Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Virgin Media O2 is negotiating a £2 billion acquisition of Netomnia, a major UK broadband operator, as reported by the Financial Times.
(Reuters) -Virgin Media O2 is in talks to acquire Britain's fourth-largest broadband network operator Netomnia in a deal potentially worth 2 billion pounds ($2.68 billion), the Financial Times reported on Thursday citing two people familiar with the matter.
($1 = 0.7451 pounds)
(Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
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