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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">VMED O2 UK Limited</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Trade_name" title="Trade name">Trade name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Virgin Media O2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">Joint venture</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Mass_media" title="Mass media">Mass media</a></li><li><a href="Telecommunications_industry" title="Telecommunications industry">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 June 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2021-06-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Reading%2C_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading, England">Reading, England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Lutz Schüler (<a href="CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Liberty_Global" title="Liberty Global">Liberty Global</a> (50%)</li><li><a href="Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a> (50%)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="O2_(UK)" title="O2 (UK)">O2 UK</a></li><li><a href="Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a></li><li><a href="Virgin_Media_Business" title="Virgin Media Business">Virgin Media Business</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://virginmediao2.co.uk">virginmediao2<wbr>.co<wbr>.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>VMED O2 UK Limited</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-CompaniesHouse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CompaniesHouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Trading_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Trading as">trading as</a> <b>Virgin Media O2</b>, is a British <a href="Mass_media" title="Mass media">mass media</a> and <a href="Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">telecommunications</a> company based in <a href="Reading%2C_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading, England">Reading, England</a>. The company was formed in June 2021 as a 50–50 joint venture between <a href="Liberty_Global" title="Liberty Global">Liberty Global</a> and <a href="Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a> through the merger of their respective <a href="Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a> and <a href="O2_(UK)" title="O2 (UK)">O2 UK</a> businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-independent-01-06_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-01-06-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>O2 UK is the <a href="List_of_mobile_network_operators_in_Europe#United_Kingdom" title="List of mobile network operators in Europe">largest mobile network in the United Kingdom</a> by customer base, providing <a href="5G" title="5G">5G</a>, <a href="4G" title="4G">4G</a>, <a href="3G" title="3G">3G</a> (until late 2025), and <a href="2G" title="2G">2G</a> services, and Virgin Media is the main cable provider in the UK, providing <a href="Cable_Internet_access" title="Cable Internet access">cable</a> (<a href="Hybrid_fiber-coaxial" title="Hybrid fiber-coaxial">HFC</a>) and <a href="Fibre_to_the_premises" class="mw-redirect" title="Fibre to the premises">fibre-to-the-premises</a> broadband, <a href="Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> (<a href="Virgin_TV" title="Virgin TV">Virgin TV</a>), and <a href="Cable_telephony" title="Cable telephony">cable landline</a> services.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="O2_and_acquisition_by_Telefónica">O2 and acquisition by Telefónica</h4></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="O2_(UK)" title="O2 (UK)">O2 (UK)</a> and <a href="O2_(brand)" title="O2 (brand)">O2 (brand)</a></div>

<p>O2 UK was formed in 1983 as Telecom Securicor Cellular Radio Limited,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> between <a href="BT_Group" title="BT Group">British Telecom (BT)</a> (60%) and <a href="Securicor" title="Securicor">Securicor</a> (40%). In 1985, it launched Cellnet, which alongside <a href="Vodafone_UK" title="Vodafone UK">Vodafone</a> was one of the two original mobile networks in the UK. BT later acquired Securicor's share, and rebranded the network as BT Cellnet.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, British Telecom announced it would <a href="Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spin off</a> its BT Wireless division, which included BT Cellnet, as mmO2 plc (later O2 plc), and introduced the <a href="O2_(brand)" title="O2 (brand)">O2 brand</a> ahead of the demerger.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The demerger was completed later that year, and in 2002, BT Cellnet was rebranded O2.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O2 plc was acquired by Spanish telecoms firm Telefónica in 2006.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NTL:Telewest,_Virgin_Mobile_and_Virgin.net">NTL:Telewest, Virgin Mobile and Virgin.net</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a>, <a href="NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL Incorporated</a>, <a href="Telewest" title="Telewest">Telewest</a>, <a href="Virgin.net" title="Virgin.net">Virgin.net</a>, and <a href="Virgin_Mobile_(UK)" title="Virgin Mobile (UK)">Virgin Mobile (UK)</a></div>

