Virgin Media offers enhanced email services with Google

Virgin Media is offering enhanced email services to its home broadband customers in partnership with Google.

The new email service will see Virgin Media customers get over 7GB of storage and @virginmedia.com email addresses for the first time.

Virgin Media’s new email service will be one of the largest deployments of Google Partner Edition Apps, which allow businesses and individuals to use Google’s communication and collaboration applications under their own domain names.

The enhanced services will be piloted by the first 20,000 new customers to sign up from today, with full launch to all new customers shortly after.

Alex Green, executive director of online for Virgin Media, said: “As the UK’s largest home broadband provider, we’re committed to providing the very best online experience to our customers. With email so important in everyday life, we’re delighted to be working with Google and launching a brand new, feature-rich and easy to use email service.

“We look forward to exploring future services with Google and continuing to deliver market-leading communications and entertainment to our customers.”

Doug Lucas, strategic partner development director for Google, said: “Virgin Media is one of the UK’s leading ISPs and this is a great partnership between two companies focused on innovation. We look forward to rolling out new features for the benefit of all Virgin Media’s customers.”