Tag: Virgin Media
Mobile competition intensifies but EE still leads way, claims study
The new Mobile Performance Review report for the first half of 2021 from RootMetrics by IHS Markit has revealed intensifying competition among the UK’s mobile operators. EE remains the operator to beat across all levels of testing, Vodafone improved in multiple areas and Virgin Media O2 ranked first in a performance category at the UK-wide level for the very…
Virgin Media O2’s Together Fund attracts nearly 1000 applications
Virgin Media O2’s Together Fund, which launched earlier this month, has attracted almost 1,000 applications in just two weeks. The nationwide initiative, which forms part of Virgin Media O2’s support for the Together Coalition, is providing £1,000 grants for environmental and community projects which champion and celebrate community spirit, belonging and togetherness. Following a shortlisting process, 400…
House movers spend 8 days on average waiting for broadband
More than one million people who moved house in the last year spent over eight days on average waiting for their broadband to be connected, according to new research by Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. More than 390,000 house sales took place in the first three months of 2021 — the most in a…
Tech Digest daily round up: Virgin Media O2 announces new branding
Virgin Media and O2’s new merged brand has been unveiled after the pair’s £31 billion tie-up was given the green light by regulators last month. Both household names are retained and unified as one, forming Virgin Media O2. The firm – jointly owned by Liberty Global and Telefonica – has pledged to provide “unbeatable choice”…
Tech Digest daily round up: Virgin Media and O2 merger given green light
The £31 billion mega-merger between Virgin Media and O2 has been given the green light by regulators. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) waved through the deal following an in-depth investigation, concluding that concerns customers would see price hikes from the telecoms deal were unfounded. Officials had provisionally cleared the deal last month and on…
1 in 5 homes now connected to full-fibre broadband, claims Ofcom
Approximately one in five homes can now connect to full-fibre broadband, available from companies such as Virgin Media. That's twice as many as this time last year, according to Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations data. As of January 2021, around six million UK homes (21 per cent) were able to get full-fibre broadband – up from…
Telecoms companies need to improve customer service, claims Ofcom
Telecoms firms need to go further in tackling customer service problems, despite the support they offered during the pandemic, Ofcom has found. In 2019, the UK’s biggest broadband, phone and pay-TV providers committed to putting fairness at the heart of their businesses and going beyond their legal obligations for how they treat their customers. Ofcom’s review of progress against those commitments has found that many companies have taken steps to provide fairer deals,…
Virgin Media launches virtual football academy with Southampton FC
Virgin Media is launching the Virgin Media Football Academy, a series of lesson plans, training videos and a special live lesson with experts from Southampton FC Academy to help teachers and pupils bounce back into physical education after months of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Research by BBC Newsround on Coronavirus and UK Kids concluded…
Virgin Media clocks up 2.2Gbs broadband speeds in UK trials
Virgin Media has demonstrated the capabilities of its fibre network by successfully delivering next-generation 2.2Gbps broadband speeds to homes in Southampton and Manchester in real-world trials. The multi-gigabit speeds – around 40 times faster than the local average broadband speeds – have been delivered via Virgin Media’s existing, future-proof cable network using broadband technology known…
Could holograms be used for keeping in touch during next pandemic?
Brits could be using HOLOGRAMS to keep in touch before the end of this decade, according to experts. After a year of communicating via video calls, which saw Zoom and Facetime soar in popularity, tech forecasters are now predicting that holograms will be the next form of virtual communication within just nine years. It comes…
