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Mobile phone communication

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).

O2 UK Nokia Massive MIMO Paddington Mast

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 Q4 2025 UK FTTP Build Map

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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O2-Satellite-via-Starlink-UK-Broadband-and-Direct-to-Cell

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.

Email Inbox Electronic Communication 123rf

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“.

Swansea Bay City Deal Map from Website

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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Starlink-satellites-in-orbit-around-the-earth GEN1

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.

Virgin Media O2 UK Hub 5 Router

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-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture

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.

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complaints ofcom report isp broadband tv phone mobile

19th February, 2026 (1 Comment)

Market regulator Ofcom has this morning published their latest quarterly Q3 2025 study of UK consumer telecoms and TV complaints, which jointly names EE, TalkTalk and Vodafone as attracting the most moans from customers for fixed broadband services, while Sky Mobile took the most flak for Mobile services and EE did the same for Pay TV.

Netomnia Engineers Working at Height 2026

18th February, 2026 (147 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has deployed their own full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have today confirmed that they’ve been acquired by the owners of Virgin Media (O2) and nexfibre (i.e. InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica) for £2bn. But rival bidder CityFibre may yet raise a competition complaint.

Virgin-Media-O2-2025-Engineers-dressed-like-an-airforce

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%.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Hub 5 Router

17th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to switch to broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that they’ve just introduced “Bill Credits” (i.e. Switching Credits or Contract Buyout), which will be available until 1st April 2026 and are said to be worth up to £250 on their top packages.

O2-Satellite-via-Starlink-UK-Broadband-and-Direct-to-Cell

17th February, 2026 (15 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved a request by the parent of mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) to vary its spectrum licence to allow for the launch of their imminent O2 Satellite service, which will harness Starlink’s satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to connect with standard smartphones in the UK.

Virgin-Media-O2-5G-SA-Mobile-Mast-Surrounded-by-Trees-2023

12th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in the Greater Manchester area. The operator’s 5GSA network is now live across a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population, or c.49 million people).

Error message concept. Alert, attention notification. Important reminder

12th February, 2026 (5 Comments)

Industry trade body Mobile UK, which represents EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK), has revealed that mobile operators have, to date, blocked an overall total of 2.7 billion scam SMS (text) messages (2,761,912,183 to be exact) from reaching customers and 97.1 Million of that total occurred in January 2026 alone.

Microwave-wireless-tower-mast-uk

11th February, 2026 (5 Comments)

Mobile infrastructure company Cornerstone (CTIL), which was originally established as part of a UK network sharing agreement between O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has today announced a new strategic partnership with StonesThro to deploy a nationally distributed Micro-Edge cloud infrastructure via their estate of c.16,000 mast / cell sites.

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