<p>In March 2006, cable telecommunications firms <a href="NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL</a> and <a href="Telewest" title="Telewest">Telewest</a> merged, having been in discussions since 2003, forming <a href="NTL%3ATelewest" class="mw-redirect" title="NTL:Telewest">NTL:Telewest</a>. In 2004, NTL had acquired <a href="ADSL" title="ADSL">ADSL</a> and <a href="Dial-up_Internet_access" title="Dial-up Internet access">dial-up</a> provider <a href="Virgin.net" title="Virgin.net">Virgin.net</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>In April 2006, NTL:Telewest announced a £962 million offer to acquire <a href="Virgin_Mobile_(UK)" title="Virgin Mobile (UK)">Virgin Mobile UK</a>, which <a href="Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a> largely accepted via a mix of cash and shares, becoming the largest shareholder with a 10.7% stake.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisition was completed in June 2006, creating the UK's first "<a href="Quadruple_play" title="Quadruple play">quadruple play</a>" telecommunications company offering television, internet, landline, and mobile phone services.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the acquisition of Virgin Mobile, NTL:Telewest secured a 30-year licence from Branson's <a href="Virgin_Group" title="Virgin Group">Virgin Group</a> to use the Virgin brand.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Virgin Enterprises Limited gained the right to nominate a board director.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2007, NTL:Telewest was rebranded as Virgin Media.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Virgin Media was acquired by <a href="John_C._Malone" title="John C. Malone">John Malone</a>'s <a href="Liberty_Global" title="Liberty Global">Liberty Global</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merger_of_Virgin_Media_and_O2_UK">Merger of Virgin Media and O2 UK</h3></div>

<p>In May 2020, it was reported that Telefónica and Liberty Global were in talks to merge their respective <a href="O2_(UK)" title="O2 (UK)">O2</a> and <a href="Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a> businesses in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The merger was completed on 1 June 2021, with Liberty Global and Telefónica each holding a 50% stake in Virgin Media O2, the new holding company for the businesses. This represented the largest ever UK telecoms deal, and the biggest UK merger in a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-merger">Post-merger</h3></div>

<p>In October 2021, the company introduced a package of complimentary benefits known as 'Volt' for households with Virgin Media broadband who have at least one O2 Pay Monthly plan, applicable to both new and existing customers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include:

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<ul><li>All eligible O2 Pay Monthly SIMs registered at the household receive double data on plans with a data allowance of up to 250GB. Plans with a data allowance above 250GB are upgraded to Unlimited.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The O2 Travel Inclusive Zone bolt-on, providing inclusive <a href="Roaming" title="Roaming">roaming</a> in 75 international destinations (including the 48 standard Europe Zone destinations, where inclusive data is limited to 25GB of each plan's monthly data allowance<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand, is added to all eligible O2 Pay Monthly SIMs registered at the household.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Calls and texts to and from the UK and country in which the SIM is roaming, and data usage (except in the Europe Zone) are unlimited, subject to <a href="Fair_usage_clause" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair usage clause">fair usage</a> policies.</li>

<li>The household's Virgin Media broadband is automatically upgraded to the next available speed tier (e.g. 350Mbps to 500Mbps, or 500Mbps to 1Gbps) without downtime or an engineer visit.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Households can claim up to three <a href="Wi-Fi_extender" class="mw-redirect" title="Wi-Fi extender">Wi-Fi extender</a> pods for areas of the property with a weak Wi-Fi signal, free of charge.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<p>On 15 November 2021, Virgin Media O2 extended access to O2 Priority, providing exclusive perks, ticket presales, and experiences previously exclusive to O2 customers, to Virgin Media customers, allowing them full access to the O2 Priority app.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On 24 July 2023, it was announced that Virgin Media O2 was cutting up to 2,000 members of staff by the end of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_confirm_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson_confirm-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In August 2023, the company announced that it had moved all <a href="Virgin_Mobile_(UK)" title="Virgin Mobile (UK)">Virgin Mobile UK</a> customers to the O2 network. It had advised customers in January 2023 that they would be transferring. Virgin Mobile no longer offer new plans or services, but existing customers are still legally contracted under Virgin Mobile.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In September 2023, it was announced Virgin Media O2 had acquired the UK-regional broadband business, Upp.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<li><a href="Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a></li>

<li><a href="Giffgaff" title="Giffgaff">giffgaff</a></li>

<li><a href="Tesco_Mobile" title="Tesco Mobile">Tesco Mobile</a> (50%)</li>

<li><a href="Virgin_Media_Business" title="Virgin Media Business">Virgin Media Business</a></li>

