Virgin Media O2
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Mobile network provider giffgaff, best known for its low-cost, customer-focused mobile services, is set to expand into the home broadband market with a new range of full fibre (FTTP) packages. -
Ten of the UK's largest digital connectivity companies have signed a joint letter encouraging their suppliers to adopt voluntary minimum standards to reduce carbon emissions.
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Earlier this week, Capacity visited Overbury Farms on the Worcestershire-Gloucestershire border to witness first-hand the transformative impact of Virgin Media O2 Business’ (VMO2) portable 5G private network.
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The Virgin Media O2-led 5G MoDE project has successfully deployed an Open RAN solution at the Allianz Stadium, significantly boosting mobile connectivity for thousands of fans during the Six Nations.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) will invest around £2 million per day—equivalent to approximately £700 million this year— into its mobile network as part of its mobile transformation plan.
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Virgin Media O2 Business, in partnership with River Severn Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSAWIR), has announced the launch of 5G Private Network trial at Overbury Farms in England.
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Cellnex UK, Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) have signed a new long-term agreement for Cellnex to provide the two operators with tower infrastructure and associated services.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has extended its network-sharing agreement with Vodafone UK and will acquire spectrum from a merged Vodafone/Three if a deal is greenlighted by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has completed its share of the first phase of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, the operator announced yesterday.
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Nexfibre, a UK Altnet with the same parent companies as Virgin Media O2, has announced that it has passed 1 million premises, just 14 months after its fibre build out began.
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Virgin Media is using Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology to provide mobile backhaul for some of the country’s most remote locations to accelerate its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has successfully deployed 4G and 5G smart poles on top of its existing fibre network.
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Virgin Media O2’s (VMO2) plans to move into the fixed-line wholesale market by offering access to its fibre and cable networks to other providers “represents a direct challenge to BT’s Openreach unit”, according to Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight.
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Macquarie is closing in on a deal to buy a stake in the wholesale arm of TalkTalk according to sources from Sky News.
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The security of private networks is paramount for businesses that want to implement it, VMO2's Sandeep Raithatha explores with Capacity's Saf Malik
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it will start to switch off 3G services in 2025 as part of its ongoing network transformation.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) looks set to buy a British broadband firm owned by a Russian oligarch-backed investment company according to a report from The Guardian.
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Virgin Media O2 Business has today become the first UK telco to offer a portable commercial 5G Standalone (SA) private network.
