Virgin media have ‘joined forces’ with O2 2 June 2021 at 7:34PM edited 2 June 2021 at 7:53PM in Mobiles 8 replies 442 views

Yorkshire_Pud

Received a short text to my O2 mobile stating Virgin Media have joined forces with 02.

It said my service will stay the same for now. PAYG.

There was a link with further info but I don’t have a smart phone.

[Deleted User]

Welcome to very badly speaking foreign call centres that take 45 minutes to connect to. 

SevenOfNine

Yorkshire_Pud said:

Received a short text to my O2 mobile stating Virgin Media have joined forces with 02.

It said my service will stay the same for now. PAYG.

There was a link with further info but I don’t have a smart phone.

There wasn't much info in the links, FAQ's said nothing will change (yet), not pricing nor signal, that type of basic stuff. Contracts & shop use (stay with your own for now), contract & PAYG payments made same way. Why don't you just log in to 02 account & see what it says there, also their 'community' will be discussing it, & helpful.

In short the 'links' might as well have been just the words "we've joined with Virgin Media, but no changes YET". 

Grumpy_chap

I received a similar message from Virgin Media.  I read it that Virgin were simply now piggy backing on O2 rather than EE.  Have Virgin and O2 actually formed a new company?

sdduk

I got the O2 message on my Payg phone to say they have now merged and i don't need to do anything now.

Exemplar

Deleted_User said:

Welcome to very badly speaking foreign call centres that take 45 minutes to connect to. 

Yea those Leeds accents are a bit rough

Supatramp

I'm with Virgin, does this mean that they're going to be piggybacking off O2,  and if so, when do they change from EE?

Rodders53

Supatramp said:

I'm with Virgin, does this mean that they're going to be piggybacking off O2,  and if so, when do they change from EE?

Virgin Mobile signed a 5-year deal to migrate from EE to Vodafone (new Virgin customers since Jan 21 are on Voda)... https://www.virginmedia.com/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/virgin-media-and-vodafone-strike-new-mobile-deal

So quite possible that you'll go to Vodafone before a migrate to O2 as that Contract expires?

Unless they can buy themselves out of the Vodafone deal economically?

Mee

I missed this.
Received a text today saying I have until January to migrate to 02 blah, blah. I can't see a basic PAYG with 02 - just bundles