Virgin Media O2

Virgin Media O2 is the United Kingdom's converged fixed and mobile network operator, formed in 2021 as a 50/50 joint venture between Telefonica and Liberty Global by merging Virgin Media's cable broadband business with O2 UK's mobile network. It serves roughly half the UK population across mobile, broadband, and fixed wholesale, and sits at the connectivity layer of the telecom value chain rather than the developer-tools layer. Its API posture is partner-gated and sales-led: probing developer.virginmediao2.co.uk, developers.virginmediao2.co.uk, docs.virginmediao2.co.uk, api.virginmediao2.co.uk, opengateway.virginmediao2.co.uk, developer.o2.co.uk and the virginmediao2business.co.uk equivalents returns DNS failure or HTTP 404 in every case, and neither the o2.co.uk sitemap nor the corporate site contains a developer or API section. Virgin Media O2 is a GSMA Open Gateway participant and on 23 September 2025 joined BT/EE, Vodafone and CK Hutchison (Three UK) in the commercial UK launch of CAMARA-standardised KYC Age Verification and KYC Tenure APIs, with SIM Swap already live and KYC Match committed; but developers reach that network-API surface only through third-party aggregators such as JT Group and TMT.ID, never through a Virgin Media O2 portal. There is no public self-serve signup, no downloadable OpenAPI, no sandbox, and no first-party SDK. Its GitHub organisation exists and is empty.

Virgin Media O2 publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Telecommunications, United Kingdom, Mobile Network Operator, Broadband, and Network APIs.

Virgin Media O2’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, and 17 more developer resources.

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23.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
1 APIs
TelecommunicationsUnited KingdomMobile Network OperatorBroadbandNetwork APIsCAMARAOpen GatewayIdentity VerificationSIM SwapAge VerificationConverged OperatorPartner Gated

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 23.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 4.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Virgin Media O2 Newsroom Content API (WordPress REST)

The anonymous read surface of the Virgin Media O2 press newsroom, served by WordPress at news.virginmediao2.co.uk/wp-json/. It is the only callable, self-describing API Virgin M...

JSON Schema 5

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

attachment

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

category

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

page

26 properties

JSON SCHEMA

post

30 properties

JSON SCHEMA

tag

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Virgin Media O2 Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Compliance
Compliance

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support
 HelpCenter
HelpCenter

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Website
Website
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: virgin-media-o2
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virgin-media-o2/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Virgin Media O2
kind: company
description: 'Virgin Media O2 is the United Kingdom''s converged fixed and mobile network operator, formed in 2021 as a 50/50
  joint venture between Telefonica and Liberty Global by merging Virgin Media''s cable broadband business with O2 UK''s mobile
  network. It serves roughly half the UK population across mobile, broadband, and fixed wholesale, and sits at the connectivity
  layer of the telecom value chain rather than the developer-tools layer. Its API posture is partner-gated and sales-led:
  probing developer.virginmediao2.co.uk, developers.virginmediao2.co.uk, docs.virginmediao2.co.uk, api.virginmediao2.co.uk,
  opengateway.virginmediao2.co.uk, developer.o2.co.uk and the virginmediao2business.co.uk equivalents returns DNS failure
  or HTTP 404 in every case, and neither the o2.co.uk sitemap nor the corporate site contains a developer or API section.
  Virgin Media O2 is a GSMA Open Gateway participant and on 23 September 2025 joined BT/EE, Vodafone and CK Hutchison (Three
  UK) in the commercial UK launch of CAMARA-standardised KYC Age Verification and KYC Tenure APIs, with SIM Swap already live
  and KYC Match committed; but developers reach that network-API surface only through third-party aggregators such as JT Group
  and TMT.ID, never through a Virgin Media O2 portal. There is no public self-serve signup, no downloadable OpenAPI, no sandbox,
  and no first-party SDK. Its GitHub organisation exists and is empty.'
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Telecommunications
- United Kingdom
- Mobile Network Operator
- Broadband
- Network APIs
- CAMARA
- Open Gateway
- Identity Verification
- SIM Swap
- Age Verification
- Converged Operator
- Partner Gated
created: '2026-07-25'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: virgin-media-o2:newsroom-content-api
  name: Virgin Media O2 Newsroom Content API (WordPress REST)
  description: 'The anonymous read surface of the Virgin Media O2 press newsroom, served by WordPress at news.virginmediao2.co.uk/wp-json/.
    It is the only callable, self-describing API Virgin Media O2 serves on a host it controls: the route index advertises
    253 routes, and each wp/v2 collection returns its own draft-04 JSON Schema in the OPTIONS response. It is a content API
    for press releases, not a Virgin Media O2 product or network API — the CAMARA network APIs Virgin Media O2 launched commercially
    are specified upstream and reached only through third-party aggregators. Read routes are open; write routes require authentication.
    No OpenAPI is published for it.'
  humanURL: https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/news-views/
  baseURL: https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/wp-json/
  tags:
  - Content
  - Newsroom
  - WordPress
  - Press Releases
  properties:
  - type: APICatalog
    url: well-known/virgin-media-o2-newsroom-wp-json-index.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/virgin-media-o2-newsroom-post.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/virgin-media-o2-newsroom-page.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/virgin-media-o2-newsroom-attachment.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/virgin-media-o2-newsroom-category.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/virgin-media-o2-newsroom-tag.json
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/virgin-media-o2-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/virgin-media-o2-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Virgin-Media-O2-Security-Schedule-Version-7.0-Jan-2026.pdf
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/virgin-media-o2-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.o2.co.uk
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.virginmedia.com/help/service-status
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/virgin-media-o2-llms.txt
- type: Support
  url: https://www.virginmediao2.co.uk/help
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.o2.co.uk/help
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.virginmediao2.co.uk/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.virginmediao2.co.uk/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.virginmediao2.co.uk/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.virginmediao2business.co.uk/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.o2.co.uk/
- type: Blog
  url: https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/news-views/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/feed/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/VirginMediaO2
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/virgin-media-o2
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com