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Mobile UK Tower Provider Cornerstone to Deploy Micro-Edge Compute Capabilities

11th February, 2026 (3 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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Government Launch Review of UK Mobile Network Market to Help Boost 5G

10th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has today opened a call for evidence to support their new ‘Mobile Market Review‘, which aims to ensure that their policy and regulatory frameworks are updated to support investment, innovation, competition and consumers. The review could help to boost the rollout of fast 5G and future 6G mobile broadband networks.

O2 UK and Ontix Enhance 4G and 5G Mobile Network Capacity in North Wales

9th February, 2026 (0 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 Small Cells in North Wales, which have apparently gone live across Flintshire to boost data capacity (mobile broadband), including around Deeside Industrial Park.

Concern for O2 UK’s 5G Small Cells as IONX Networks Suffers Administration UPDATE

9th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

O2’s (Virgin Media) joint deployment with IONX Networks (formerly Dense Air), which last year claimed to have become one of the first mobile operators in the UK to successfully integrate a neutral host Small Cell into their live 5G Standalone (SA) core network (here), has been cast into doubt after IONX fell into administration at the end of last year.

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Uswitch 2026 Awards Name Top UK Broadband ISP and Mobile Providers

6th February, 2026 (7 Comments)

Comparison site Uswitch.com has named the winners of their annual 2026 Telecoms Awards, which among things saw EE scooping the win for best “National Broadband Provider of the Year“, while YouFibre won the best regional provider award for the second year in a row and VOXI scooped the win for best mobile “Network of the Year“ etc.

Virgin Media UK Add 3 More Rakuten FAST TV Channels to Service

4th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take their Pay TV services via their TV 360 or Stream (Flex) platforms, may like to know that the ISP has today added support for three new Rakuten TV based FAST channels to their TV service “at no extra cost” – Rakuten TV Drama (Ch 462), Comedy (Ch 463) and Sci Fi (Ch 464).

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Virgin Media O2 Deploy AI Tech to Minimise Downtime on UK Mobile Network

4th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that they’re working with Zinkworks to deploy AI-driven automation technology to “minimise downtime” across their 4G and 5G mobile network. The move is said build on “proven results” with their fixed broadband network, where similar automation has already had a big impact.

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RootMetrics Research Name EE as the Top UK Mobile Network for H2 2025

4th February, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile network benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H2 2025 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile operator after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories, while O2 languished at the bottom but has improved.

Virgin Media O2 UK’s Owners Close in on £2bn Broadband Deal for Netomnia

3rd February, 2026 (126 Comments)

European telecoms giants Telefónica and Liberty Global, the joint owners of Virgin Media and O2 in the UK, have reportedly now joined with private equity firm InfraVia Capital to progress their previously proposed £2bn bid to buy alternative full fibre broadband network Netomnia toward conclusion. The deal is likely to offer the altnet more than rival CityFibre could muster, but competition issues could be raised.

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The Trouble with Switching from Virgin Media UK to Giffgaff Broadband

3rd February, 2026 (25 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.

nPerf Name EE and Three UK as Fastest Mobile Broadband Networks for 2026

2nd February, 2026 (3 Comments)

French internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has this morning published the results from their annual 2026 crowdsourced study into UK mobile broadband (4G, 5G) performance. The results see both EE and Three UK being named as delivering the country’s “best Mobile Internet performances“.

Virgin Media and O2 Set to Merge UK Customer Communities Together

30th January, 2026 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 are about to begin an impactful change as part of their previous merger, which will bring their once entirely separate community discussion forums together for the first time. The operators also plan to move to a “new platform” during the process as their “agreement with the current provider is ending“.

EE Wins Big in Opensignal Study of Best 4G and 5G UK Mobile Networks

29th January, 2026 (22 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has this morning published their first Mobile Network Experience Report for 2026, which measured the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services of all the primary network operators – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) – to determine which delivers the best performance. Overall, EE won most, but not all, of the categories.

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.”

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Virgin Media O2 UK Pledges to Donate 12,000 Smartphones in 2026

20th January, 2026 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they will once again aim to donate “up to” 12,000 pre-owned Smartphones during 2026 to help people in need get online and reduce e-waste, which mirrors their previous pledge for 2025 that succeeded in donating the same figure.

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Ookla Examine Mobile Broadband Upload Speeds and Capacity in the UK

20th January, 2026 (1 Comment)

Global network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their Speedtest.net service (inc. apps), has published a new report that takes a broad look into the impact of mobile (4G, 5G etc.) upload speeds in the age of AI and also reveals how much importance UK operators place upon it (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK).