices in the shape of McAfee Protect Advanced, although it will come at an extra monthly cost for most, but not all, of their existing subscribers.