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Virgin Media O2

  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Virgin Media O2 to sell stake in mobile towers business

    Deal for holding in Cornerstone joint venture comes as telecoms groups monetise infrastructure assets

    Mobile phone mast in Cardiff
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Telecoms
    Two died after UK shift from analogue to digital phone lines

    Government says it met Virgin O2 chief executive and Ofcom after incidents last year

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    Virgin Media O2 cuts revenue guidance as consumers curb spending

    UK telecoms group warns customers are less willing to upgrade or buy new phones

    A Virgin Media O2 montage
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Telecoms
    Virgin Media O2 buys Russian-backed broadband provider

    Investment company LetterOne was forced to sell the business on national security grounds

    A Upp boradband worker climbs a poll
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    News in-depth5G networks
    UK in danger of falling behind on 5G, analysts warn

    Rollout of high-speed mobile networks hit by factors including limited investment and disruption from ban on Huawei kit

    Montage including photo of woman using smartphone
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Virgin Media O2 to axe 2,000 jobs in UK

    Reductions come after sweeping job cuts at telecoms rivals Vodafone and BT

    A montage of Virgin Media and O2 logos
  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Telecoms
    UK telecoms groups accused of overcharging ‘bundle’ customers

    Virgin Media O2 calls on rivals to stop ‘swindling’ consumers in cost of living crisis

    O2 and Virgin Media logos
  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Virgin Media O2 fires starting gun on sale of stake in masts business

    UK’s largest mobile tower network may be valued at up to £3bn

  • Friday, 5 August, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    An inflation wheeze is dialling up sales for telecoms providers

    Innocuous-sounding increases of 3.9% plus inflation are a key element of improving results at BT, Vodafone UK and Virgin

  • Friday, 29 July, 2022
    Virgin Media O2 secures £4.5bn investment to expand fibre footprint

    Owners Telefónica and Liberty Global joined by investment firm InfraVia Capital Partners

    Fibre optic cables
  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Virgin Media O2 submits bid for UK rival TalkTalk

    Approach values privately held group at £3bn and could create UK’s second-largest broadband company

    TalkTalk’s logo outside its London headquarters
  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK Broadband
    UK ‘altnets’ risk digging themselves into a hole

    Overbuilding poses threat to business model of fibre broadband groups challenging the big incumbents

    Workers dig up the ground in Pimlico, London, to install fibre cables
  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    News in-depthUK Broadband
    ‘Altnets’ take on incumbents in fight for UK fibre broadband customers

    CityFibre’s Milton Keynes rollout highlights how challenger groups are competing with Openreach and Virgin Media O2

    Broadband wires
  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    Virgin Media O2 chief warns BT had ‘better watch out’ in broadband fight

    Lutz Schüler singles out incumbent as telecoms groups race to roll out faster fibre networks

    Lutz Schüler, chief executive of Virgin Media O2
  • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
    UK Broadband
    Virgin Media O2 plans fibre joint venture in broadband push

    Challenger to BT wants to roll out new network covering an additional 7m homes

  • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
    Virgin Media Ltd
    Virgin Media O2 to upgrade entire UK network to full fibre

    Cable group plans latest upgrade to broadband infrastructure to take on BT and alt-nets

  • Friday, 4 June, 2021
    News in-depthTelecoms
    Lutz Schüler answers a £31bn call of duty at Virgin Media O2

    Telecoms veteran vows to take on BT as CEO of newly merged group

    Lutz Schuler at a Virgin Media office
  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    UK Broadband
    Newly merged Virgin Media O2 ‘ready to fire’ at incumbent BT

    Newly combined telecoms company seeks partners for fibre expansion

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