Introduction
Virgin Media was created from the merger of NTL, Telewest and
Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile and is a part of Liberty Global plc,
the world’s largest international cable company. In the UK, Virgin
Media is the first ‘quad play’ provider, meaning that they provide
broadband, TV, mobile phone and home phone services. The
company has invested over £13 billion and owns the UK’s largest
fibre optic network, making it the biggest privately built network. In
the first quarter of 2013 Virgin Media had 4.49 million broadband
subscribers.
As a forward thinking company Virgin Media is at the forefront of
digital technology, with its engineers researching the technologies
that could be possible 20 years into the future. As well as
investing in new technology Virgin Media continually invests in the
people who work for the company, maintaining Richard Branson’s
philosophy that engaged and motivated employees lead to happy
customers, which in turn leads to shareholder gain.