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5 Tips to get a mobile phone deal with poor credit rating
Together with the experts at Uswitch we provide our top tips on how to secure a mobile phone deal with a poor credit rating. 1. Choose a cheaper deal If you’ve currently got poor credit history, this might rule you out of getting the latest and most expensive smartphones, like the iPhone 14. The newer…
Virgin Media O2’s supercharged Volt service surpasses one million customers
Virgin Media O2's first joint product, Volt has surpassed one million customers just a year on from its launch. The joint offering from Virgin Media O2 launched within months of the companies’ £31bn merger in 2021, with the aim of boosting services for its customers by combining Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband with O2’s mobile network…
O2 launches Switch Up to allow customers to swap mobile phones
Mobile phone operator O2, now part of Virgin Media O2, is to allow some new and existing customers to switch their phone for a new one whenever they like during their contract. From Thursday, the O2 Switch Up option will be automatically included with all the firm’s Plus Plans, or can be added to other custom…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin, O2 customers face 11.7% price hike
Customers of Virgin Mobile and O2 face hefty price hikes on their phone bills from April. The increase of 11.7% for airtime for many customers is in large part due to the rate of inflation, which has soared in recent months. Price comparison site Uswitch.com said regulator Ofcom should offer customers the chance to change…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Does Roblox have a sex problem?
A naked man, wearing just a dog collar and a lead, is led across the floor by a woman in a bondage outfit. Two strippers dance next to a bar. A group has gathered around a couple openly having sex, watching and occasionally commenting. One man is wearing a Nazi uniform. This isn't happening in…
Virgin Media O2 customers will not face EU roaming charges
Virgin Media O2 has announced that its phone users will not face roaming charges in Europe this year after other networks announced there would be an extra fee. From January EE and Vodafone will charge its customers for data roaming, and Three will reintroduce the charges in May. However, customers with Virgin Media and O2 contracts will be able…
O2 launches ‘Phone Retriever’ to fight digital exclusion
O2 in partnership with charity Hubbub has launched its ‘Phone Retriever’ service to encourage the public to rehome their old smartphones and fight digital exclusion this Christmas. As part of O2’s ‘Rehome Your Phone’ campaign, golden retrievers and social media stars Hugo and Huxley will act as Santa’s little helpers by collecting devices in Greenwich…
Virgin Media O2 adds 1.5 million homes to Gigabit network
Virgin Media O2 has today added one-and-a-half million homes to its gigabit network, meaning that more than half of its footprint can now access hyperfast broadband speeds. Virgin Media’s next-generation Gig1 broadband service, with average download speeds of 1,130Mbps, is the fastest available from a major broadband provider in the UK, claims the company. As…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin Media O2 plans to upgrade 14m home to full-fibre
Virgin Media O2 has unveiled plans to upgrade more than 14m homes and businesses to ultrafast full-fibre in an attack on BT's dominance of the broadband market. The newly merged company will expand its full-fibre network over the next seven years, as BT and smaller broadband builders race to kit out the nation with gigabit…
Mobile competition intensifies but EE still leads way, claims study
The new Mobile Performance Review report for the first half of 2021 from RootMetrics by IHS Markit has revealed intensifying competition among the UK’s mobile operators. EE remains the operator to beat across all levels of testing, Vodafone improved in multiple areas and Virgin Media O2 ranked first in a performance category at the UK-wide level for the very…