Virgin Media Ireland sells broadband, digital TV, VoIP telephony, and mobile (as MVNO on Three Ireland) directly to residential and business consumers nationwide (Source), (Source).
Virgin Media Ireland builds and owns its own hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) cable infrastructure (Source), (Source).
Ireland
Valid from
Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
Founded in 2005 as UPC Ireland via Liberty Global's acquisition of NTL Ireland and Chorus Communications assets, with major milestones including 2010 launch of 100 Mbps "Fibre Power" broadband, 2015 rebrand to Virgin Media and acquisition of TV3 Group for €80 million, 2021 announcement of FTTP overlay to 1 million premises by 2025 using XGS-PON, and 2024 wholesale deals with Vodafone Ireland and National Broadband Ireland (NBI) for expanded access (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Virgin Media Ireland is not retail-only; it builds and operates its own physical networks in addition to retail sales and wholesale (Source), (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Virgin Media Ireland is not wholesale-only; it sells retail directly to residential and business end-users via owned networks (Source), (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Virgin Media Ireland is not business-only; it offers services to both residential consumers and businesses (Source), (Source).