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27th October, 2025 (10 Comments)
The CEO of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), Lutz Schüler, has today warned the UK government against reforming business rates in a way that would impose a “hefty hike” on telecoms providers because, he says, it would act as a “disincentive to invest that will be a real kick in the cabinets” to the industry. At a time when they’re already under pressure.
24th October, 2025 (4 Comments)
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has this morning revealed the final (assignment stage) results of last week’s auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) spectrum bands for use by 5G mobile broadband operators, which sets out precisely which frequencies within each band will be allocated to EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).
23rd October, 2025 (32 Comments)
Customers of mobile operator O2 may be displeased, if not surprised, to learn that the provider has today followed sibling Virgin Media’s recent increase to their existing mid-contract pricing policy on broadband packages (here), by announcing a similar hike for their own mobile subscribers.
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23rd October, 2025 (1 Comment)
Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network operator partner nexfibre, which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve once again expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to more than 6,000 additional homes in the coastal South Wales town of Llantwit for the first time.
20th October, 2025 (5 Comments)
Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) and their security partner, Akamai, have this morning warned that they’ve seen a 285% rise in phishing attempts this year. This figure has jumped to a huge 232,365 average new phishing threat entries to their threat intelligence feeds each day between April to June 2025.
17th October, 2025 (0 Comments)
New customers looking to join Virgin Media (O2) should note that the ISP has just introduced some bigger discounts across some of their home broadband and bundle packages. For example, Virgin’s 1130Mbps (1Gbps) package is now just £29.99 per month on a 24-month minimum term (price increases to £33.99 from April 2026 and £37.99 from April 2027).
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17th October, 2025 (33 Comments)
Customers of fixed broadband provider Virgin Media (O2) have today been informed that the ISP is “starting to upgrade” those with their older Hub 3 (TG2492S/CE) and Hub 4 (TG3492LG-VMB) Wi-Fi routers to its newer, more advanced Hub 5 device “at no extra cost“.
16th October, 2025 (0 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media), which just spent £13m to secure 800MHz (frequency) of 26GHz (band) spectrum and 1,000MHz of 40GHz spectrum in Ofcom’s auction of the two 5G centric millimetre wave (mmW) bands (here), has revealed that a test of the new spectrum has already delivered mobile broadband speeds of 4Gbps (4,000Mbps).
16th October, 2025 (12 Comments)
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has this morning revealed the initial (principal stage) results from their auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) spectrum bands for use by 5G mobile (mobile broadband) operators, which saw EE (BT), O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (VodafoneThree) pay a combined £39m to secure more airwaves.
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15th October, 2025 (4 Comments)
Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), which currently aims to achieve Net Zero Carbon (i.e. removing as many emissions as they produce) across their operations, products and supply chain by 2040, has today signed a new 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) to harness renewable electricity.
14th October, 2025 (14 Comments)
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that the first bidding on their auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) spectrum bands for use by 5G mobile (mobile broadband) operators will get underway tomorrow, with BT (EE), O2 (Telefonica UK / Virgin Media) and Vodafone (VodafoneThree) all taking part.
13th October, 2025 (7 Comments)
Telecoms giants Virgin Media and O2 UK (VMO2) have today announced a refresh of their Volt bundles, which enable customers to combine both the broadband and mobile services of both providers into a single package at a discounted rate. New and upgrading customers who purchase a Volt bundle can now choose between a Classic, Plus or Ultimate Plan.
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13th October, 2025 (13 Comments)
The saying goes that criminals will steal anything that isn’t bolted down, but the opposite now seems to be true in Nottinghamshire (England), where a spate of recent metal thefts has seen criminals making off with the steel covers from several of Virgin Media’s (O2) broadband and phone street cabinets.
10th October, 2025 (1 Comment)
Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network operator partner nexfibre, which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve once again expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to more than 13,000 additional homes in the South Yorkshire (England) city of Sheffield.
9th October, 2025 (2 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 has today announced that millions of their UK customers can now enjoy the TNT Sports TV content on the discovery+ streaming app at a discounted price via O2 Extras on a 30-day rolling contract (i.e. £26.99 per month instead of the usual £30.99), while at the same time saving an additional £2 per month off their Airtime bill.
9th October, 2025 (22 Comments)
Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has this morning announced the launch of its new Single Visit Install (SVI) programme, which aims to provide customers with a faster and more reliable approach to installations. But it’s currently only live across their nexfibre built full fibre (FTTP) connections (c.2.4 million UK premises).
7th October, 2025 (4 Comments)
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that the final bidders due to take part in their auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) bands for faster 5G data (mobile broadband) services will include BT (EE), Telefonica UK (O2 / Virgin Media) and Vodafone (VodafoneThree). No surprises this time around.
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