O2 stores will be offering free O2 data, texts and calls for up to a year to homeless people and those in povert who meet the qualifying criteria.

Virgin Media O2’s mobile contract base put on 50,000 new users in the third quarter of the year to a total of 16.1 million with monthly consumer contract churn remaining low at one per cent. 

Virgin Media O2 is selling a 16.7 per cent stake in mobile tower joint venture Cornerstone to infrastructure fund GLIL Infrastructure for about £360 million.

Virgin Media O2 and Ericsson are to provide a 5G standalone private network to venues hosting a national BBC Children in Need charity games tournament

Virgin Media O2 is trialling a rural project to help farmers protect their and other property from theft as well as monitor livestock movements and whether gates are open or closed.

Virgin Media O2 will start a phased 3G shutdown in 2025 in line with Government and industry edicts that all networks have to shut down 3G by 2033.

Virgin Mobile’s planned job cuts of 2,000 people by the end of the year is just the start of  further cost cutting measures across the industry.according to top telco analyst Paolo Pescatore.  Some people have already left the business. The number of redundancies includes some changes already announced internally. Some jobs are in consultation and

Virgin Media O2 has been named the best network in the UK for combined connectivity experience, according to mobile network benchmarking specialist GWS. GWS collects data from 17,500 local markets in 25 countries and collects more than 54 million data points collected daily from mobile consumers  For thee statistics it collected data over six months

Virgin Media O2 is to build or upgrade30 masts in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, as part of the Shared Rural Network program.

Virgin Media O2 has commissioned its 50th site as part of the £1 billion  Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme.

Virgin Media O2 added 297,000 mobile connections during the first three months of the year. This includes connections from wholesale customers such as Sky Mobile.

Vodafone, Three and BT have accused Virgin Media O2 of confusing customers with “misleading and incorrect information and chasing publicity with sensationalist headlines”.

Former William Hill CEO Ulrik Bengtsson has joined Virgin Media O2 as chief operating officer. He replaces Jeff Dodds who has taken a CEO position at another company and will leave in the summer. 

Virgin Media O2 UK says consumers are being “swindled” by networks charging for phones they have paid for. But Vodafone calls this claim ‘incorrect and misleading’ Virgin Media O2 says UK consumers are spending millions of pounds buying their smartphones twice over”.  “Three of the four UK mobile network operators EE, Vodafone, and Three, are

  Virgin Media O2 has begun a £2 million three-year strategic partnership with Good Things Foundation, to help disadvantaged people across the UK get online and gain vital digital skills. Earlier this month, Virgin Media O2 announced that it is enabling more people than ever to sign up for its social broadband tariffs, Essential Broadband and Essential Broadband

Swings and roundabouts for gigabit-connected experiment

New offices will be near Vodafone Group London HQ Virgin Media O2 is moving to a new state-of-the-art UK headquarters in Sheldon Square, Paddington Central (above). This announcement comes as Virgin Media O2 reports its 2022 financial results – its first full-year results since the business was formed on 1 June 2021. The full-year figures

Free Oppo Encore X2 is offered to anyone who orders before March 1

But the converged comms giant says it has no plans to make a bid

Crowd movements analysed last year by O2 Motion diagnostics 

The partnership is with the British Heart Foundation  Virgin Media O2 is installing defibrillators in 200 stores throughout the country. The equipment is being registered on BHF’s National Defibrillator Network, The Circuit, which enables 999 call handlers to quickly direct paramedics to nearby stores in an emergency.  Virgin Media O2 will also be installing video

Mobile traffic was up 36 per cent year-on-year

EE is now live on Freshwave’s neutral host network, with Virgin Media O2 and Vodaone also joining the pilot and expected to go live in 2023

The company continues to invest billions of pounds in upgrading UK connectivity, which has created jobs and numerous partnerships to support local digital programmes

First network to achieve Carbon Trust certification 

Throughout December, Priority members can benefit from a range of offers to help with Christmas shopping

Working with Big Issue Group is part of Virgin Media O2’s wider commitment to tackle data poverty, along with partnering with Good Things Foundation to create the National Databank

A study of 2,000 adults showed households across the UK are storing electronic items because they haven’t had a chance to sort them out

Jeanie York, Chief Technology Officer, Virgin Media O2, discusses the benefits of XGS-PON on its full fibre network and how it can help consumers and businesses in the future

