O2 and Virgin Media have agreed to a merger which could conclude by mid-2021 as long as regulators approve the move. The two firms are positioning themselves to take on BT which owns EE.
Virgin Media and O2 have announced that they’re merging, bringing together the UK’s fastest broadband network, and the country’s largest mobile platform. The resulting entity will be better positioned to take on BT which runs EE, which itself was the result of a merger between T-Mobile and Orange ten years ago.