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Virgin Media O2 UK Trial Mobile Small Cells Next to Broadband Cabinets

18th March, 2024 (42 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media (O2) have today hailed the results of a new trial – delivered in collaboration with shareholder Liberty Global, which is said to have “successfully” deployed 4G and 5G “smart poles” on top of its existing fibre broadband cabinets in the UK to help boost mobile network coverage and capacity.

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Virgin Media O2 Helps UK Gamers Trade-in Unwanted Consoles for Cash

14th March, 2024 (4 Comments)

Broadband and mobile provider VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has today announced an expansion of their O2 Recycle scheme, which enables UK people to trade-in unwanted devices for cash, to include popular video gaming consoles from Sony (PlayStation), Microsoft (Xbox), Meta (Oculus) and Nintendo.

New Launch Date for Delayed Faster UK Broadband ISP Switching

12th March, 2024 (11 Comments)

The industry-led One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for implementing Ofcom’s solution for faster consumer switching between UK broadband ISPs on different networks (aka – One Touch Switch), has announced that the now heavily delayed system will aim to go live on 12th September 2024.

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Delays Allegedly Hit Virgin Media’s UK Full Fibre Broadband Upgrade

12th March, 2024 (34 Comments)

Several sources have indicated to ISPreview that broadband ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) Project Mustang programme, which is upgrading existing Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network areas with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) technology, has allegedly been hit by delays – partly due to issues with billing and ordering systems.

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More UK Providers Commit to Protect Vulnerable Users During Digital Phone Switch UPDATE

11th March, 2024 (11 Comments)

The government has announced that seven UK broadband and phone operators, including Openreach, CityFibre, AllPoints Fibre, CommunityFibre, Ogi, KCOM and WightFibre, have today signed a charter that commits them to protect “vulnerable customers” (e.g. those with telecare devices) when upgrading phone lines to a new digital (IP) based network.

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Virgin Media and Nexfibre FTTP Add 14,000 Alfreton Premises

7th March, 2024 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has today announced that more than 14,000 additional homes and businesses in the Derbyshire (England) town and civil parish of Alfreton can now access their new 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which was made possible by nexfibre’s supporting network expansion.

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ISP Virgin Media Business Launch Spring Broadband Sale for SMEs

5th March, 2024 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has launched a new “Spring Sale” to attract new small business customers, which essentially offers 8 months half price on their 800Mbps and 1Gbps packages on a 24-month contract or 6 months half price on 400Mbps and 600Mbps.

Update Breaks 2.5Gbps Port on Virgin Media Hub 5 UK Broadband Router

4th March, 2024 (30 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) are reporting that a recent firmware update to their Hub 5 (Sagemcom F3896LG-VMB) router, which has the version number of LG-RDK_7.6.15-2306.5, appears to have caused the device’s sole 2.5Gbps network (LAN) port to stop functioning correctly.

Virgin Media UK Adds DAZN FAST Channel for Women’s Football

1st March, 2024 (4 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2), specifically those who take Pay TV services via one of the operator’s TV 360, STREAM or v6 box platforms, may like to know that they’ve just become the first UK Pay TV platform to offer DAZN’s FAST channel dedicated to women’s football.

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Virgin Media and Nexfibre’s FTTP Covers 12,000 Premises in Blyth

27th February, 2024 (10 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2), supported by UK network operator nexfibre, have today announced that more than 12,000 extra homes and businesses in the Northumberland (England) town and civil parish of Blyth can now access their new 2Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband services.

Virgin Media O2 CEO Raise Vodafone and Three UK Merger Concerns

27th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

The CEO of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), Lutz Schüler, has – perhaps predictably – raised competition concerns over the proposed mobile merger between Vodafone and Three UK, not least because he believes the pair will end up controlling too much radio spectrum. Network sharing is another issue.

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ISP Virgin Media O2 UK Discounts 500Mbps Broadband to £33

26th February, 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers of Virgin Media UK (VMO2) may like to know that the ISP has today discounted their mid-range 516Mbps (M500) standalone home broadband package to just £33 per month on an 18-month minimum term (£72 thereafter), which also comes with average upload speed of 52Mbps. The 250Mbps and 1Gbps plans have also been cut.

Broadband ISPs React to Virgin Media O2 UK Going Wholesale

24th February, 2024 (19 Comments)

The first retail broadband ISPs have begun to give their reactions to Virgin Media’s recent change of strategy (here), which will see them open up their existing fixed line network to wholesale via a new business (NetCo). Most internet providers have welcomed the move, but some are sceptical of NetCo’s ability to match Openreach (BT).

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Nexfibre Publish Q1 2024 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update

23rd February, 2024 (38 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares the same parentage as Virgin Media (VMO2), has this morning published a new quarterly (Q1 2024) progress update on their work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP network across up to 7 million UK premises.

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O2 Launch Faster 5G Standalone UK Mobile Network in 14 Cities

22nd February, 2024 (19 Comments)

O2 (Virgin Media / VMO2) has today become the second major UK mobile operator, after Vodafone, to switch-on a commercial 5G Standalone (SA) network in the UK, which will deliver faster mobile broadband speeds (inc. latency) and more service flexibility. The service has initially gone live in parts of 14 cities and comes at “no extra” cost to customers.

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Forget Mobile SIM and eSIM, Now its Time for Always On rSIM

21st February, 2024 (13 Comments)

A new type of mobile SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is being launched today – supported by Deutsche Telekom and Tele2 – called resilient SIM (rSIM), which can effectively upgrade a single SIM device to Dual-SIM by automatically switching between the two in case of any network issues, minimising the impact of a lost connection.

Virgin Media UK Users Struggle to Add Symmetric Broadband Speeds

21st February, 2024 (46 Comments)

Some of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) existing broadband customers in nexfibre areas have complained that, due to confusion within the provider’s support team, they’ve struggled to add the new +£6 per month symmetric speed boost to their package, which was recently launched alongside the new 2Gbps plan (here).