Over 254,000 additional premises across Ireland will now have access to Virgin Media Ireland's superfast broadband and TV services, thanks to a new partnership with National Broadband Ireland (NBI).

Virgin Media's deal with NBI, along with other already announced wholesale network access developments, brings the number of premises now able to access Virgin Media's broadband services to 1.4 million.

Virgin Media's ongoing €200m network upgrade to full fibre is continuing to 2025 and will support speeds up to 10Gbps. It has recently upgraded over 281,000 premises to fibre, offering speeds of 2Gbps across its own network. The Virgin Media network already provides broadband speeds of 1Gbps (gigabits per second) to 1 million premises across Ireland.

Virgin Media Ireland CEO Tony Hanway said, "With lightning-fast speeds of up to 2 Gig and 99.9% reliability, our full fibre broadband network is designed to revolutionise the way we connect and experience the digital world. This announcement today with NBI brings our ultrafast broadband and TV services to even more premises across Ireland, enabling homes, businesses, communities and regions nationwide to further prosper and grow."

Peter Hendrick, CEO of National broadband Ireland (NBI) said, "We're delighted that Virgin Media will join the growing number of retail service providers offering broadband packages on our network. There are now 70 retail service providers on our network, meaning there is huge choice for anyone connecting to high-speed fibre through NBI. Our rollout will ensure that every home, farm and business in Ireland has access to high-speed broadband with minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second available. We've now passed over 254,000 premises across the country and all of these have the same guarantee in terms of access, speed, and reliability."