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The High Court has denied a “fanciful” attempt from BT to sue Virgin Mobile (VMO2) after EE accused the operator of terminating their network access agreement before its expiry.
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Liberty Global’s Virgin Media in Ireland is to try out a free Wifi network in the city of Dublin.
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Virgin Media Ireland and Vodafone have signed a wholesale network access deal that will allow Vodafone to offer its customers fast fixed-line broadband services.
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Liberty Global has taken a significant step to upgrade its cable networks to deliver 10Gbps into its 85 million customers’ homes.
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Virgin Media O2 acquiring TalkTalk would be a “major statement of intent” by CEO Lutz Schuler as the company looks to take on BT, according to Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight.
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VMO2 has revealed details of its burgeoning network of small cells across London as its UK investment strategy continues.
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The city of Dublin is planning to install 150 access points across the city for free OpenRoaming Wifi, after a successful trial.
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Virgin Media O2 has launched hyperfast gigabit-speed broadband for small businesses, offering what it claims to be the fastest widely available business broadband in the UK.
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US cable company and telco Comcast says it has taken the next step in its ambition to upgrade its customers to 10Gbps technology.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced it has completed the upgrade of its entire national network gigabit speeds, four years ahead of target.
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Virgin Media's former central finance director, Ed Dannan, has been appointed CFO of rural broadband provider Voneus.
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Vodafone is claiming that a new deal with CityFibre will make it the biggest full fibre provider in the UK.
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Virgin Media O2 has launched Volt – its first joint product since the merging of the companies earlier this year.
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Orange, Telefónica and Nokia are among those who have reported their Q2 and H1 financial results in recent days.
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given final approval of the joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica to merge Virgin Media and O2.
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Fibre operators in the UK have welcomed today’s statement by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, on its plans for the fixed wholesale market.
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Mike Hallam, executive managing director – wholesale, Virgin Media Business, speaks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the company’s offerings in the market, trends in the space and plans for sustainability.
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Season 2, episode 8 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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UK cable company Virgin Media is trying out technology that could deliver 400Gbps on a single fibre to a range of customers.
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Canadian-owned telecoms infrastructure company BAI Communications has hired Telefónica O2 UK’s Brendan O’Reilly to become its global CTO.
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Virgin Media is promising its customers Wifi speeds "up to three times faster in more locations in the home" through its new Intelligent WiFi Plus.
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UK telecoms group Daisy has demerged its cloud business into a separate company, with investment from private equity fund Inflexion.
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Telefónica’s O2 UK is the latest company to test open-source radio technology, in a trial with UK and Irish vendor Vilicom.
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New analysis of sustainability credentials across the private sector has concluded that Vodafone, BT and Virgin Media are leading the TMT industry when it comes to their sustainability pledges.
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Community Fibre, Voneus and CommScope are just some of the network operators to have voiced concern about changes to the UK’s National Infrastructure Strategy.
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Telecoms and healthcare were the only two sectors to have increased in value this year compared with 2019, according to a new survey.
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Five UK service providers paid out automatic compensation worth more than £20 million between July and December 2019.
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Liberty Global and Telefónica are in talks to merge its UK companies, Virgin Media and O2.