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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
NewCo's aim will not be to reduce its income but to expand it. In the medium term, I would expect the two brands to run in parallel with O2 being the pricier option for mobile phones and VM the cheaper. Nothing to stop you switching to VM Mobile once you're out of contract and worth speaking to Virgin about what they can offer you.
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This is a JV, not a merger. The two brands will exist together.
The rationale is the number of VM customers (TV & BB, not mobile) that are not O2 customers and vice versa.
Also savings to be made by sharing infrastructure.
The Virgin Mobile MVNO is due to switch from the EE RAN to Vodafone RAN and those plans are still in place.
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Originally Posted by vincerooney
damn though this makes sense. i was hoping for an email saying "o2 and virgin media are combining.....want to combine your o2 and virgin media contract together and save £20 a month....click here!"
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That is exactly what could happen, although they are going after those that are not currently customers of both.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Nothing to stop you switching to VM mobile when you're able to. It will be on the O2 network soon.
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Nope, no it won’t.