Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 announce new, long-term network sharing agreement – Virgin Media O2

The new Network Sharing Agreement (‘the Agreement’) significantly extends the current agreement between Vodafone UK Limited (‘Vodafone UK’) and VMED O2 UK Limited (‘Virgin Media O2’) by more than ten years; Subject to the UK Competition and Markets Authority clearing the merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK (‘MergeCo’), the agreement provides a stable basis … Read more

Nationwide, HSBC and Virgin Money urged to ‘guarantee compensation for losses’ over banking app outages

Banks and building societies must “ensure that customers affected by the current disruptions to online and mobile banking are compensated”, according to a leading consumer watchdog. Which? is urging major financial institutions to take action after customers of HSBC, Nationwide Building Society and Virgin Money were left unable to receive “pension payments” and wages due … Read more

Rocket report: the spaceship is on the clock; Virgin Galactic at a crossroads

Enlarge / The fairing for the first test flight of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket has been placed around the small group of satellites that will carry it into orbit. Welcome to edition 6.48 of the Rocket Report! Fresh off last week’s dramatic test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, teams in Texas are wasting no time preparing … Read more