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Virgin Media O2 will be deploying temporary wheeled masts at 29 festivals and special events and at 12 holiday destinations this summer. The temporary masts, known as Cells on Wheels (COW), are powered by a hydrotreated vegetable oil solution expected to save 300 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The network says this is around the
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend their network sharing agreement that has been operating for more than a decade. The agreement is subject to the approval of the merger between Vodafone and Three by the Competition and Markets Authority. The agreement will be an irresistible carrot for the Competition and Markets Authority
Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub are running a PR campaign to urge people to hand in their unwanted phones to the Community Calling scheme so the devices can be redistributed to people in need. Community Calling was established in 2020 in response to the pandemic to provide smartphones to help people who couldn’t
Virgin Media O2 has overhauled its O2 refurbished phone Like New programme and is offering savings of up to £439 across a select range of refurbished phones. The network is also offering a limited-time discount of £360 on selected mobiles for all customers, as well as an additional £70 upfront saving on some phones, including
Hits 150 sites as part of its Shared Rural Network rollout. The Isle of Eigg, a community-owned island in the Hebrides, has beome the 150th site to benefit from improved mobile connectivity after Virgin Media O2 used helicopters, boats, and off-road vehicles to deliver and install a new 4G mast on the island. The SRN is
Virgin Media O2 and IT consulting and services giant Accenture have teamed up to develop applications for businesses interested in utilising 5G mobile private networks. The technology includes computer vision AI for product quality control monitoring of equipment to meet factory floor compliance requirements and queue management systems. The applications are built on Accenture’s Edge
Virgin Media O2 is using the Starlink constellation of low earth orbit satellites to boost mobile services in most remote locations as part of the Shared Rural Network programme. Starlink’s LEO satellites will connect to phone masts unreachable with fibre optic cables or microwave to give connectivity to more rural communities. The Starlink mobile backhaul
Virgin Media O2 Business is to provide the Office for National Statistics (ONS) with anonymised data about population dynamics, travel patterns, and other movement trends. Network insights from Virgin Media O2 Business’ anonymised and aggregated data service, O2 Motion, will be available on the Integrated Data Service (IDS). This is the ONS’s data sharing service which
Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub, are providing more than 500 used tablets and smartphones to people in need. The equipment is financed by a £400,000 device lending scheme organised by the Tech Lending Community Scheme, established in 2022, aims to provide used devices to people in need, while also giving tech a second
Virgin Media O2 now has 24 million mobile subscribers on both contract and pre-paid deals. The mobile base last year increased by 46,600 contract customers and 211,200 IoT and wholesale connections. The converged fixed-mobile Volt bundles also saw growth, with 1.9 million customers opting for these services. The company invested over £2 billion in 2023