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As Funding Deal Looms, CityFibre Says Talk of Sale to VMO2 Unfounded

10th June, 2025 (24 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far deployed their gigabit-capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) lines to cover 4.3 million UK premises (RFS), have said that recent newspaper “speculation” around the possibility of the business being acquired by Virgin Media (O2) are “unfounded“. The operator added that they were now close to securing a much-needed financing deal.

Virgin Media O2 UK Gives Away iPad with Selected Broadband Bundles

5th June, 2025 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to sign-up with Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the ISP has today refreshed some of their home broadband packages today and is also offering a 9th Gen iPad 64GB in space grey when they purchase an 18-month MegaVolt package online, at least while stocks last.

Government Hails Start of National Campaign for UK Digital Phone Switch

2nd June, 2025 (24 Comments)

The UK government has today hailed the start of a new national campaign, funded by broadband giants BT and Virgin Media, which aims to help support and encourage vulnerable people in their efforts to switch from legacy phone lines to new digital (IP / VoIP based) networks before the deadline.

Virgin Media O2 Boost Support for UK Customers Suffering Financial Difficulties

29th May, 2025 (3 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today announced a new partnership with debt advice firm Money Wellness, which aims to improve the support they’re able to offer to “financially vulnerable customers” who many be experiencing financial difficulties.

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50 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across UK

28th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has this morning revealed that a total of 50 government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across England (9 masts), Wales (28) and Scotland (13) as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. But 50 more will follow by March 2026.

Ofcom Ranks Big UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs by Quality and Faults – 2025

22nd May, 2025 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their 2025 study of UK broadband, phone and mobile service quality, call waiting times, complaint levels, fault repairs, compensation and install times for the largest providers. For example, TalkTalk attracted the lowest satisfaction for broadband (77%) and Plusnet (BT) secured the highest (91%).

Virgin Media O2 Business Launches Teams Phone Mobile

21st May, 2025 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has today followed BTWholsale by launching Microsoft’s ‘Teams Phone Mobile‘ service to its large business customers (250+ employees) in the UK, which among other things makes it easy to move between mobile and desktop Teams calls seamlessly.

O2 UK Fixes VoLTE Flaw that Exposed User Mobile Location Data UPDATE

19th May, 2025 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today informed ISPreview that they’ve finally resolved a nasty security issue with their 4G based Voice-over-LTE service (VoLTE or 4G Calling), which effectively made it possible for customers of the operator’s network to have their location tracked by almost anybody with access to their mobile number.

Virgin Media UK and Telecare Cardiff Trial to Support Digital Phone Switchover

15th May, 2025 (1 Comment)

Broadband and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) has today launched another trial to support their Digital Landline Switchover (DLS) programme (i.e. migrating old analogue landline phones to IP-based services), which this time focuses on giving support to telecare users in Cardiff (Wales) in order to help them make the switch.

Telefonica SA Reportedly Ponders UK Takeover of Virgin Media O2

14th May, 2025 (17 Comments)

A new report claims that debt-laden Telefonica SA is allegedly drawing up plans that would enable them to take control of the 50/50 UK Joint Venture (JV) that it owns with Liberty Global, which reflects broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2). In addition, they also have another JV with InfraVia Capital Partners to build a new fibre network in the UK (nexfibre).

O2’s Recycle Service for UK Business Saves 45,000 Devices from Landfill

13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The business division of mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today revealed that their O2 Recycle for Business service, which helps companies of all sizes to trade in their old technology (usually in return for cash, credits or a charitable donation), has helped to save 45,000 devices from waste (earning nearly £330k) since it was relaunched in October 2023.

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Nexfibre Publish Reduced Q1 2025 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update

13th May, 2025 (21 Comments)

Nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), recently published their latest quarterly (Q1 2025) build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network now covers 2.2 million UK premises. But a big chunk of their future build plan for 2025-26 has now vanished.

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Virgin Media O2 UK and Daisy Group Anounce B2B Merger

12th May, 2025 (7 Comments)

The business division of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 – VMO2 Business – has this morning announced plans to merge their complementary direct B2B operations with those of the Daisy Group, which aims to “create a major new force in the UK business communications and IT sector” via a new entity.

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Better Mobile Cover Goes Live from O2 UK on East Coast Mainline

6th May, 2025 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Virgin Media) has today announced, in a “railway first“, that 4G and hopefully 5G connectivity too (mobile broadband) has received a “major boost” after the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Network Rail and the private sector completed deployment of a new custom-built Distributed Antenna System (DAS).

Nexfibre Cut 2025 UK Full Fibre Target to 2.5m Premises as VMO2 Pause NetCo Plans

2nd May, 2025 (21 Comments)

Liberty Global has confirmed that sibling nexfibre, which is working alongside UK ISP partner Virgin Media to deploy a new 10Gbps full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across over 5 million premises (c.2.2m have already been built), has scaled back its coverage target for 2025 to 2.5 million premises passed. At the same time, VMO2 “have paused our NetCo plans“.

Virgin Media O2 Suffers Fall in UK Broadband Customers as FTTP Build Slows

2nd May, 2025 (21 Comments)

The latest Q1 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 have today been released, which saw their gigabit broadband network grow by 165,000 premises in the quarter to cover 18.4 million UK homes and related customers suffer a sharp fall to total 5,694,900 (down by -44k in Q1 vs +12k in Q4 2025) “due to heavy discounting in the market“. The operator’s outdoor 5G mobile cover also increased to 77%.

Virgin Media UK TV Customers Gifted 3 Months Free Fit at Home App

2nd May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media, specifically those who take their Pay TV services, can now gain exclusive free access to 3 months of Fit at Home, a workout (fitness) app that attempts to cater for all kinds of people. The service usually costs an extra £10 per month.