UK's competition watchdog gives £31bn Virgin Media and O2 merger the seal of approval
Minimal risk to MVNO or backhaul customers, probe finds
20 May 2021
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10.8 million UK homes now have access to gigabit-capable broadband, with much of the legwork done by Virgin Media
That's 37% of the country covered, and BT is expected to pick up the pace too
14 May 2021
UK watchdog blesses Virgin Media and O2's union, says there's no risk of market distortion or competition loss
Hard luck, BT
14 Apr 2021
Virgin Media adds 200% to its new broadband contracts in 2020, slips back in black (just)
But the growth can't last forever...
16 Feb 2021
UK competition watchdog fast-tracks investigation into mega-merger of O2 and Virgin Media
American cable guy Liberty Global and Spanish multinational Telefónica ask CMA to hurry up and marry their kids
11 Dec 2020
Lockdown bidder block shock: Overzealous parental filters on Virgin Media and TalkTalk break eBay for UK users
No-no-no-no-no! I'm going to lose my bid on the £7 horse mask, um, I mean important lockdown things I need
13 Nov 2020
Virgin Media had a flat Q3, managed to roll out gigabit internet to 3 million more premises across Northern Ireland and London
ISP reckons it can hit national coverage by end of next year
05 Nov 2020
UK state of the Internet report: Virgin Media 'fast', BT's PlusNet last
Plus: Crowd-sourced data sniffer Ookla hits out at rivals' methodologies
21 Oct 2020
TalkTalk, Three, and Virgin Media, come on down! You've all won a prize for... not being that great at something!
Brits speak their brains for comms regulator Ofcom's customer audit
21 Aug 2020
Virgin Media CEO says Brit broadband biz 'performed well' in Q2, which is a weird way to say losses almost tripled
More customers, more coverage, but profit proves elusive
04 Aug 2020
Working from home on Virgin Media's broadband? Too bad. Outage hits English capital
Updated ISP and London users are both TITSUP* (Too Irritated To Smile at Usual Platitudes)
25 Jun 2020
Customers of Brit ISP Virgin Media have downloaded an extra 325GB since March, though we can't think why
That's a lot of... Netflix. Yes, that's it
18 Jun 2020
EU General Court tears up ban on Three slurping O2. Good thing the latter's not set to merge with Virgin Media, eh?
Oh wait
28 May 2020
O2 be a fly on the wall during BT and Vodafone's video calls: Telefónica's UK biz, Virgin Media officially merge
Multinationals' UK arms pair up to take on Voda and former state-owned telco
07 May 2020
Comms giant Telefonica confirms O2 in talks to merge with Virgin Media
Brrrring brrrring... Yep it's American cable guy Liberty Global
04 May 2020
Outages batter UK's Virgin Media into wee hours as broadband failures spike 77% globally
'Not caused by a spike in usage or a lack of network capacity,' says Brit ISP
28 Apr 2020
UK big five carriers bin wired broadband download quotas for as long as we're all stuck indoors
Keep Calm And Stream Video, on generous new discount plans and payment terms
30 Mar 2020
FYI: When Virgin Media said it leaked 'limited contact info', it meant p0rno filter requests, IP addresses, IMEIs as well as names, addresses and more
Infosec biz that found the database spill raises eyebrow at UK ISP's advisory to subscribers
06 Mar 2020
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