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O2 and Virgin Media to merge operations?

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Here's an interesting snippet from the headlines this morning - what are the chances? 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/01/virgin-and-o2-plan-merger-to-challenge-sky-and-bt

 

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Interesting to see if that happens @pgn 

O2's last proposed merger with Three was blocked!

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I think Virgin Media's mobile service is a toy, lacks the coverage up here - O2/Telefonica's coverage is much better than most of the rest. As a VM broadband customer, I am not sure how I feel about being forced to put my evening entertainment and my daytime amusement into the same pot... 🤔

 

More here from Reuters:  https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN22D5WI

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And now it's happened.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52570593 

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And what it is likely to mean... 

https://bloom.bg/2W9d8Ht

(shortened due to da stoopid Forum PersonalInfoFilter that mangles the proper url😭

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And this May sees the departure of the O2 chief, Mark Evans, as the O2 merger with Virgin gets the seal if approval.

Not sure what happens to the Telefonica bit, tbh...

Could it be called "Oxygin", or "Virgifónica" 🤔...

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According to @jonsie's post here https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-and-Services/O2-to-be-an-MVNO/m-p/1454300/emcs_t/S2h8ZW... 

It looks as if O2 will become an MVNO!

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Not so sure, having read @jonsie's post aagain, and commented 😉

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