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Giffgaff UK Discounts 5G Unlimited Mobile Data Plan to £15 a Month

15th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which harnesses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform in the UK, has launched a new promotion that slashes the monthly price of their unlimited data (mobile broadband) plan on an 18-month “flexible” minimum term from £25 to £15 per month.

Survey Claims 35 Percent of UK Landowners Don’t Want to Host 5G Mobile Masts

13th August, 2025 (18 Comments)

A new survey of 500 national landowners, which was conducted by telecoms investor AP Wireless UK – a company with a strong vested interest in this area, has claimed that 35% of respondents are considering terminating their mobile mast agreements, citing concerns over rent cuts, legal pressure and loss of trust in mobile network operators.

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Virgin Media O2 Uncovers UK People’s Passwords in Just 3 Minutes

13th August, 2025 (10 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have taken a break from telecoms service provision in order to highlight the ease to which cyber criminals can break into your online accounts. In order to do this they enlisted the help of an ethical hacker to conduct a security assessment on a group of volunteers. Needless to say, account passwords were broken within 3 minutes.

O2 UK Issue Progress Update on Removal of Inbound 2G and 3G Roaming

11th August, 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has issued a progress update on their preparations for the imminent withdrawal of 2G and 3G inbound roaming services for business customers, which is due to occur in just two months’ time on 1st October 2025.

Hampshire Town Goes 6 Weeks Without a Fully Working EE UK Mobile Signal

8th August, 2025 (13 Comments)

Some homes and businesses in the Hampshire (South Coast of England) town of Bishops Waltham have been left with poor 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) reception from EE for around six weeks. This appears to have occurred after one of the few primary shared masts in the area went partly offline during stormy weather.

O2 UK Deploys 4G and 5G Freshwave Small Cells to 13 Sites in Cornwall

7th August, 2025 (5 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today continued to boost the provider’s 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity and coverage by deploying Freshwave’s small cells across 13 holiday resort locations in Cornwall (South West England). Most of these are being deployed across the towns of St Ives and Newquay.

Giffgaff Offers 100GB Mobile Data SIM to UK Students for £10

7th August, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and harnesses O2’s virtual network operator (MVNO) platform in the UK, has today launched a new mobile plan specifically for students that offers them 100GB (GigaBytes) of mobile broadband data for just £10 per month on a 12-month term.

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Ofcom Shame TalkTalk and O2 for UK Broadband and Mobile Complaints in Q1 2025

7th August, 2025 (7 Comments)

Ofcom have today published their latest quarterly (Q1 2025) study of UK consumer telecoms complaints, which names TalkTalk as attracting the most negative feedback from customers for fixed broadband, while O2 took the most heat for Mobile and Virgin Media were put on the naughty step for Pay TV services.

Nexfibre Publish Q2 2025 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update

7th August, 2025 (19 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), has published their latest quarterly (Q2 2025) build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 2.3 million UK premises. But its future remains uncertain.

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Virgin Media O2 Expand UK 3G Mobile Switch Off to Watford

6th August, 2025 (8 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that customers in the large Hertfordshire (England) town and borough of Watford will be the next UK location to go through their 3G mobile (broadband) switch-off programme on 17th September 2025. This follows completed withdrawals in Durham, Norwich, Telford, Guildford and Torquay.

Mobile Provider O2 UK to Remove Website Access for Priority Rewards

4th August, 2025 (6 Comments)

Customers of mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) have recently been notified that, from 11th August 2025, they will no longer be able to access the provider’s “Priority” service via the website. Priority exists to reward loyal subscribers with various special offers and discounts.

Virgin Media O2 and Daisy Group Launch New Merged B2B Company O2 Daisy

4th August, 2025 (5 Comments)

The business division of UK broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 – VMO2 Business – have this morning announced that their recent merger with the Daisy Group has today resulted in the launch of a new B2B telecoms company called O2 Daisy (not to be confused with O2’s anti-scam AI chatbot of the same name).

Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live in Yorkshire Dales

1st August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 58 government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. The most recent additions have occurred around the North Yorkshire town of Hawes – also impacting Hardraw, Appersett, Snaizeholme and Sedbusk.

Telefonica CEO – Virgin Media Scrap UK NetCo Broadband Wholesale Plans

1st August, 2025 (27 Comments)

The CEO of Telefónica, Marc Murtra, has clarified his own recent remarks and revealed that Virgin Media and O2’s (VMO2) plan for opening up their fixed residential broadband ISP network in the UK to wholesale (here) – via a new entity (NetCo) – is now “stopped” and not merely “on a pause” as initially indicated.

Virgin Media O2 Joins Age UK to Help Raise Awareness of 3G Switch-Off

31st July, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve partnered with leading charity, Age UK, to help raise awareness of the 3G switch-off and provide customers using older devices with “tailored guidance and support” to help with the transition to more modern (4G, 5G) networks.

Virgin Media O2 Grow UK FTTP Premises by 114k in Q2 as Broadband Users Fall

30th July, 2025 (17 Comments)

The latest Q2 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 today have revealed that their gigabit broadband network increased by 114,900 premises in the quarter to cover 18.53 million UK homes. But related customers suffered another fall to total 5,643,500 (down by -51.4k in Q2 vs -44k in Q1) and O2’s mobile base also suffered a fall (albeit with positive results in wholesale).

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O2 UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile at 700 Postcodes in Dundee, Scotland

29th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve completed a project to upgrade the network capacity and coverage of their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services around a total of 700 postcodes across the coastal Scottish city of Dundee on the Firth of Tay estuary.