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Company type | Internet service provider |
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Industry |
Internet Telecommunications |
Founded | 2010 (as Virgin Media Business) |
Headquarters | Reading, England, UK |
Key people | Peter Kelly ( Managing Director) |
Products | Broadband |
Owner | Virgin Media |
Parent | Virgin Media O2 |
Website |
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Virgin Media Business Limited is a telecommunications provider specialising in providing services to businesses in the United Kingdom. The company is a subsidiary of Virgin Media, and as of 1 June 2021, parent company of Virgin Media O2, formerly named ntl:Telewest Business until 11 February 2010. [1]
During November 2010, Virgin Media Business re-certified its Ethernet portfolio under MEF ( Metro Ethernet Forum) 9 and 14 service validation structure. [2]
Later that month, it committed its support for the nationwide fibre-optic network to the UK Government to underpin the Public Services Network, the Cabinet Office ‘network of networks’ for public sector organisations. [3]
In January 2011, London Grid for Learning (LGfL) selected Virgin Media Business to power a £200 million framework agreement to transform the delivery of public services in and around London. [4]
In February 2011, the company offered data centres access to carrier grade connectivity. [5]
The company was awarded an interim Public Services Network security accreditation in April 2011. The accreditation meant that it was allowed to operate as a Direct Network Service Provider ( DNSP) and a Government Conveyance Network Service Provider (GCNSP). Full accreditation was awarded in July 2011. [6]
During May 2011, the company partnered with data centre provider, ICM, to launch a Colocation[ clarification needed] service. The service offers businesses access to 11 data centres across the UK. [7]
June 2011 saw the company and Westminster City Council launch a new £190 million pan-London IT framework.[ citation needed]
In July 2011, the company was awarded one of three places on the Government Procurement Service Managed Telecommunications Convergence Framework (MTCF). The framework was to act as a resource for public sector organisations to buy Public Services Network compliant technologies. [8]
Virgin Media Business has a nationwide fibre optic Next Generation Network. Organisations working with Virgin Media Business include London City Airport, Arqiva, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Partnership and South West Water. [9]
In September 2010, Virgin Media Business launched Big Red Internet, a business Internet service, without constraints or extra charges. [10]
In September 2011, the organisation signed a deal with Mobile Broadband Network Ltd to provide a synchronous Ethernet mobile backhaul network – expanding the bandwidth available to Hutchinson 3G UK and EE for their 3G and 4G network requirements with 1 gigabit per second connectivity. [11]
In September 2011, the division announced that it had partnered with Savvis to launch its first true[ clarification needed] cloud product, the Virtual Private Data Centre (VPDC). [12]