Virgin Mobile agrees Everything Everywhere deal

Virgin Media has today announced a deal giving its mobile customers access to the network of Everything Everywhere, the UK joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile.

The cable operator is the UK's largest Mobile Virtual Network Operator, which means that it 'piggybacks' other mobile networks to offer services to customers.

Everything Everywhere has now become Virgin Media's main mobile network supplier, enabling Virgin Mobile customers to take advantage of increased coverage.

Virgin already uses T-Mobile's network to host calls, texts and mobile data usage, but the addition of Orange's footprint will improve coverage in more areas.

Graeme Oxby, the executive director of home phone and mobile at Virgin Media, said: "Virgin Media customers already enjoy the UK's fastest broadband and the most advanced TV services, now they'll benefit from enhanced mobile coverage too.

"With our combination of fixed and mobile services, we are uniquely positioned to cater for a new era of 'always on' connectivity, be it with our cutting edge broadband or TiVo service at home or enjoying the latest mobile entertainment while on the go."

Virgin Media will automatically enable customers to use both the Orange and T-Mobile networks from this month, with all customers expected to benefit from the change by the end of the year.

Users will see 'Virgin' as their network name when using the standard Virgin Mobile network, but will see 'virgin' or 'Orange' when roaming into Orange. There will be no changes to tariffs or extra costs from the new network partnership.

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