O2 review: The best of the major phone networks

O2 is one of only three major mobile phone networks left in the UK. It merged with Virgin Media in 2021 to create a company ...
Advanced Television

Virgin Media O2 unveils £700m Mobile Transformation Plan

Virgin Media O2 reports that its Mobile Transformation Plan will see the operator invest around £2 million (€2.3m) a day into its mobile network, equivalent to approximately £700 million this year, to ...
Advanced Television

Virgin Media O2 reports record year of data use

Virgin Media O2 has released its 2025 Year in Review, revealing record levels of data consumption in the UK, including an 8 per cent rise in broadband usage and an 18 per cent rise in mobile traffic.
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Virgin Media O2 announces £700 million mobile network upgrade

Virgin Media has unveiled plans for a £700m investment this year aimed at enhancing mobile reliability and speed for its UK clientele. This funding will also enable the broadband behemoth to bolster ...
Tech Digest

Virgin Media O2 launches O2 Satellite to address mobile ‘not-spots’

Virgin Media O2 has officially switched on its “O2 Satellite” service, becoming the first UK carrier to provide mobile connectivity directly from space to standard smartphones. The landmark launch ...

You voted for the best mobile networks – the biggest providers didn’t make the list

EE, Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree didn’t score highly – these are the three mobile networks that did Barry Collins is a ...
Computer Weekly

Virgin Media O2 boosts mobile network through Vodafone spectrum acquisition

One of the key commitments made to UK comms regulator Ofcom to see the merger between telcos Vodafone UK and Three UK cross the line has just been completed, with Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) announcing ...
Reuters

UK's O2 launches Europe's first smartphone satellite service

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Britain's Virgin Media O2 launched Europe's first satellite-to-mobile service on Thursday, bringing text messages, WhatsApp and Google Maps to customers using regular ...
SpaceNews

Virgin Media O2 launches Europe’s first Starlink direct-to-smartphone service

TAMPA, Fla. — British mobile operator Virgin Media O2 said it started offering satellite-to-smartphone connectivity in the United Kingdom Feb. 26, marking the first commercial deployment of SpaceX’s ...
TechRepublic

O2 Launches Starlink Satellite Service for UK ‘Not-Spots’

Virgin Media O2 has switched on O2 Satellite, a direct-to-smartphone service designed to keep customers online in places where terrestrial coverage drops out. The company says the launch extends ...
Computer Weekly

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 announce long-term network-sharing agreement

A key reason given by leading UK mobile operators Vodafone and Three UK for their prospective merger was to create a much-needed alternative to the other two, much larger, providers and increase real ...