Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions
O2 Terms and Conditions (Mobile)
O2 Terms and Conditions (Mobile)
Volt Terms and Conditions for O2 Business.
This Promotion replaces the previous Volt promotion offered by Virgin Media between 11 October 2021 and 11 September 2022. This Promotion has a start date of 12 September 2022.
These terms and conditions (“Volt Offer Terms”) govern this offer.
In these Terms “our”, “we” or “O2” means Telefonica UK Limited, 260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4DX.”
Please read the following Volt Offer Terms carefully and keep a copy for your information.
Please note that whilst you may be eligible for this Volt Offer if you meet the Eligibility Requirements explained below, and already have or choose to take certain O2 and Virgin Media services, separate contracts and therefore terms and conditions apply to both your O2 and Virgin Media services and you will be billed separately for these services. Your contract for your Eligible O2 Tariff is with Telefonica UK Limited and can be found in the first link immediately below. Your contract for your Qualifying Virgin Media Purchases is with Virgin Media Limited and Virgin Payments Limited and can be found in the second link immediately below.
Eligible O2 Tariffs are subject to their own eligibility criteria, status and credit checks and O2’s general terms for business customers which can be found here: www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/business/standard-terms-and-conditions-business
Qualifying Virgin Media Purchases will also be subject to their own terms and conditions and eligibility criteria including without limitation the standard terms and conditions of residential customer service agreement for Virgin Media Television, Virgin Broadband and Virgin Phone Services which can be found at: https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/the-legal-stuff. Participants should familiarise themselves with these terms before participating in this Offer.
What is the Volt Offer?
1. Eligible Customers (a “Participant”) who have an Eligible O2 Tariff and make, or have made, a Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase (a “Volt Event”) will unlock exclusive Volt benefits for their Eligible O2 Tariff as follows:
Either:
Mobile Data Boost: The monthly data allowance for up to nine (9)
Eligible O2 Tariffs, nominated by you, will be doubled for:
· O2 Small Biz Sim Only (12/24m) tariffs from 6GB and above,
· O2 Small Biz Data only (24/36m) tariffs from 6GB and above,
· O2 Small Biz Handset (24/36m) tariffs from 3GB and above
· 2GB+ O2 Small Biz MBB Sim Only (12/24m) from 2GB and above, data
allowances.
Any unused data will rollover to the following billing month in line with your Data Rollover terms which can be found at https://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/business/business-inclusive-minute-and-text-tariff-terms-from-1-june-2023
If you choose the Mobile Data Boost Volt benefit in connection with your Volt Event, it can be applied to up to nine (9) Eligible O2 Tariffs under the same Volt Event.
Or
MiFi: Where it is not the primary device under the first Eligible O2 Tariff, you can choose a Mobile WiFi (MiFi) with 2GB monthly data allowance, free of charge, in connection with your Volt Event. The options to increase data allowance are:
· 5GB £1p/m
· 10GB £3p/m
· 50GB £5p/m
· 150GB £8p/m
· Unlimited £13p/m
O2’s Standard MiFi terms can be found here
If you choose the MiFi Volt benefit in connection with your Volt Event, you will be eligible for one (1) MiFi device as above. If you choose the MiFi Volt benefit in connection with your Volt Event, you will not have the option to apply Mobile Data Boost to any further Eligible O2 Tariffs, nor will you be entitled to claim any further MiFi Volt benefits, in connection with the same Volt Event.
2. The Volt Offer will be applied when making a purchase which meets the Eligibility Requirements below and will continue until your O2 contract is renewed to one which no longer meets the Eligibility Requirements.
3. You are entitled to one Volt choice under paragraph 1 per Volt Event which meets the Eligibility Requirements below. Offer is not transferable. No cash or other alternatives.
What are the Eligibility Requirements for the Volt Offer?
4. To be eligible to participate and receive the Volt Offer you must be an Eligible Customer and have purchased an Eligible O2 Tariff and make or have made a Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase (a “Volt Event”).
