Virgin Media O2 has announced that its first joint product, Volt, has surpassed one million customers just a year on from its launch. The joint offering launched within months of the companies’ £31 billion merger in 2021, with the aim of boosting services for its customers by offering Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband and O2’s mobile […]
People in Tower Hamlets, London can now access an enhanced 4G mobile signal thanks to bus shelters with built-in small cell connectivity. Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave and Clear Channel UK collaborated to devise a solution that would allow the technology to be seamlessly integrated into bus shelters in the borough. As a result, small cell […]
Virgin Media O2 has boosted its support for those hit hardest by the cost-of-living crisis with a price cut to its existing social tariff and plans to launch a new triple speed social broadband tier with an optional discounted entertainment offer. The price of basic Essential Broadband, which is specifically targeted at those receiving Universal […]
The England Rugby women’s team, known as the Red Roses, will feature in a two-part behind the scenes documentary to be aired October 3rd and 4th on ITV and catch-up on the ITV Hub. An embedded camera crew has followed the Red Roses as they prepare to take on the world in New Zealand. The […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 is introducing what it says is the UK’s fastest WiFi guarantee from a major broadband provider, promising customers minimum download speeds of 20Mbps in every room of their home or £100 credit back. Offering broadband download speeds which it says are 22 times faster than the national average, Virgin […]
Broadband bills could be cut for millions of low-income households under UK Government plans to encourage ‘social tariffs’. A new service, which will be run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), will allow Internet service providers to verify – with customers’ permission – whether they are in receipt of a relevant benefit and […]
Falcon V Systems, a polish joint venture, which is developing software solutions for Open DAA with three principal shareholders – VECTOR Group, Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) – announced the appointment of Jeanie York as new member of the Company’s Supervisory Board. In the position, York will become […]
Liberty Global, Telefónica Infra, S.L.U, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spanish telco Telefónica, together with infrastructure and technology investment specialist InfraVia Capital Partners, are to set up a new Joint Venture (JV) that will roll out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) to greenfield premises across the UK. The partnership will initially roll out fibre to 5 million homes […]
As more than nine in 10 low income Brits say they’re worried about their finances, and 85 per cent say connectivity is essential for living their lives, Virgin Media O2 is donating an extra 15 million GB of free data to the National Databank to help people in need stay connected. Those most affected by […]
Virgin Media O2 has made an offer to acquire telco rival TalkTalk that is reportedly in the region of £3 billion (€3.54bn). Virgin Media O2, which is jointly owned by Telefonica and Liberty Global, is said to have submitted a bid for Salford-based TalkTalk in recent weeks to test the waters for a potential full […]