Virgin Media O2 will announce it is helping thousands of people affected by data poverty to get online with free WiFi working with technology charity, Jangala.
Through the multi-year partnership, the companies will roll out 5,000 internet-enabling ‘Get Boxes’ to households, community centres, refuges, and homeless shelters across the UK.
Key details of the announcement include:
- The Get Boxes, powered by O2 mobile data and able to provide connectivity for over 20 people at a time, will be sent to schools, charities, and other community initiatives, and then distributed to households that need them most.
- The partnership builds on Virgin Media O2’s existing support of Jangala’s global Emergency Response programme which has seen ‘Big Boxes’ deployed during humanitarian crises, enabling disaster response teams and communities to access WiFi, including the tragic earthquake in Türkiye and Syria earlier this year.
