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    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Virgin Media glitch left thousands of UK customers without broadband

      Company says broadband has been restored after more than 28,000 reported connectivity problems on Tuesday morning

      A Virgin Media store on Oxford Street, London
    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Virgin Media O2 to upgrade entire UK network to full fibre

      Cable group plans latest upgrade to broadband infrastructure to take on BT and alt-nets

    • Friday, 4 June, 2021
      News in-depthTelecoms
      Lutz Schüler answers a £31bn call of duty at Virgin Media O2

      Telecoms veteran vows to take on BT as CEO of newly merged group

      Lutz Schuler at a Virgin Media office
    • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
      O2-Virgin Media £31bn merger cleared by UK competition watchdog

      Telecoms deal agreed last year judged unlikely to lead to higher prices

      The O2 and Virgin Media logos
    • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
      Schüler to head merged Virgin Media and O2

      German will lead integration of cable network with largest UK mobile group if regulators pass £31bn deal

    • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
      O2 PLC
      UK watchdog to probe O2-Virgin deal over risk of higher prices

      Competition regulator outlines areas of potential harm in proposed £31bn telecoms merger 

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      UK competition watchdog to have final say over £31bn O2-Virgin deal

      Brussels’ decision to refer tie-up to CMA is a blow to telecoms groups hoping for a swift decision

      According to two people directly involved in the discussions Virgin and O2 have requested that the deal be fast-tracked so it goes straight to an in-depth probe
    • Friday, 3 July, 2020
      Competition & Markets Authority
      UK and EU watchdogs battle for final say on O2-Virgin deal

      Looming fight over which authority will have control over review of £31bn tie-up 

    • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
      UK Broadband
      Virgin Media apologises for network outage in London

      Glitch angers broadband users working from home across the capital

    • Friday, 8 May, 2020
      Due Diligence
      A £31bn merger and a master dealmaker in action Premium content

      John Malone shows his adroitness in deal between Liberty Global and Telefónica

    • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
      Due Diligence
      The Cable Cowboy gets back in the saddle Premium content

      Liberty Global’s buccaneering owner sets his sights on Telefonica’s O2

    • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
      Virgin Media to dominate market connecting 5G after contract win

      Cable company added Three as a new customer for so-called ‘backhaul’ network

    • Monday, 4 May, 2020
      Telefonica SA
      Telefónica confirms UK merger talks with Liberty Global

      Combining Virgin Media and O2 would reshape British telecoms market

    • Monday, 6 April, 2020
      Telecoms
      BT, Verizon and Virgin Media raise pay for frontline workers 

      Telecom groups reward rank-and-file staff supporting essential communication services 

    • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
      Telecoms
      Virgin Media to recruit 500 call-centre staff in UK

      Coronavirus disrupts offshore operations in India and other Asian countries

      A shop sign for Virgin media in central London.
    • Friday, 6 March, 2020
      Customer details linked to adult content in Virgin Media data breach

      Records linking accounts to gambling and pornography sites may have been accessed

      A shop sign for Virgin media in central London.
    • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
      Cyber Security
      Virgin Media breach exposes data for 900,000 customers

      Company found that a marketing database had been left unsecured

      The sign for the Virgin Media headquarters is seen, in Hook, Hampshire, U.K., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Photographer: Shaun Curry/Bloomberg News
    • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
      Liberty chooses new Virgin Media CFO as part of overhaul

      Former UPC chief Severina Pascu joins at critical time for UK broadband group

      The sign for the Virgin Media headquarters is seen, in Hook, Hampshire, U.K., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Photographer: Shaun Curry/Bloomberg News Severina Pascu photo:KEYSTONE-SDA / Gaetan Bally
    • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
      Liberty Global PLC
      Virgin Media to ditch BT mobile network for Vodafone

      Blow to BT as it comes under pressure to spend billions upgrading full-fibre capability

      Virgin has also agreed a closer relationship with Vodafone in the UK to target the business market
    • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
      Liberty Global PLC
      Virgin Media executive tapped to lead Liberty’s UK fibre broadband push

      Venture headed by Robert Dunn will ramp up pressure on BT to improve services

      R9P784 Virgin Media installing fiber optic broadband cables in Manchester City Centre
    • Monday, 29 July, 2019
      InterviewLiberty Global PLC
      Virgin Media chief looks to take on BT with bigger war chest

      ‘We have a Porsche. We would be fools not to leverage that,’ says Lutz Schüler

      Lutz Schüler believes Virgin’s status as BT’s main challenger puts it in a strong position to shake up the UK market
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