<li><a href="Virgin_TV" title="Virgin TV">Virgin TV</a></li>

<li><a href="O2_Store" title="O2 Store">O2 Store</a></li>

<li><a href="O2_Money" title="O2 Money">O2 Money</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Virgin.net" title="Virgin.net">Virgin.net</a></li>

<li><a href="Virgin_Mobile_(UK)" title="Virgin Mobile (UK)">Virgin Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="O2_wireless_box" title="O2 wireless box">O2 wireless box</a></li>

<li><a href="O2_Joggler" title="O2 Joggler">O2 Joggler</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Living_TV_Group" title="Living TV Group">Virgin Media Television</a>

<ul><li><a href="Challenge_(TV_channel)" title="Challenge (TV channel)">Challenge</a></li>

<li><a href="Sky_Witness" title="Sky Witness">Living</a></li>

<li><a href="Bravo_(British_TV_channel)" title="Bravo (British TV channel)">Bravo</a></li>

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<li><a href="Setanta_Sports_News" title="Setanta Sports News">Setanta Sports News</a></li>

<li><a href="Sky_Living_Loves" title="Sky Living Loves">Living Loves</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Children's_Channel" title="The Children's Channel">The Children's Channel</a></li>

<li><a href="Trouble_(TV_channel)" title="Trouble (TV channel)">Trouble</a></li>

<li><a href="Virgin1" title="Virgin1">Virgin1</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bid_Shopping" title="Bid Shopping">Bid Shopping</a></li>

<li><a href="Smallworld_Cable" title="Smallworld Cable">Smallworld Cable</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virgin Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Telewest" title="Telewest">Telewest</a> (1984–2006)</li>

<li><a href="Liberty_Global" title="Liberty Global">Liberty Global</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">O2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT Group</a> (1985–2002)</li>

<li><a href="Securicor" title="Securicor">Securicor</a> (1985–1999; 40%)</li>

<li><a href="Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a> (2006–2021)</li></ul>

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<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Virgin_Media_O2" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Virgin Media O2">Commons</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economy of the United Kingdom">Economy of the United Kingdom</a></li>

<li><a href="Science_and_technology_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Science and technology in the United Kingdom">Science and technology in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Infrastructure<br>providers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Arqiva" title="Arqiva">Arqiva</a></li>

<li><a href="Babcock_International" title="Babcock International">Babcock International</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Wholesale_and_Ventures" title="BT Wholesale and Ventures">BT Wholesale and Ventures</a></li>

<li><a href="CityFibre" title="CityFibre">CityFibre</a></li>

<li><a href="KCOM_Group" title="KCOM Group">KCOM Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Nexfibre" title="Nexfibre">Nexfibre</a></li>

<li><a href="Openreach" title="Openreach">Openreach</a></li>

<li><a href="Interxion" title="Interxion">Interxion</a></li>

<li><a href="TelecityGroup" title="TelecityGroup">TelecityGroup</a></li>

<li><a href="Telehouse_Europe" title="Telehouse Europe">Telehouse Europe</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Service<br>providers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Andrews_%26_Arnold" title="Andrews & Arnold">Andrews & Arnold</a></li>

<li><a href="Asda_Mobile" title="Asda Mobile">Asda Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT Group</a>

<ul><li><small><a href="BT_Consumer" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Consumer">BT Consumer</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="BT_Business_and_Public_Sector" title="BT Business and Public Sector">BT Business and Public Sector</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="BT_Global_Services" title="BT Global Services">BT Global Services</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="Plusnet" title="Plusnet">Plusnet</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="China_Mobile" title="China Mobile">China Mobile</a>

<ul><li><small><a href="China_Mobile#United_Kingdom" title="China Mobile">CMLink</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Claranet" title="Claranet">Claranet</a></li>

<li><a href="Colt_Technology_Services" title="Colt Technology Services">Colt Group</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Phone_Co-op" title="The Phone Co-op">The Co-operative</a></li>

<li><a href="Cable_%26_Wireless_Communications" title="Cable & Wireless Communications">Cable & Wireless</a></li>

<li><a href="Entanet" title="Entanet">Entanet</a></li>

<li><a href="Inmarsat" title="Inmarsat">Inmarsat</a></li>

<li><a href="KCOM_Group" title="KCOM Group">KCOM Group</a>

<ul><li><small><a href="Eclipse_Internet" title="Eclipse Internet">Eclipse Internet</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Lebara" title="Lebara">Lebara</a></li>

