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Virgin Media O2 and shareholders to launch national fixed network company

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”

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Virgin Media O2 to begin switching off 3G in 2025 with enhanced customer experience as network evolves

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.

“Virgin Media O2 to begin switching off 3G in 2025 with enhanced customer experience as network evolves”
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Virgin Media O2 selects Mavenir for its Open RAN deployment

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.

“Virgin Media O2 selects Mavenir for its Open RAN deployment”
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Mavenir’s virtualised IMS powers Virgin Media O2’s mobile network

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).

“Mavenir’s virtualised IMS powers Virgin Media O2’s mobile network”
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Virgin Media O2, Dubber partner to expand mobile recording capabilities for SMBs, public sector customers

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.

“Virgin Media O2, Dubber partner to expand mobile recording capabilities for SMBs, public sector customers”
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Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks upgrades Virgin Media O2’s core IP backbone network to 800G readiness

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.

“Juniper Networks upgrades Virgin Media O2’s core IP backbone network to 800G readiness”
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