“Eligible Customer” means one of the following which is claimed by you and accepted by O2:
a) A new small business customer who enters into an O2 contract for an Eligible O2 Tariff and also makes a Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase both on or after the Volt Offer Launch Date; or
b) An existing O2 small business customer who is within their contract Minimum Period and who enters into a Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase on or after the Volt Offer Launch Date; or
c) An existing Virgin Media small business customer who meets Virgin Media’s eligibility criteria and enters into an O2 contract for an Eligible O2 Tariff.
d) An existing O2 small business customer who is within their contract Minimum Period on an Eligible O2 Tariff and who is also an existing Virgin Media small business customer who satisfies Virgin Media’s eligibility criteria on or after the Volt Offer Launch Date.
e) An existing VMO2 customer who has previously claimed a Volt benefit, that benefit will remain under its terms and conditions, and will not be affected by this Promotion. An existing VMO2 customer who has not previously claimed Volt benefits under this Promotion, remains eligible to claim Volt benefits under this Promotion, subject to these terms and conditions. If an existing VMO2 customer has already claimed a Volt benefit, they can gain eligibility for replacement Volt benefits under this Promotion at the point they recontract their Eligible O2 Tariff.
f) “Eligible O2 Tariffs” are available to new, upgrading or
in contract customers who purchase an:
· O2 Small Biz Sim Only (12/24m) tariffs from 6GB and above,
· O2 Small Biz Data only (24/36m) tariffs from 6GB and above,
· O2 Small Biz Handset (24/36m) tariffs from 3GB and above
· 2GB+ O2 Small Biz MBB Sim Only (12/24m) from 2GB and above, data allowances.
Tariff eligibility criteria may apply which includes, but is not limited to, being a UK resident and being over 18.
i. customers who purchase a Small Biz tariff taken out from 2019 on the following 24 month or 36 months contracts:
i. Small Business
ii. Small Biz SIMO
iii. Small Biz Data Only
iv. Small Biz MBB Sim Only.
"Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase” is the purchase of a Virgin Media Limited and Virgin Payments Limited (“Virgin Media”) Virgin Media Voom broadband packages as set out in more detail at https://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/small-business/virgin-media-o2/
5. You may request your Eligible O2 Tariffs be supercharged in accordance with the Volt Offers in paragraph 1 at the time of submitting your order which meets the Eligibility Requirements. Following that time, you will not be eligible for the other offer in accordance with paragraph 1. If you choose the Data Boost Volt benefit if can be claimed on up to nine (9) separate Eligible O2 Tariffs in connection with the same Volt Event. O2 shall use its reasonable endeavours to apply the exclusive Volt benefits as soon as reasonably possible following your request to be supercharged and O2’s validation that the Eligibility Criteria have been satisfied.
6. O2 may, at its sole discretion, identify which tariffs or products are eligible or no longer eligible for this Volt Offer. O2 shall identify Eligible O2 Tariffs in selected promotional material. Devices or tariffs may only be eligible for Volt Offer at certain times, so please check marketing material.
7. If you cancel your Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase within 14 days of your Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase order date, you will become ineligible for this Volt Offer which will result in this offer being removed (if applied) to your Eligible O2 Tariff. There may also be consequences for your Virgin Media Volt benefits, please check the “Qualifying Virgin Media Purchase” url link above for more details.
8. If we remove your Volt Offer in accordance with these Terms, your O2 services shall continue unaffected, and aside from potential impacts on your Virgin Media benefits, your Virgin Media services will also be unaffected.
Other important terms
9. The Volt Offer will appear on your bill as a no charge item called Mobile Data Boost or a no charge item called Mobile WiFi. Any additional MiFi data changes will be shown on your bill.
10. The Mobile Data Boost can be assigned to up to nine (9) Eligible O2 Tariffs in total under the same Volt Event.
11. The MiFi Volt Offer with 2GB monthly data allowance is only available under this Promotion where it is requested as the Volt benefit for a Volt Event. If MiFi is ordered as the Eligible O2 Tariff, and MiFi with 2GB is requested as the Eligible Customer’s Volt benefit, then you will be provided with two MiFi services, the first will be chargeable and provided in accordance with the terms of your contract for that service, and the second will be provided as the non-chargeable (or the reduced chargeable where data allowances over 2BG are selected) Volt benefit under these terms and conditions. If you choose the MiFi Volt Offer in connection with your Volt Event, you will receive one (1) MiFi device in accordance with these terms and conditions, and will be ineligible for Mobile Data Boosts under this Promotion in connection with the same Volt Event.
12. O2 reserves the right to remove promotional material from circulation, amend these Volt Terms or amend or withdraw the Volt Offer at any point. In the case of amendment or withdrawal a notice will be posted at the top of these Volt Terms.O2 reserves the right to substitute the Volt Offer for an alternative of equal or greater value. In the event of any dispute the decision of O2 is final. These Volt Terms prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials.
