Working with Starlink, the operator becomes the first in Europe to offer a satellite-based direct-to-device service that also includes some data. That's an important caveat: other European mobile ...

Mobile telcos are linking up with satellite operators to extend coverage beyond their cell towers reach, but actual usage of the technology may fall short of industry expectations. That's the view of ...

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with Starlink This brings satellite connectivity to Virgin Media O2 users’ phones It’s due to roll out in the UK over the next 12 months If you’re sick of mobile dead ...

O2 Satellite won’t launch until the first half of 2026, and only with messaging and data for maps and location services at first, but it’s expected to expand. O2 customers can register their interest ...

As of 28 May iPhone customers will be able to hop on to the O2 network from the skies as the O2 Satellite service is switched on for those device. The operator says the update will significantly ...

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has switched on O2 Satellite, a new satellite-to-mobile service powered by Starlink Direct to Cell. This makes VMO2 the first operator in the UK and Europe ...

Virgin Media O2 has teamed up with Starlink – the satellite internet service developed by Musk's SpaceX – on a new product called O2 Satellite. Set to go live in the first half of 2026, O2 Satellite ...

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is set to become the first UK mobile network operator to offer its customers automatic connectivity via satellite, aiming to eliminate persistent mobile signal blackspots across ...

UK operator Virgin Media O2 is set to switch on O2 Satellite for iPhones tomorrow (28 May), widening access to the direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity service it launched earlier this year.

Virgin Media O2 will switch on its O2 Satellite service for iPhone on May 28th, allowing users to connect to the O2 network via satellite in areas where traditional cellular coverage is unavailable.

Virgin Media O2 launches O2 Satellite, using Starlink to reach UK “not-spots” and boost landmass coverage to 95%. Get the web's best business technology news, tutorials, reviews, trends, and ...