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 […]

Virgin Media O2 reports it has has removed 65 tonnes of single-use plastic from its operations and products since 2021 – the equivalent weight of five double decker buses. The company says it is striving to cut waste and single-use plastic from packaging and equipment sent to customers and its engineers to build and maintain […]

Virgin Media O2 is raising awareness of the issue of electronic waste (e-waste) and the climate crisis with content across Virgin TV to mark Earth Day (April 22nd). With the UK on course to become the largest contributor of e-waste in the world per capita, Virgin TV has created a 60-second promo, to soon be […]

nexfibre, the next generation fibre network operator, has reached a total of one million premises passed and ready for service. nexfibre’s goal is to deliver its full-fibre network to 5 million premises by 2026. To achieve this, the business is investing £1 billion in the UK’s broadband infrastructure this year as part of its plans […]

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is using Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit satellite technology to provide mobile backhaul for some of the country’s most remote locations to accelerate its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout. The operator has already deployed the Starlink mobile backhaul solution to sites in the Scottish Highlands which are  difficult (or even impossible) to […]