Virgin Media O2 is creating a new £1 million talent fund to help charities, local authorities, small businesses and social enterprises train apprentices — removing financial and structural barriers that have long held smaller organisations back from investing in early careers talent. This initiative will allow organisations to access Virgin Media O2’s apprenticeship levy fund, […]
Residents, businesses, and visitors in two of Cornwall’s most popular towns are set to benefit from an improved mobile experience and faster speeds after the first O2 small cells have gone live in St Ives and Newquay. O2 has partnered with connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave to deliver five small cells in St Ives and three […]
A previous plan to spin off joint venture Virgin Media O2’s fixed network in Britain has been scrapped, Telefonica’s Chief Executive Marc Murtra has confirmed speaking to Reuters. “The project is stopped,” Murtra said, clarifying that the “plan is not on pause”. Virgin Media O2, which is jointly owned by Liberty Global and Telefónica, had […]
Ofcom’s Mobile Matters research report puts people’s experiences of using mobile networks across the UK under the microscope, based on crowdsourced data collected between October 2024 and March 2025 by Opensignal. The analysis showed that 71 per cent (a year-on-year decrease of 7 percentage points) of cellular network connections were on 4G, 28 per cent on […]
Research from O2 highlights a significant disconnect between awareness and behaviour when it comes to sun protection. The research has been backed by The British Skin Foundation which has highlighted that getting burnt just five times over a lifetime more than doubles the risk of getting a melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. […]
As millions of Brits head on a staycation this summer, O2 is ensuring that customers visiting many of Scotland’s most remote holiday spots can stay connected. With nearly half of Brits (48 per cent) planning a domestic getaway, and one in three saying mobile coverage influences their destination, upgraded 4G and 5G coverage is helping […]
Project Reach, a partnership between Network Rail, Neos Networks and Freshwave, will see an end to some of the worst signal blackspots on the major rail arteries of Britain as the companies team up to upgrade to Britain’s rail telecoms infrastructure in decades. Heidi Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport, said: “This partnership marks a […]
O2 has completed a significant upgrade to its mobile network in Glasgow, after completing work to boost signal and services in over 3,000 postcodes in the last 12 months. The operator’s investment to upgrade connectivity in Glasgow is already providing residents and businesses with access to faster and more reliable mobile services, making it easier […]
Virgin Media O2 and Daisy Group have announced plans to merge their direct B2B operations to create a new force in the UK business communications and IT sector. With annual pro forma revenues of around £1.4 billion, the new entity, formed of substantially all of Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group, will be consolidated […]
The government-backed 5G MoDE (Mobile O-RAN for Highly Dense Environments) project has successfully delivered a temporary O-RAN Cell on Wheels at the O2 Blueroom, located outside the Allianz Stadium. The trial, which has been delivered by Virgin Media O2 and Mavenir, took place during the England vs Italy Six Nations fixture earlier this March and […]