Remember the other day when I was telling you about a new ‘guarantee’ Virgin Mobile Canada was gearing up for? The new ’30-Day You’ll Love Us’ guarantee is now in full effect for Canadian mobile goers. The gist of the guarantee? Try out Virgin Mobile and any of their ‘myPlan‘ contracts, and if you don’t…
Virgin Mobile Canada Set to Launch ’30-Day You’ll Love Us’ Guarantee
You gotta love Virgin Mobile and their creative promos. They’re always a bit wacky/off-the-wall, but they seem to work… If nothing else they generate a fair deal of ‘buzz’ in the blogosphere. Earlier this morning, I read about a new 30-day ‘You’ll Love Us’ Guarantee that Virgin is set to put into action. Basically, the…
Tele2 sells its French MVNO to Virgin Mobile
Tele2 has sold its French MVNO operations to Virgin Mobile for approximately SEK 575 million ($83 million) on a debt and cash free basis. Completion is expected once all the regulatory papers are ready and that’s expected to be completed in the following months. Under the deal, Virgin Mobile France will get Tele2 France’s approximately…
Virgin Launches ‘Be Fearless’ Scholarship Awards Program in Canada
In a team-up with StudentAwards.com, Virgin Mobile has launched the ‘Be Fearless’ Scholarship Awards program in Canada. It’s a back-to-school promo featuring 2 grand prizes of $1,000 each! Not bad! To qualify, all students need to do is sign up and confirm. You must be at least 17 years old, and reside in BC, Alberta,…
Virgin Mobile USA launches LG Rumor2
Here’s a bit of good news for text message power-users out there on a budget. The texting-friendly QWERTY slider LG Rumor2 is now available from prepaid carrier Virgin Mobile USA. Sprint already offers the LG Rumor2, and now that it plans to acquire Virgin Mobile USA, the two carriers will give customers a choice when…
Sprint Nextel gets FTC blessing on Virgin Mobile USA acquisition
Sprint Nextel is one step closer to gobbling-up prepaid US wireless carrier Virgin Mobile USA. Following Sprint’s July 28th announcement that it would acquire Virgin Mobile USA for $483 million, the FTC has given the No. 3 US carrier the thumbs-up on the buy-out. The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that it had ended their…
UK carriers to block prostitutes’ phone numbers, help curb sex trafficking
There are some out there that might disagree with London’s push to clean up the seedier side of metropolitan life, but wireless carriers in the UK are apparently on board with new program to block phone numbers known to be tied to prostitution rings. The Times Online is reporting that the Metropolitan Police, the Crown…
UK: Virgin goes ‘unlimited’ with its tariff too…
I just posted about the ‘unlimited’ tariff deal with Tesco, so I thought it only fair to give Virgins deal a mention too! Virgin Media have launched a £65/month (!) tariff that includes unlimited calls, text, and mobile internet usage. It’s an 18-month contract however, but it does include a Nokia N86, Samsung Jet, or…
Samsung Link Launches Ahead of Schedule at Virgin Mobile Canada
So much for the rumor of Bell launching the Samsung Link on the 30th all by their lonesome. Virgin Mobile Canada has jumped the gun and launched the Samsung Link in Grey. You can head over to Virgin Mobile Canada right now for full details or to pick one up for yourself. Pricing on the…
Sprint focuses on pre-paid with acquisition Virgin Mobile for $483 million
The thing about big-time wireless carriers with nationwide networks is that they’re always looking to become even bigger-time wireless carriers. Sprint, for example, has just announced that it will be acquiring Virgin Mobile USA for the not-so-small sum of $483 million. The deal is part of Sprint’s push to focus on the pre-paid wireless market…