Virgin Media O2 with its shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, have initiated plans to create a distinct national fixed network company (NetCo) that will underpin full fibre take up and roll out, provide new financing optionality and a platform for potential altnet consolidation opportunities and establish the biggest dedicated fixed network challenger in the country, offering clear wholesale choice at scale for other providers as an alternative to BT’s Openreach. “Virgin Media O2 and shareholders to launch national fixed network company”
Virgin Media O2 has developed a 5G connected drone to help search and rescue teams establish reliable communication in the most remote areas, helping them to protect lives. The Warwickshire Search and Rescue team is the first team to trial the new technology. “Virgin Media O2 develops 5G-connected drone for search and rescue teams”
Virgin Media O2 announced that it will start to switch off 3G services in 2025 as part of its ongoing network transformation. This will enable the company to further expand and upgrade its 4G and 5G connectivity, reduce energy consumption and deliver enhanced speeds for customers.
Nokia has announced a new three-year deal with Virgin Media O2 to supply radio access network (RAN) equipment from its AirScale portfolio. This collaboration reinforces the longstanding partnership between the two companies.
The chairman of Telefónica, José María Álvarez-Pallete, takes over as chairman of the board of directors of VMO2, replacing Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries.
London, UK. 17 April 2023 – Virgin Media O2 has selected Mavenir, a network software provider building future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, as its Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) vendor. Mavenir will also be the prime integrator, providing its Open virtualised Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) solution for sites on Virgin Media O2’s network.
Ericsson and Virgin Media O2 will be bringing greater 4G and 5G coverage and capacity to major cities and towns across the UK as part of a renewed network partnership agreement.
Reading, England – Mavenir, a network software provider building future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, and Virgin Media O2 have announced the complete migration of O2 mobile customers to its virtualised IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution offering voice over LTE (VoLTE) and voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi).
Dubber Corporation Ltd., an unified recording and intelligence platform for service providers and their customers globally, has significantly expanded its partnership capability with Virgin Media O2 Business giving customers an increased range of mobile recording services and access to connected systems via one platform, provided over Virgin Media O2’s network.
California, Sunnyvale, United States. 23 January 2023 –Juniper Networks, a secure, AI-driven networks, announced that Virgin Media O2, is fixed and mobile service provider with approximately 50 million online media connections, upgraded its IP core backbone network with Juniper capable of supporting 800G. Virgin Media O2 is investing in sustainable infrastructure for the long term that can support sustained data growth and bandwidth demands. Its investment underpins the rapid introduction of revenue-generating services while delivering significantly-reduced power, cooling and space consumption and costs.
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