Virgin Media and O2 Join Together To Compete Against BT

Virgin Media and O2 are merging in a £31 billion deal to create an entertainment and telecoms company that will provide some serious competition to telecoms giant BT.

Mobile & Broadband

O2, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, has around 34 million mobile phone customers, in addition to providing the network for Sky Mobile, Tesco Mobile and Giffgaff.  Virgin Media, owned by Liberty Global (the largest broadband internet service provider outside the US), has around 6 million broa...