Virgin Media O2 warns over profit drop in 2026 amid steep mobile customer losses

Virgin Media O2 warns over profit drop in 2026 amid steep mobile customer losses

The telecoms group said it lost 138,400 broadband customers and 397,500 mobile customers on a net basis in 2025.

Virgin Media O2 warns of earnings decline in 2026 as mobile customer losses mount

The telecoms group lost 397,500 mobile customers in 2025 and forecasts underlying earnings will fall 3-5% in 2026

Virgin Media O2 gigabit footprint hits 18.8m premises

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) said its full fibre footprint reached 8.3 million premises during 2025, while its total gigabit footprint expanded to 18.8 million premises, with upgrade activity continuing across the existing network.  The operator has now extended its serviceable base to 18,790,200 at year-end. “Our core strategy of targeted investment, amounting to more than £2 billion across the year, and a focus on fixing fundamentals for customers h…

Virgin Media O2 See Broadband Customers Fall by 16.7k as UK FTTP Build Slows

The latest Q4 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have just been published and reveal that their gigabit broadband network increased its UK coverage by 115,100 premises in the quarter (down from 139k in Q3), while related customers fell to total 5,687,600 (down by -16.7k in Q4 vs +60.8k in Q3). But their mobile base grew and 5G outdoor population coverage hit 87%. The results confirm that Virgin Media and nexfibre’s combined UK broadban…

VMO2 drops 16.7k broadband subs in Q4

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2)’s Q4 2025 results show that the UK’s telco’s gigabit broadband network increased its coverage by 115,100 premises in the quarter, while related customers fell to total 5,687,600 (down by 16,700 in Q4 vs an increase of 60,800 in Q3). The company’s mobile base grew and 5G outdoor population coverage reached 87 […]