Virgin Orbit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it failed to secure more funding. The announcement comes just days after the firm laid off 85% of its workforce or 675 employees.
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Virgin Media has announced the launch of its 5G service in the UK, which is built on Vodafone's network. The company says 5G won't cost extra, and it promises 4.5 times the average speed of 4G.
Virgin Media has announced a new TV platform called Virgin TV 360. It's available to all new customers and later in the year for existing customers with the premium Ultimate Oomph bundle.
For the first time in history, two humans were strapped into Virgin Hyperloop's Pegasus pod and safely accelerated to 107mph in 6.25s in a 500m long hyperloop in the desert of Nevada.
Virgin Media has announced the launch of Gig1 in Southampton. The £62 per month service will roll out to 15 million homes across the UK by 2021. The firm is putting on a free concert to celebrate.
Virgin Hyperloop One announced today that companies in North Carolina are officially looking into hyperloop technology as a potential regional and inter-city transportation platform.
Virgin Media has launched Intelligent WiFi which includes several tools for boosting WiFi coverage in the home. Virgin also released a new Connect app in order to help users manage the new features.
The company which prides itself on being the first to build and test a functional hyperloop system has received a large boost thanks to an undisclosed investment from the Virgin Group.
Virgin Atlantic has begun offering Wi-Fi across its various transatlantic and intercontinental flights. The in-flight Wi-Fi is also offered on Delta Airline flights, its US partner.
Virgin Media has suspended four staff members after an investigation by its parent company, Liberty, found that Virgin had overstated rollout figures for its superfast broadband rollout.
The Moto G4 Play, the cheapest variant of the Moto G4 is now available through various carriers in Canada at a starting price of $199. The device is expected to launch in India soon as well.
The Virgin Group's American-based airline branch will begin offering free access to Netflix during long distance flights next year.
Virgin Media has launched its VIP tariffs, with unlimited calls, texts and data from £15 a month SIM-only, or £31 with a free handset, with discounts and free insurance for existing customers.
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) of the UK has once again hit Virgin Media with a ban on their advertising methods, after the service claimed you could "say goodbye to buffering" misleadingly.
Virgin Mobile USA's customers experienced a nationwide data and text outage on the pre-paid wireless provider on Tuesday and Wednesday that lasted about 18 hours before service was restored.
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Virgin Media is threatening to take Sky to court to resolve the dispute over payment for some Sky channels that until last week were part of Virgin's TV service. While Virgin says that attempts to...
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