29 Facts About Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand used by seven independent brand-licensees worldwide.

Virgin Mobile branded wireless communications services are available in Colombia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Chile, Russia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Poland, South Africa, and Mexico.

Virgin Mobile branded services used to be offered in Australia, France, Singapore, India, Qatar and the United States.

Each Virgin Mobile branded entity acts independently from the others, thus the handsets, service plans and network radio interfaces vary from country to country.

Virgin Mobile Canada experienced substantial growth in 2008, launching approximately 60 'Virgin Mini Stores' across the country.

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For four years running, Virgin Mobile Canada has received J D Power and Associates' annual award for Highest Customer Satisfaction for Prepaid Wireless Post-paid plans were introduced to Virgin Canada in February 2008.

In early 2010, Virgin Mobile Canada launched the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 post-paid service in Virgin Mobile Retail Stores and online, all around Canada.

Virgin Mobile became the fifth brand offering the iPhone in Canada, after Fido, Rogers Wireless, Telus, and Bell Mobility.

Virgin Mobile Poland is a mobile phone service provider operating in Poland.

Virgin Mobile South Africa is a joint-venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Cell C Virgin Mobile South Africa launched in 2006.

Virgin Mobile KSA is a telecommunication company operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Virgin Mobile UAE is a telecommunication company operating in the United Arab of Emirates.

Virgin Mobile UK is a mobile phone service provider operating in the United Kingdom.

Virgin Mobile was the world's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator.

Virgin Mobile was bought by NTL:Telewest on 4 April 2006 before joining the quadplay of Virgin Media services when NTL:Telewest was renamed Virgin Media on 9 February 2007 and adopted a new logo in line with the entire Virgin Media group.

Virgin Mobile Ireland was launched in 2015, at the same time UPC Ireland was rebranded Virgin Media Ireland.

Virgin Mobile Russia was launched on 27 November 2017 as mobile virtual network operator under Tele2 Russia network.

Virgin Mobile won for three consecutive years the ALCO Customer Loyalty award for having the highest Net Promoting Score index in the telecommunications industry in Chile.

Virgin Mobile took advantage of the 4G spectrum auction in Colombia in June 2013 to release more data services with the fastest mobile speed in the world.

Virgin Mobile Australia was a telecommunications company based in Sydney, Australia.

On 15 June 2018, Virgin Mobile stopped selling all prepaid and postpaid plans to customers.

In June 2020 Virgin Mobile announced that they're temporarily extending the closure of Virgin Mobile Australia to 30 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic to help customers stay connected.

Virgin Mobile France was a mobile virtual network operator in France that began as a subsidiary of Virgin Group.

Virgin Mobile Singapore was launched in October 2001 as a joint venture with Singtel.

On 1 March 2008, Virgin launched the Mobile brand in India through a franchise arrangement with NTT DoCoMo.

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Virgin Mobile USA was a no-contract mobile virtual network operator owned by Sprint Corporation.

Virgin Mobile USA was headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and provided service to approximately 6 million customers.

In June 2017, Virgin Mobile dropped all Android and began to only offer iPhones to new customers under its new "Inner Circle" unlimited plan.

In January 2020, Virgin Mobile announced that it would shut down, and transfer its remaining customers to its sister brand Boost Mobile the following month.