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Liberty Global’s UK Operations Launch Plume Pods
Virgin Media Rolls Out Plume Pods as Part of New Intelligent WiFi Service Launch Deepens Liberty Global’s Relationship with Plume Following Liberty Global
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nVirgin Media Rolls Out Plume Pods as Part of New Intelligent WiFi Service \n\nLaunch Deepens Liberty Global’s Relationship with Plume Following Liberty Global Ventures Investments \n\n LONDON, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nLiberty Global’s (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) UK business Virgin Media has today announced a new game-changing Intelligent WiFi Plus service that will give millions of customers the UK’s fastest widely available broadband speeds throughout their homes, at a time when fast, safe, secure and highly reliable WiFi has never been more important.\n\nThe Intelligent WiFi Plus service consists of new features on Virgin Media’s Hub 3 and Hub 4 routers as well as Intelligent WiFi Pods which make use of Plume’s innovative cloud management platform. Liberty Global has invested in Plume since 2014 through its investment arm Liberty Global Ventures. Bundling high-value Smart Home Services –– including AI-powered cybersecurity, advanced guest access and parental controls –– with the best possible WiFi, Plume provides customers with unparalleled WiFi performance, personalisation and security.\n\nAs UK households face a further period of lockdown, the need for a fast, safe, secure, and a highly reliable broadband connection to facilitate home working, learning and entertainment is greater than ever. Combining automatically deployed firmware on Virgin Media’s Hub 3 and 4 routers with Plume’s WiFi Pods creates one Mesh network, thereby boosting WiFi reach, speed and reliability within the home by intelligently optimising and prioritising device connections.\n\nAnkur Prakash, Partner, Liberty Global Ventures comments: “As founding investors in Plume since 2014, it’s great to see our collaboration extend to the integral role their product plays in Virgin Media’s new Intelligent WiFi service, available to our customers in the UK and allowing them to make the best use of our broadband network at this critical time. Plume has established itself as a true market leader with a world class team and we continue to be strong supporters of the company as it expands its customer base to more than 150 ISPs and over 21 million active households around the world.”\n\nFahri Diner, Co-founder & CEO, Plume, adds: “The Liberty Global Ventures team embody the ideal partnership for Plume. They bet on Plume early, and ha...