Research from Virgin Media O2 finds majority (85 per cent) of parents consider reliable connectivity crucial for entertaining children during wet weather on rural outtings during the school holidays. With 60 per cent of respondents (over 40 million Brits) heading on countryside getaways this summer, more than 1 in 3 (37 per cent) are looking […]

Throughout August, Virgin Media is offering its TV customers who don’t currently subscribe to Premier Sports access to the channels at no extra cost. Eligible customers will see the sports channels added to their TV line-up, offering them to chance to watch a variety of sporting including La Liga football, Motorsport, MMA, Scottish Premiership football, […]

Virgin Media O2 Business’ latest Movers Index reveals the majority of Brits (63 per cent) would rather shop in-person, with retailers embracing post-work Friday shopping and payday splurges to drive a summer boost. The quarterly Movers Index, now in its second year, is based on combining anonymised and aggregated UK movement data from O2 Motion […]

Cellnex UK, Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have reached a new long-term agreement for Cellnex UK to provide the two Mobile Network Operators with tower infrastructure and associated services. This new agreement strengthens and grows the existing relationship. Cellnex UK CEO, Gianluca Landonlina, commented “This agreement exemplifies the strength of Cellnex’s partnerships with its customers. […]

Virgin Media O2 has completed its share of the first phase of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme and reports that it has built more shared sites than any other operator to improve mobile coverage in 227 partial not-spot areas across the UK. Glencoe Mountain Resort became the 227th site to benefit from improved 4G […]

Residents, visitors and businesses in Manchester city centre and surrounding areas will soon be access enhanced mobile connectivity from Virgin Media O2 thanks to a new agreement between Freshwave and Manchester City Council. Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave will be deploying more than 20 outdoor small cells on behalf of Virgin Media O2 in busy areas […]

Some of the UK’s most innovative projects which tackle electronic waste and support digital inclusion are being awarded a share of £500,000 (€584,441) from Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Time After Time fund. Eight winning projects have been selected from more than 120 entries by a panel of judges including TV presenter and environmentalist George […]

Netcracker Technology has extended and broadened the scope of its partnership with Virgin Media O2 in an ongoing expansive digital transformation programme across the UK. This phase of Virgin Media O2’s digital transformation includes deployment of the flagship Netcracker Digital Platform – including end-to-end Digital BSS as well as Digital OSS functions such as Active Resource Inventory – which will be […]

Virgin Media O2 reports it reduced carbon emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 23 per cent in 2023 – the equivalent of emissions caused by the annual combined energy usage of 14,883 UK homes. Since launching its sustainability strategy, the Better Connections Plan, in 2022, the company has reduced such emissions by 45 per cent […]

Virgin Media O2 has reported Q1 revenue of £2.6 billion (-0.5 per cent YoY) – primarily driven by handset revenue decline offsetting mobile service revenue increase and stable fixed line consumer revenue Further highlights include: • Improved service revenue performance across mobile and consumer fixed ahead of price rise implementation, low-margin handset and B2B fixed […]