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Twenty years after a glossy launch Virgin Media O2 is laden with some £22 billion of debt and its latest financial results set out a plan to create cost savings of around £800 million by 2029. The cost savings are said to be around £400 million in the 2027 financial year and a further £600 […]

Broadband providers have been planning for the imminent launch of Grand Theft Auto VI taking place this month. With other major releases, it is expected to cause a spike in broadband usage with the around 210GB expected download (Source: tweet by @PlaystationSize). We understand that it can be preloaded from midnight UK time on 12 […]

The Virgin Media O2 footprint in its various DOCSIS and full fibre flavours covers around 56% of UK premises and the Financial Times is reporting that along with plans to scrap its own plans to upgrade the existing DOCSIS footprint to full fibre it is close to a deal that will see it reselling Openreach […]

While some want to be negative about growth in the UK broadband economy, the altnets Fibrus, GoFibre and toob have made it into the annual index that looks at growth in UK firms. In the all companies list Fibrus sits at 91 out of 200, GoFibre is 53rd and toob is next to them in […]

Assuming the plans to ban social media access (X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat etc) for under 16’s are brought into law in Spring 2027, Ofcom has set out what methods it considers are reasonable to use for verifying the age of a social media user. The methods differ compared to the prove you are an […]

Virgin Media is expanding its Gig2 service to make this available to customers over its DOCSIS cable network. The hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) network has so far only had a 1Gbps service available, bar some limited rollout, but this new offering enables 2Gbps more widely as broadband providers try to compete to offer faster services. This […]

O2 has announced that it has completed a live deployment of an AI-powered access network that can improve 5G performance and efficiency. Working with Nokia, O2 has said that it has enabled this AI radio access network (RAN) at its Paddington ‘Giga Site’ (the company’s name for its high-capacity mobile base stations with over 10Gbps […]

With UK weather warnings in place due to Storm Austen and Storm Boelo, which are due to bring heavy rain and strong winds, Ofcom has published details on how to stay connected during extreme weather events, whether this be floods or due to heat. In the UK, phone and broadband services rely on networks of […]