<li><a href="Lycamobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycamobile">Lycamobile</a></li>

<ul><li><small><a href="Sky_Broadband" title="Sky Broadband">Sky Broadband</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Spusu" title="Spusu">spusu</a></li>

<li><a href="TalkTalk_Group" title="TalkTalk Group">TalkTalk</a>

<ul><li><small><a href="TalkTalk_Business" title="TalkTalk Business">Business</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="TalkTalk_Group#Mobile_telephony" title="TalkTalk Group">Mobile</a></small></li>

<li><a href="Telecom_Plus" title="Telecom Plus">Telecom Plus</a></li>

<li><a href="Tesco_Mobile" title="Tesco Mobile">Tesco</a></li>

<li><a href="3_(company)" title="3 (company)">Three</a>

<ul><li><small><a href="Three_UK" title="Three UK">Three UK</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="SMARTY" class="mw-redirect" title="SMARTY">SMARTY</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li>

<li><small><a href="Giffgaff" title="Giffgaff">Giffgaff</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a></small>

<ul><li><small><a href="Virgin_Media_Business" title="Virgin Media Business">Virgin Media Business</a></small></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Vodafone" title="Vodafone">Vodafone</a>

<ul><li><small><a href="Vodafone_UK" title="Vodafone UK">Vodafone UK</a></small></li>

<li><small><a href="Talkmobile" title="Talkmobile">Talkmobile</a></small></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Voipfone" title="Voipfone">Voipfone</a></li>

<li><a href="WightFibre" title="WightFibre">WightFibre</a></li>

<li><a href="Zen_Internet" title="Zen Internet">Zen Internet</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Atlantic_Telegraph_Company" title="Atlantic Telegraph Company">Atlantic Telegraph Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Be_Un_Limited" title="Be Un Limited">Be Un Limited</a></li>

<li><a href="Bonelli's_Electric_Telegraph_Company" title="Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company">Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company</a></li>

<li><a href="British_and_Irish_Magnetic_Telegraph_Company" title="British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company">British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph</a></li>

<li><a href="Cable_%26_Wireless_plc" title="Cable & Wireless plc">Cable & Wireless plc</a></li>

<li><a href="Cable_%26_Wireless_Worldwide" title="Cable & Wireless Worldwide">Cable & Wireless Worldwide</a></li>

<li><a href="Electric_Telegraph_Company" title="Electric Telegraph Company">Electric Telegraph Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Energis" title="Energis">Energis</a></li>

<li><a href="Family_Mobile" title="Family Mobile">Family</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a></li>

<li><a href="Gutta_Percha_Company" title="Gutta Percha Company">Gutta Percha Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Ionica_(company)" title="Ionica (company)">Ionica</a></li>

<li><a href="London_District_Telegraph_Company" title="London District Telegraph Company">London & Provincial District Telegraph</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercury_Communications" title="Mercury Communications">Mercury</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Telephone_Company" title="National Telephone Company">National Telephone Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Orange_UK" title="Orange UK">Orange</a></li>

<li><a href="Ovivo_Mobile" title="Ovivo Mobile">Ovivo</a></li>

<li><a href="Post_Office_Limited" title="Post Office Limited">Post Office</a></li>

<li><a href="Pipex" title="Pipex">Pipex</a></li>

<li><a href="Rabbit_(telecommunications)" title="Rabbit (telecommunications)">Rabbit</a></li>

<li><a href="Mobile_by_Sainsbury's" title="Mobile by Sainsbury's">Sainsbury's</a></li>

<li><a href="Submarine_Telegraph_Company" title="Submarine Telegraph Company">Submarine Telegraph</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiscali_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiscali UK">Tiscali UK</a></li>

<li><a href="T-Mobile_UK" title="T-Mobile UK">T-Mobile</a></li>

<li><a href="Trunk_Networks" title="Trunk Networks">Trunk Networks</a>

<ul><li><small>Leetline</small></li>

<li><a href="Universal_Private_Telegraph_Company" title="Universal Private Telegraph Company">Universal Private Telegraph</a></li>

<li><a href="Virgin_Mobile_(UK)" title="Virgin Mobile (UK)">Virgin Mobile</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Suppliers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Arm_Holdings" title="Arm Holdings">Arm Holdings</a></li>