13. Data Protection: By participating in the Volt Offer, Participants consent to the transfer of their personal data to the Data Controller and the use of their personal data for the purposes of the administration of this promotion and any other purposes to which the Participant has consented. Your personal details will at all times be kept in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found here: o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/privacy-policy.
14. These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Virgin Media Terms and Conditions (Broadband)
Virgin Media Terms and Conditions (Broadband)
Virgin Media SoHo ‘Volt’ Promotion Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions govern Virgin Media’s ‘Volt’ benefits and only form a part of your Virgin Media customer contract where the Eligibility Criteria are met.
This Promotion replaces the previous Volt promotions offered by Virgin Media between 11 October 2021 and 11 September 2022 and 12 September 2022 and 5 August 2024. This Promotion has a start date of 6 August 2024.
These terms and conditions are in addition to:
- • the standard terms and conditions that form part of your agreement for Virgin Media Business Broadband services (available
at https://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/pdf/legal-documents/VMB-SoHo-SME-StandardTCs.pdf) (the “Virgin Media Standard Terms”);
• the O2 Small Business Volt Terms and Conditions which govern the Volt benefits applicable to your eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff (available at https://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/business/volt-terms-and-conditions-for-o2-business
• ]); and
• the standard terms and conditions of your agreement for your eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff (available at https://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/business).
Please read through these terms carefully.
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• Separate contracts apply to your Virgin Media Business Broadband services and the O2 Small Business mobile services and you will be billed separately for these services;
• Your contract for Virgin Media Business Broadband services is with Virgin Media Business Limited (“Virgin Media” or “VM”); and
• Your contract for your eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff is with Telefónica UK Limited (“O2”)
For customers who have Volt or have had their Volt order request accepted, Virgin Media reserves the right to change or withdraw the Virgin Media Volt benefits or vary these Virgin Media Volt Promotion Terms and Conditions in accordance with the Virgin Media Standard Terms and Conditions. Otherwise, this promotion may be withdrawn at any time.
A. Eligibility Criteria
1. In order to benefit from the Volt promotion, you must satisfy the eligibility criteria set out in this Section A (the Eligibility Criteria).
2. Customer Status: to benefit from the Volt promotion you must either:
a) be a new customer to both Virgin Media and O2 as at the date of your order (meaning that you have no active contract or service with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service or with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff as at such date) (a “New Customer”);
b) have no active contract or service with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff, but have an active contract or service with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service with at least six (6) months remaining of your minimum period (an “Existing VM Customer”);
c) have no active contract or service with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff, but have an active contract or service with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service with less than six (6) months remaining of your minimum period where you are (i) seeking to renew your Eligible Business Broadband Service for a minimum of a further 24 month minimum period and (ii) requesting to receive the Volt benefits, but (a “VM Renewal Customer”);
d) have an active contract or service with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff but no active contract or service with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service (an “Existing O2 Customer”): or
e) before this Promotion starts, have an active contract or service with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff and an active contract or service with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service (“Existing VMO2 Customer”).
3. Order Requirements:
a) If you are a New Customer, you must place an order with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service and with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff in each case at any time on or after 6 August 2024 and which are accepted by Virgin Media and O2 respectively.
b) If you are an Existing Virgin Media Customer, you must:
i. have a minimum of six (6) months remaining of your minimum period for your Eligible Business Broadband Service; and
ii. place an order with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff at any time on or after 6 August 2024 but prior to the expiry of the minimum period for your Eligible Business Broadband Service, and which is accepted by O2.
c) If you are a VM Renewal Customer, you must either:
i. enter into a new contract or renewal with Virgin Media for your Eligible Business Broadband Services for a further 24 month minimum period and, at the same as entering into such renewal, place an order with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff, in which case you will be considered a “New Customer” for the purposes of these Promotion Terms and Conditions; or
ii. enter into a new contract or renewal with Virgin Media for your Eligible Business Broadband Services for a further 24 month minimum period and, at any time thereafter, place an order with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff, in which case you will be considered an “Existing VM Customer” for the purposes of these Promotion Terms and Conditions, in either case, on or after 6 August 2024.
d) If you are an Existing O2 Customer, you must:
i. be within contract O2 Small Biz mobile tariff; and
ii. place an order with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service at any time on or after 6 August 2024 but prior to the expiry of the minimum period for your Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff, and which is accepted by Virgin Media.
e)
If you are an Existing VMO2 Customer:
i. If you have previously claimed a Volt benefit, that benefit will remain under its terms and conditions, and will not be affected by this Promotion.
ii. If you are an Existing VMO2 Customer, and you have not previously claimed Volt benefits, you remain eligible to claim Volt benefits under this Promotion subject to these terms and conditions.
iii. You may only claim Volt benefits once during the minimum period of your active contract or service with O2 for an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff and active contract or service with Virgin Media for an Eligible Business Broadband Service. You may not claim additional Volt benefits under this promotion if you have claimed any Volt benefits prior to the date of this Promotion. You may only amend or extend your Volt benefits upon the renewal or extension of your Eligible O2 Small Biz service (where you may claim the O2 Volt benefits under that promotion) and/or your Eligible Business Broadband Service for a new minimum term.
