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New customers looking to join Virgin Media’s broadband service may like to know that the ISP has shaved a few extra pounds off some of their packages and bundles. For example, their 1Gbps standalone plan on an 18-month term is now £39 per month (£78 thereafter), while some of their TV bundles come with a Eufy doorbell & security camera worth £359.98 or £150 bill credit. As usual, customers will also receive an included wireless router and free setup. The discounted standalone broadband...

News  The new NetCo was first announced in February  Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is seeking investment for its newly created network company, according to a Bloomberg report this week which cited people familiar with the matter.  The network business is reportedly worth £5 billion, with VMO2 seeking an additional £1 billion in investment through the sale of a minority stake. The size of the stake available is estimated to be between 20% and 40%, and could come as soon as next month, according to...

Alternative UK network operator Freedom Fibre, which has built their 10Gbps capable full fibre broadband (XGS-PON / FTTP) network to cover 300,000 premises across England (27th Mar 2024) and is home to 20,000 customers (12th Aug 2024), has today awarded thousands of pounds to support 23 community groups from across North Shropshire. The grants form part of the £25,000 that the operator allocated to their “Freedom Fund” for North Shropshire in April 2024 (here), which is open to non-profit...

Mobile provider giffgaff, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on O2’s UK platform, has significantly boosted the included data allowances across three of their SIM Only plans with a minimum contract term of 18-months. The change will come at no extra cost to both new and existing customers of the related Pay Monthly plans. The promotion, which will be available to take until 4th December 2024, means that their £10 per month plan now comes with 60GB (GigaBytes) of data instead of...

Press Release Rorschach, Switzerland – September 2024 – HORISEN is proud to announce its collaboration with Vodafone Germany and DIMOCO Payments in supporting the first-ever public transportation ticketing concept via RCS (Rich Communication Services) and DCB (Direct Carrier Billing) in Germany. Powered by HORISEN’s Business Messenger Platform, this innovative solution allows users to book public transportation tickets and pay directly through their phone bill – all this inside an RCS...

Press Release Jakarta, September 3, 2024 — Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH) today announced its partnership with PT Zurich Asuransi Indonesia Tbk (Zurich), through a ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) held at Indosat MX Center, Jakarta. With this strategic partnership, Indosat and Zurich have committed to providing comprehensive insurance solutions that are easily accessible to Indosat customers through seamless integration of telecommunications and insurance...

News The altnet has been deploying fibre networks in south Wales since 2021  Wales’ largest altnet Ogi has secured £45 million in funding from the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) to support the next stages of its fibre rollout.   Set up in 2017, the CCR represents 10 local councils from across South East Wales and provides funding for projects aimed at job creation and critical infrastructure development across the region.  For Ogi, the new funding will allow the altnet to expand its full fibre...

Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business (VMO2) last week won the contract to deploy a new Dark Fibre network as part of the Swansea Bay City Region project (Digital Infrastructure Programme). The new network should deliver significantly improved data capacity and speed to 36 public sector sites throughout Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Just to recap. The UK and Welsh Governments gave their approval for a £55m digital infrastructure investment under the £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project...

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has today given their Digital Landline Switchover (DLS) programme (i.e. migrating old analogue landline phones to IP-based services) a boost by signing a “first-of-its-kind partnership” with TSA, the telecare advisory body, to enhance the support provided to telecare users as the UK transitions to Digital Voice. Just to recap. Virgin Media restarted their DLS scheme in April 2024 (here), which came after it was put on pause at the end of 2023 as part of their...

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has made their “Proactive FTTP Upgrades” a standard process from ISPs. This will take effect from 1st October 2024 and should make it easier for UK broadband ISPs that want to migrate existing customers on slower copper-based ADSL, FTTC (VDSL2) and G.fast lines to faster full fibre (FTTP) ones. A spokesperson for Openreach told ISPreview last year (here): “Proactive migrations arise where a Communications Provider proposes an upgrade to FTTP to its own...