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Virgin outlines its vision for deploying Hyperloop systems

24 August 2021, 13:11

Video shows maglev pods travelling at nearly 700mph, transporting tens of thousands a day.

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Virgin Galactic completes its first crewed space flight

12 July 2021, 10:11

SpaceShipTwo reached an altitude of 53.5 miles, but the Kármán line (space) is 62 miles up.

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Virgin Media O2 spotted running ad-funded free broadband trials

9 June 2021, 11:11

Another recent trial was doubling its 100Mbps tier download speeds from 10 to 20Mbps.

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Virgin O2 merger provisionally approved by UK regulator

15 April 2021, 13:11

CMA looked closely at whether merger could lead to reduced competition.

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Virgin Media UK testing 400Gbps over a single fibre

5 March 2021, 11:11

And the ISP reports a new network traffic record of 20.77GB per user on one day in Feb.

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Ofcom says UK average fixed line broadband speed is 71.8Mbps

8 December 2020, 11:11

A decent improvement from 64.0Mbps reported in the previous biannual dataset.

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Record UK broadband data use tied to Xbox and CoD releases

13 November 2020, 11:11

Additionally sizable downloads for Destiny 2 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla arrived.

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Ofcom publishes fourth annual telecoms service quality report

21 August 2020, 12:21

It finds Plusnet (ISP) and Tesco Mobile (Mobile) deliver the greatest user satisfaction levels.

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Virgin Media UK high street stores won't be reopening

29 May 2020, 11:11

It plans to offer the 341 affected staff, from 53 closed stores, new roles in the company.

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Virgin Media and O2 merger agreed

7 May 2020, 10:11

50-50 joint venture will create a major rival to BT. Deal is valued at £31.4 billion.

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O2 confirms it is in merger talks with Virgin Media

4 May 2020, 12:11

The precise terms of the talks, or whether they will result in a merger, are not known.

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UK ISPs cooperate with Govt during Covid-19 crisis

30 March 2020, 11:11

Removing caps on data, adding bill payment flexibility, paying attention to vulnerable customers.

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Virgin Media to switch on Gig1 Fibre for 1m homes next month

28 February 2020, 12:11

UK's largest ever gigabit switch-on targets the West Midlands.

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5G mobile networks provide 4.5X speed boosts to UK users

19 November 2019, 14:41

Speed testing giant Ookla shows early 5G networks are much faster than 4G services.

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UK FTTP coverage passes 10 per cent milestone

12 November 2019, 11:11

This means that roughly 3m UK premises should have access to ISPs offering gigabit speeds.

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Virgin Media is switching its 3m mobile customers to Vodafone

6 November 2019, 13:41

It has signed up to a 5 year MVNO contract with Vodafone, starting from late 2021.

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Virgin Media Gig1 broadband costs from £62pcm

30 September 2019, 14:11

Launches today, and the service will be available for 1m UK homes by end of the year, 15m by 2021.

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Virgin Media will launch 500Mbps broadband in the spring

1 March 2019, 13:11

Meanwhile the firm is teasing the launch of a 1Gbps service in two cities later this year.

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Virgin Media successfully trials 8Gbps broadband

7 February 2019, 13:11

Uses existing optical fibre network plus EPON from ARRIS technologies.

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Ofcom: millions could get faster internet without paying more

14 December 2018, 11:01

And measures have been outlined to force ISPs to tell customers about their best deals.

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UK broadband customers face steep price rises at contract end

29 August 2018, 13:31

Average customer will be hit by a 62 per cent price hike if they haven't renewed or switched.

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Average UK household gets half the advertised broadband speed

18 May 2018, 13:41

Results come from 235,000 participants in a Which? consumer survey over the last year.

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Virgin Media UK to intro 350Mbps broadband package

15 February 2018, 12:30

And the firm hopes to expand to reach 4 million more premises by 2020.

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Broadband companies inflict a 'loyalty penalty' on non-switchers

11 April 2017, 11:01

Citizens Advice warns that 4 of the big 5 ISPs will charge you more if you stay loyal.

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Auto-compensation for telecoms customers proposed by Ofcom

24 March 2017, 11:01

Quality of service problems should be compensated without a lengthy claims process.

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Government to pledge £400m to push for full fibre UK network

22 November 2016, 12:01

Broadband companies are expected to at least match the funding amount in investments.

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Virgin Media announces largest UK fibre broadband rollout

27 April 2016, 19:22

Virgin Media announces largest UK fibre broadband rollout.

Music to our ears: Virgin Media brings Vevo onto TiVo®

14 January 2016, 17:26

Music to our ears: Virgin Media brings Vevo onto TiVo®.

Curzon brings independent cinema into the home with Virgin Media TiVo®

13 August 2015, 20:07

Curzon brings independent cinema into the home with Virgin Media TiVo®.

Penguin opens its bookshelf to TfL and Virgin Media customers this summer

3 August 2015, 17:47

Penguin opens its bookshelf to TfL and Virgin Media customers this summer.

Virgin Media customers can get their shots on the box as Virgin Media Cloud comes to TiVo

12 May 2015, 18:26

Virgin Media customers can get their shots on the box as Virgin Media Cloud comes to TiVo.

Virgin Media launches UK’s fastest wireless hub

27 March 2015, 18:50

Virgin Media launches UK’s fastest wireless hub.

uSwitch reveals UK streets with best and worst broadband speeds

12 March 2015, 12:05

The most poorly connected UK street is in Romney Marsh, Kent.

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