4. Eligible Products and Services: for the purposes of this Volt promotion:
a) “Eligible Business Broadband Service” means those of its business broadband services, packages or bundles that Virgin Media may (in its sole discretion) determine to be eligible to receive the Volt promotion from time to time. As at 6 August 2024, the Eligible Business Broadband Services include the services marketed as:
Current Voom packages, eligible for Instant Connect 4G Start-up with either Constant Connect 4G Back-up or, Speed Boost, subject to qualifying criteria:
i. Voom 200
ii. Voom 400;
iii. Voom 600;
iv. Voom 800; and
v. Voom Gig1,
Legacy Voom packages, eligible for Instant Connect 4G Start-up and Constant Connect 4G Back-up only (but not Speed Boost):
vi. Voom Fibre 1;
vii. Voom Fibre 2;
viii. Voom Fibre 3; and
ix. Voom 500,
and which in each case are subject to a minimum period of at least 24 months. Virgin Media may (at its sole discretion) update, change or withdraw certain services, packages or bundles from the Eligible Business Broadband Services without prior notice to customers. Any update or change to the Eligible Business Broadband Services shall not affect any customer or service that has already received Volt in accordance with this promotion, or its predecessor in respect of Legacy Voom packages, as at the date of such change.
b) “Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff” means those mobile plans or services set out in more detail at https://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/business/volt-terms-and-conditions-for-o2-business
5. All orders by New Customers or Existing O2 Customers for an Eligible Business Broadband Service that are accepted by Virgin Media (a Qualifying Order) shall be subject to the Virgin Media Standard Terms and the contractual minimum period set out in the order form for the Qualifying Order.
B. What is “Volt” and how can you get the benefits?
1. If you satisfy the Eligibility Criteria, you will be eligible to have your Virgin Media Qualifying Service ‘Volt’ and receive the following Virgin Media Volt benefits on request, subject to these promotional terms and conditions and paragraph B.2 below:
a) for New Customers (excluding any VM Renewal Customer) and/or Existing O2 Small Customers only, the Virgin Media Business Broadband “Instant Connect 4G Start-up” add-on may be added to your service free of charge (standard price £40 per month charge pro-rated based on installation date).
And, Either
b) for all eligible customers, the Virgin Media Business Broadband “Constant Connect 4G Back-up” add-on may be added to your service free of charge from the date of activation of the Volt promotion for the duration of your Eligible Business Broadband Service minimum period (standard price £7 per month).
Or:
c) for all eligible customers with Current Voom packages, the Virgin Media Business Broadband “Speed Boost” up to the next tier may be added to your service free of charge from the date of activation of the Volt promotion for the duration of your Eligible Business Broadband Service minimum period (standard tier increase price is £6 per month). The following ”Speed Boost” tier upgrades are applicable:
- Voom 200 to Voom 400;
- Voom 400 to Voom 600;
- Voom 600 to Voom 800; and
- Voom 800 to Voom Gig1.
There is no available ”Speed Boost” on Voom Gig1, which is excluded from this promotion.
For the avoidance of doubt, “Speed Boost” is not available on Legacy Voom packages including Voom Fibre 1, Voom Fibre 2, Voom Fibre 3 or Voom Fibre 500 packages.
2. The Instant Connect 4G Start-up, Constant Connect 4G Back-up and Speed Boost add-ons are each subject to availability and Virgin Media’s serviceability and eligibility checks. No cash or other alternatives will be provided where such add-on(s) are not available or a customer is unable to receive them.
3. The O2 Volt benefits are governed by the terms of your separate contract with O2 (available https://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/business/volt-terms-and-conditions-for-o2-business), which includes an explanation of which O2 Small Biz mobile tariffs are eligible for being supercharged with Volt, what are the O2 Volt benefits and the steps which need to be taken to receive the O2 Volt benefits. Please contact O2 regarding any queries relating to the Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff(s) or the O2 Volt benefits.
