Sky and Vodafone publish their objections to the Virgin/O2 UK merger
The CMA has published issues statements from Sky and Vodafone submitted as part of its investigation into the proposed merger of O2 UK and Virgin Media.
The CMA has published issues statements from Sky and Vodafone submitted as part of its investigation into the proposed merger of O2 UK and Virgin Media.
Having got control of the approval process the Competition and Markets Authority has already moved to phase 2 of its investigation into the UK telecoms mega-merger.
As previously rumoured, the European Commission has decided to stay out of the Virgin Media merger with O2 UK on the grounds that it’s none of its business.
Somewhat surprisingly it looks like the European Union is going to do the right thing and stay out of a merger between two UK companies.
Liberty-owned cableco Virgin Media has enabled 1-Gbps services for a further 6 million premises.
Ultrafast suddenly sounds a little bit pedestrian, after Virgin Media used the term ‘hyperfast’ to big up its new broadband breakthrough.
It could have certainly been worse, but it is impossible to avoid the lost revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Among the many bitterly disputed terms of the UK’s divorce from the EU are the jurisdiction of competition authorities, which could affect the O2-Virgin Media merger.
Virgin Media has made the decision to remove itself from the high street, permanently closing its 53 retail stores which have been shut during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
Telefonica and Liberty Global have confirmed plans to merge UK operations, O2 and Virgin Media, to challenge the connectivity market leader BT.
Virgin Media Business has signed a deal with Three UK to provide dark fibre backhaul for a bunch of its 5G cell sites.
Two years ago, O2 CEO Mark Evans said he was not convinced by the idea of convergence, but as merger talks between O2 and Virgin Media swell, the telco has entered into moonwalking mode.
BT is running ads in Bristol dissing Virgin Media’s fibre offerings and Virgin is having none of it.
Virgin Media has announced it will move its MVNO wholesale agreement from BT Enterprise to Vodafone, as the 5G engines start to rev.
Following the initial launch in Southampton, Virgin Media has announced Manchester is the second city in the UK which will be offered ‘gigabit’ speed broadband services.
It might not be setting the world on fire, but Virgin Media is proving the slow, steady approach to business is certainly worth paying attention to.
Most might have already declared a time of death on linear TV, but for sports fans there is nothing better. Over the next couple of weeks prepare to see some aggressive ads and deals to secure subscriptions.
Virgin Media has unveiled the results of a new trial using wireless to deliver fibre broadband to customers in remote locations.
Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has persuaded all major UK communications service providers to promise to ‘put fairness first’.
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has attempted to raise the stakes in the consumer and SME markets with some new products.
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