What is Virgin Media and Does It Make Mobile Phones?
Now and then, the technological websites and blogs hot up with the news of Virgin Media, a company currently owned by Liberty Global. While Virgin Media derives its name from the British conglomerate Virgin Group, it is in no way operated by them at the moment.
But what do they do? Why does the name of Virgin Media keep popping up every time the internet falters in the UK? We discuss the details below.
Virgin Media is a Telecommunication Company
Virgin Media is a British telecommunication company that provides telephone, internet, and television services all across the United Kingdom. It is one of the leading fixed home phone providers in the UK and Ireland. It also owns and operates a fibre-optic cable network in the country.
The company was formed in July 2006, with the buying of Virgin Mobile UK. It started providing television services under Virgin TV and became the first quadruple-play media company in the United Kingdom. Although, a British brand operating in the UK, Virgin Media is primarily controlled by the US Delaware-based organization Virgin Media (UK) Group LLC.
Do Virgin Media Make Mobile Phones?
No, Virgin Media is not a mobile phone manufacturer. It does run a mobile connectivity business though, offered under the brand Virgin Mobile. Virgin Phone, on the other hand, is the brand for its landline telephone services.
The reason why mobile phone connectivity issues are often linked with Virgin Media because it launched the world’s first virtual mobile network. Its mammoth internet user base also gets affected every time their fibre optics gets down too, as they are the Wi-Fi internet provider in the London Underground.
Under Virgin Mobile, it offers mobile network connectivity by using the physical networks of Vodafone UK, which was previously contracted to use EE networks.