4. In order to claim the Virgin Media Volt benefits, customers meeting the Eligibility Criteria must contact Virgin Media Customer Services and request your Eligible Business Broadband Service be supercharged with Volt. At that time, you must tell us which one of the optional benefits in accordance with paragraph B.1 you are choosing to take. From that time, you will not be eligible for the other benefit not selected in accordance with B.1. For New Customers and/or Existing O2 Small Business Customers, you may request your Eligible Broadband Service be supercharged with Volt at the time of submitting your Qualifying Order. Virgin Media shall use its reasonable endeavours to apply the Virgin Media Volt benefits as soon as reasonably possible following your request for Volt and Virgin Media’s validation that the Eligibility Criteria have been satisfied.
5. If your Qualifying Order is supercharged with Volt under this promotion, the additional terms and conditions set out in the Virgin Media Standard Terms relating to Instant Connect 4G Start-up (if applicable), with either the Constant Connect 4G Back-up, or the Speed Boost, shall also apply to your Qualifying Order.
6. If you are an Existing VM Customer and you have added the Instant Connect 4G Start-up, with either the Constant Connect 4G Back-up services, or the Speed Boost, to your account prior to the date of your VM Volt benefit request, we shall cease billing you for such add-on(s) from, and shall refund any pre-paid amounts (on a pro rata basis) for the period after, the date your request is accepted in your next
billing cycle.
7. If you cancel your Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff within 14 days of (a) you receiving your O2 SIM following you purchasing an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff or (b) you re-contracting to an Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff at the same time as purchasing a Eligible Business Broadband Service, you will become ineligible for your Virgin Media Volt benefits. Virgin Media reserves the right to remove any applicable Virgin Media Volt Constant Connect 4G Back-up or Speed Boost add-on, or to begin invoicing you for such add-on from the date of cancellation of your eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff at Virgin Media’s then prevailing rate for such add-on until such time as the add-on is cancelled by you in accordance with the Virgin Media Standard Terms.
8. If you subsequently cancel your Eligible O2 Small Biz mobile tariff after the 14 day period referred to in Section B.6 above, your Virgin Media Volt benefits may be lost when you next re-contract to Virgin Media’s services.
9. If we remove your Virgin Media Volt benefits in accordance with our rights in Sections B.6 or B.7 above, your Virgin Media services shall continue and your Virgin Media minimum period will be unaffected. Save for Sections B.6 and B.7 above, your Virgin Media services are entirely unaffected by the cancellation of O2 services.
10. You may be required to upgrade or swap your equipment in order for us to provide your Virgin Media Volt benefits. If this is the case, we will let you know and facilitate an equipment swap. Should you not agree to the equipment swap or fail to return your existing equipment we may not be able to provide you with your Volt benefits.
C. General
1. The offer only applies where there is sufficient capacity on the Virgin Media network. All Qualifying Orders subject to survey and serviceability checks.
2. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. One offer per Qualifying Order only. Offer is not transferable. No cash or other alternatives.
3. Incomplete Volt benefit requests or applications that are not in accordance with these promotion terms, fail to meet the Eligibility Criteria or the benefit request instructions will be rejected.
4. Virgin Media reserves the right to withdraw this promotion at any time and without notice, or to refuse any order where it thinks you or any order does not qualify. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, Virgin Media reserves the right to substitute the Virgin Media Volt benefits for an alternative of equal or greater value. In the event of any dispute the decision of Virgin Media is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
5. Offer valid, in respect of New Customers or Existing O2 Customers, on all Qualifying Orders placed by you at any time on or after 12:01am on 6 August 2024 and, in respect of Existing VM Customers, on all Volt requests made by you by you at any time on or after 12:01am on 6 August 2024 and that satisfy the Eligibility Criteria.
6. Virgin Media will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense or damage which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this promotion, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (including personal injury, death and fraud) in which case that liability is limited to the minimum allowable by law.
7. Virgin Media’s decision is final with regard to all promotional matters.
8. By participating in the promotion and requesting your Virgin Media Volt benefits, you will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these promotional terms. These promotional terms prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. Entry and claim instructions are deemed to form part of the promotional terms.
9. Data Protection: By participating in the Volt promotion, you consent to the transfer of your, or your employee’s, personal data to the Data Controller and the use of their personal data for the purposes of the administration of this promotion and any other purposes to which you have consented. Your, and your employee’s, personal details will at all times be kept in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found here: Privacy Policy | Virgin Media Business.
10.These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.