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2023-09-07
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Virgin snaps up broadband firm backed by oligarchs
Virgin Media O2 has bought a broadband business backed by sanctioned Russian oligarchs. The telecoms company is thought to have paid tens of millions for Upp, owned by LetterOne. LetterOne was founded by Mikhail Fridman, which also owns Holland & Barrett, the health food chain.
2023-09-06
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Virgin O2 agrees to buy the Russian-backed broadband provider Upp
Upp provides fibre internet in the East of England and the East Midlands. It was owned by Letter One, a group backed by Russian oligarchs. Letter One was told by the Government last December to get rid of Upp.
2023-09-06
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Virgin Media buys broadband business from sanctioned Russian oligarch’s fund
Virgin Media O2 has reached a deal to buy Upp from LetterOne. LetterOne is an investment group founded by Ukrainian-born billionaire Mikhail Fridman in 2013. The sale, understood to be valued at tens of millions of pounds, was ordered last year by then-Business Secretary Grant Shapps.
2023-09-06
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Virgin Media O2 to snap up Russian oligarch-backed broadband firm
VM02, the UK telecoms merger joint venture between Liberty Global and Spain’s Telefonica, is to buy regional broadband business Upp. The UK government ordered the sale of Upp in December after deciding that ownership by investment group LetterOne (L1) posed a risk to national security.
2023-04-07
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Oligarch’s fund wants legal review after being ordered to sell British broadband firm
Government ordered LetterOne to sell Upp, the company behind a £1bn project to roll out full‐fibre broadband in East Anglia. Grant Shapps, then Business Secretary, said the move was necessary to prevent, remedy, or mitigate a risk to national security. If granted, the judicial review will be the first major test of strict new national security laws.
2023-01-31
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Harvesting robot is given the heads up
Shropshire-based Upp’s robotics uses 3D cameras and artificial intelligence to spot broccoli heads ready to be picked, even when they are obscured by leaves. Unlike agricultural teams, the vehicle Upp has created can work in fields around the clock.
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