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VM O2–Openreach twist puts CMA fibre assumptions under pressure

2026-10-30T15:41:00

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Source: Virgin Media O2

Virgin Media O2 is reportedly preparing to shelve its cable-to-fibre upgrade in favour of turning to an Openreach wholesale deal for off-net expansion, cutting capital requirements while dealing a significant blow to the competitive assumptions underpinning the CMA’s nexfibre-Netomnia review.

This article includes:

  • Themes: Fibre broadband; Fibre consolidation; Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP); Hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC); Network sharing; Open access; Telecoms debt; Wholesale broadband; XGS-PON.
  • People: Bruno Candès; Jeanie York; Lutz Schüler; Rajiv Datta.
  • Geographic: UK.
  • Organisations: BT; CityFibre; Competition & Markets Authority (CMA); InfraVia; Liberty Global; Moody’s; Netomnia; Nexfibre; Openreach; Platform X Communications; Substantial Group; TalkTalk; Telefónica; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2).

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