<li><a href="Icera" title="Icera">Icera</a></li>

<li><a href="Metaswitch" title="Metaswitch">Metaswitch</a></li>

<li><a href="Sarantel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarantel">Sarantel</a></li>

<li><a href="Spirent" title="Spirent">Spirent</a></li>

<li><a href="Telent" title="Telent">Telent</a></li></ul>

<li><a href="GEC_Plessey_Telecommunications" title="GEC Plessey Telecommunications">GEC Plessey</a></li>

<li><a href="Marconi_Company" title="Marconi Company">Marconi Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Marconi_Communications" title="Marconi Communications">Marconi Communications</a></li>

<li><a href="PicoChip" title="PicoChip">PicoChip</a></li>

<li><a href="Standard_Telephones_and_Cables" title="Standard Telephones and Cables">Standard</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Carphone_Warehouse" title="Carphone Warehouse">Carphone Warehouse</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Government and<br>regulatory bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Broadband_Stakeholder_Group" title="Broadband Stakeholder Group">Broadband Stakeholder Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Defence_Science_and_Technology_Laboratory" title="Defence Science and Technology Laboratory">Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</a></li>

<li><a href="European_Conference_of_Postal_and_Telecommunications_Administrations" title="European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations">European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations</a></li>

<li><a href="International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a></li>

<li><a href="Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a></li>

<li><a href="Phone-paid_Services_Authority" title="Phone-paid Services Authority">Phone-paid Services Authority</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Industry bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="GSM_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="GSM Association">GSM Association</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_Service_Providers_Association_(United_Kingdom)" title="Internet Service Providers Association (United Kingdom)">Internet Service Providers Association</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_Telephony_Services_Providers'_Association" title="Internet Telephony Services Providers' Association">Internet Telephony Services Providers' Association</a></li>

<li><a href="LONAP" title="LONAP">LONAP</a></li>

<li><a href="London_Internet_Exchange" title="London Internet Exchange">London Internet Exchange</a></li>

<li><a href="Manchester_Network_Access_Point" title="Manchester Network Access Point">MaNAP</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">In <a href="Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> and<br><a href="British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia#Communications" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Anguilla" title="Telecommunications in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Antarctica" title="Telecommunications in Antarctica">Antarctica</a> (including <a href="British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Ascension_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications in Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Bermuda" title="Telecommunications in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications in the British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Telecommunications in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Telecommunications in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Telecommunications in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Guernsey" title="Telecommunications in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Jersey" title="Telecommunications in Jersey">Jersey</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Montserrat" title="Telecommunications in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_Saint_Helena" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications in Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunications in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Telecommunications_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Telecommunications in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Tristan_da_Cunha#Communications" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">History,<br>legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Adastral_Park" title="Adastral Park">Adastral Park</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Approvals_Board_for_Telecommunications" title="British Approvals Board for Telecommunications">British Approvals Board for Telecommunications</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Telecommunications_Act_1981" title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981</a></li>

<li><a href="British_telephone_socket" title="British telephone socket">British telephone socket</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_Research" title="BT Research">BT Research</a></li>

<li><a href="BT_site_engineering_code" title="BT site engineering code">BT site engineering code</a></li>

<li><a href="Buzby" title="Buzby">Buzby</a></li>

<li><a href="Communications_Act_2003" title="Communications Act 2003">Communications Act 2003</a></li>

<li>Earth stations in UK</li>

<li><a href="Hull_Colour_Pages" title="Hull Colour Pages">Hull Colour Pages</a></li>

<li><a href="Interception_of_Communications_Act_1985" title="Interception of Communications Act 1985">Interception of Communications Act 1985</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Internet in the United Kingdom">Internet in UK</a></li>

<li><a href="Telegraph_Act" title="Telegraph Act">Telegraph Act</a></li>

<li><a href="Telegraph_Act_1868" title="Telegraph Act 1868">Telegraph Act 1868</a></li>

<li><a href="Telegraph_Act_1885" title="Telegraph Act 1885">Telegraph Act 1885</a></li>

<li><a href="Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Telephone numbers in UK</a></li>

<li><a href="UK_telephone_code_misconceptions" title="UK telephone code misconceptions">UK telephone code misconceptions</a></li>

<li><a href="Web_blocking_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Web blocking in the United Kingdom">Web blocking in UK</a></li></ul>

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