Lack of digital skills is costing the UK economy billions, but the private sector must do more, says Martin McFadyen, Virgin Media O2 Business’ Head of Public Sector

Its ‘Project Lightning’ network expansion programme means ultrafast broadband, TV and phone services can reach more residents and small businesses

Some of these deals continue until December 7

Two million UK households are at risk of digital exclusion- which may be worsened by the cost of living crisis

There are now one million customers on converged ‘Volt’ bundles less than a year since it launched

The announcement comes following Ofcom’s recent UK Home Broadband Performance report revealing Virgin Media’s M125 package offers download speeds twice as fast as the UK average and the M250 is four times faster than the UK average

The research reveals how tech and connectivity can help medium businesses of 11-249 people adapt during tough financial times

The milestone means around a fifth of Virgin Media O2’s broadband customers are taking a Volt package

The UK is known to produce the most electrical waste, and as per the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) forum’s global report, 5.3 billion mobile phones will be thrown away this year and e-waste will grow to 74 million tonnes a year by 2030

The study suggested that 45 per cent of gig-goers would opt out of going to a concert if they couldn’t take photos or videos because they worried their battery would die

Network traffic increased above average, reaching a peak of 40 per cent

Residents of London Borough of Tower Hamlets can access these 4G bus shelters

Over 2000 company volunteers will offer free digital skills training across the UK

Brits say that a lack of digital skills have prevented them from scheduling medical appointments, earning pay raises, getting high-paying jobs, or finding deals to save money

Virgin Media O2’s extended services to help struggling families doesn’t eat into mobile data allowances

Social tariffs to be as low as £10.93 per month for 15Mbps fibre broadband after VAT cut

The offer is available for four days only

Offers are exclusive to Virgin Media and O2 customers

Ookla data shows that smaller providers are sometimes the fastest across certain areas in the UK

Customers can use Virgin Media’s revamped Connect app so users can check the WiFi strength in each room with a ‘home scan’ functionality

The company has also successfully trialled the use of recycled aggregate to minimise environmental impact of its fibre rollout

For access to most social tariffs, claimants have to prove their entitlement as often as once a month by providing screenshots or letters from the Jobcentre to their provider

Switch Up will be automatically included for O2 customers on a Plus Plan at no extra cost

The new fibre venture and Virgin Media O2’s existing network will offer more wholesale choice to other UK operators

The National Databank was founded by Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation and provides free mobile data, texts and calls for those eligible to receive

At no additional data cost, Virgin Media O2 users can access National Debtline, Business Debtline, Turn2us, Debt Advice Foundation and National Energy Action

The news arrives three months after revelations that TalkTalk had been approached by many other rivals including Vodafone and Sky

Customers of all four MNOs will be able to use 4G and 5G mobile coverage on the London Underground by 2024

The trial is a collaborative development between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Digital, Virgin Media O2 Business, Bruhati and Nokia and will test a number of use cases

Its fixed network has passed 15.7m premises and the company is investing £2bn a year to expand its network to more areas in the UK

O2 first partnered with The O2 arena in 2005, and its 5G mobile network is already available inside the venue

A huge surge in traffic was record as Manchester City and Liverpool fought for the title

Amran will report directly to Jo Bertram, managing director at Virgin Media O2 Business

This broadband offer is available to purchase from May 9- May 15

The company is one of few in the UK to have partnerships with all three major mobile networks

The companies also completed the first 5G data call on Virgin Media O2’s commercial 5G network using the sites

£2bn investment in infrastructure and customer service

The company committed to investing £10 billion in the UK and delivered 5G to over 2,000 sites last year and has 5G coverage in 300 UK towns and cities

Customers with O2 can use existing data allowance up to 25GB when roaming in Europe

This completed rollout delivers a huge boost to the government’s 2025 broadband target.

The collaboration aims to create a new way of driving

Customers can access their latest rewards through the Priority app

The recently merged company launched its Volt product last month 

Analysts tip Volt to spearhead the telco’s convergence plans

The latest areas to receive the gigabit boost include Brighton, Derby and Sheffield

Virgin Media O2 is the last remaining MNO yet to reintroduce charges

Aims for 15.5 million homes by end of year

Up to 100 of the new roles will be apprenticeships, with roles spread nationwide 

Deals start from £10 for 7GB of data

Virgin Media O2 says new approach will help address indoor connectivity challenges

SME customers upload speeds will double

Liberty Global and Telefonica joint venture officially cleared by the CMA