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Digital Equity

Creating digital equity and improving accessibility to the internet is a key part of our commitment to building Tomorrow’s Connections Today.

During the pandemic and beyond, we unlocked new ways to work, live and relax. But we also discovered some hard facts. 3.4 million households across the EU are without internet access. Of those, 44% lack the necessary digital skills. 26% just can’t afford it.

That’s why we’re delivering a number of initiatives to help boost digital equity, such as improving access to the internet for vulnerable families within our operating companies.

These include an essential internet connection available at a minimum fixed price, refurbished laptops for online schooling and job-seekers, and digital ‘kickstarters’ who help with basic online skills.

Our strategy in action

Corporate Social Responsibility

Mike Fries opens Street Child event in Davos

Panellists from Liberty Global and its long-standing NGO partner, Street Child, which works with local organizations to ensure every child has an education, took part in a wide-ranging discussion...

Virgin Media O2 and the National Databank are making data more accessible this Christmas

With the cost-of-living crisis deepening and around two million UK households at risk of digital exclusion, Virgin Media O2 is helping more people in need access free mobile data...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Cost of living

Virgin Media O2 boosts support for benefit claimants in Cost-of-Living Crisis

Virgin Media O2 has today boosted its support for those hit hardest by the cost-of-living crisis with a price cut to its existing social tariff and plans to launch...

Corporate Social Responsibility

digital poverty

Virgin Media O2 rolls out The National Databank across the UK to tackle data poverty

Virgin Media O2, together with Good Things Foundation, is rolling out the first National Databank across the UK to tackle digital poverty. The partnership is pledging more free O2...

Essential Internet

Telenet expands ‘Essential Internet’ project for vulnerable families in Belgium

One year after the introduction of its ‘Essential Internet’ pilot project (launched initially in response to needs during the pandemic), Telenet is scaling up its basic internet programme for...

Connected Purpose

Telenet and Yes.be partnership

Telenet and YES.be announce classroom initiative to bridge the digital divide in Belgium

Liberty Global’s Belgium subsidiary Telenet and education ICT specialist YES.be are working together to help schools digitalise education and in particular, support vulnerable students. Telenet has been providing broadband...

Powering our communities

home learning

Virgin Media announces ‘Help for Home Learners’ initiative

Liberty Global’s UK operator Virgin Media has today launched a new initiative to help home learners and families facing financial difficulty during lockdown. Through a package of devices and...

Essential Broadband

Virgin Media launches “no-frills” broadband package

Virgin Media has today announced a new essential broadband service targeted specifically at customers facing financial difficulty and uncertainty in these challenging times. The broadband-only plan, called “Virgin Media...

UPC Poland

UPC Poland helps children learn to code from home

After several months of the Covid-19 restrictions we are all trying to find new ways to keep busy and entertained while at home. No one feels this more than...

UPC Poland AND free Internet

UPC Poland launches free Internet package for families in need

UPC Poland has announced an “Internet for Equal Chances” service, aimed at supporting large families in need by providing them with free access to high-speed internet with unlimited opportunities...

Internet AND Education

UPC Poland launches Internet for Education Initiative

The closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic have put the Polish Education System under unprecedented pressure. With the Polish government evoking a nationwide lockdown, teachers can only...

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Connected society

Connected Society

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