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T-Mo Offers iPhone Trade-In Program

April 10, 2013 10:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

T-Mobile has added yet another incentive for prospective customers mulling a switch to the uncarrier. The company will offer an iPhone trade-in program as part of its sale of the iPhone 5. The trade-in offer, which begins April 12...

Virgin Mobile Goes After T-Mo Subs with $100 Incentive

April 9, 2013 10:35 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile prepaid business is now offering T-Mobile users a $100 credit to switch carriers. A large banner ad on Virgin Mobile's homepage beckons, "Ditch T-Mobile and Get a $100 Credit." The move comes after T-Mobile earlier this month officially...

Virgin Mobile's Bizarre New Ad Featuring Wayne Coyne From The Flaming Lips

March 13, 2013 1:14 pm | Videos | Comments

Virgin Mobile's new minute-long spot advertising the MVNO's unlimited data and LTE devices stars Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, a table full of lobsters, a huge house cat shooting video of a tiny man playing with yarn, a shark and an octopus, all in an effort to promote a "Retrain your Brain" message.

Boost, Virgin Mobile Announces LTE Service, New Phones

February 25, 2013 10:33 am | by Ben Munson | News | Comments

Boost and Virgin Mobile are making the jump in speed up to LTE. Both operate on Sprint’s LTE network. The postpaid providers have each announced the first phones that will run on their new faster offering, with Samsung’s Galaxy Victory coming to Virgin and the HTC One SV coming to Boost.

Virgin Mobile Pulls Offensive Ad

December 11, 2012 9:33 am | by Ben Munson | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile, owned by Sprint Nextel, has removed from its website and disavowed an offensive ad, citing it as a "rogue post by an external agency that was not approved by Virgin Mobile US." Virgin Group founder Richard Branson joined the Twitter chorus that decried the ad as distasteful and vaguely supportive of violence toward women.

Virgin Mobile New $40 Plan Aims at Feature Phones

May 22, 2012 7:13 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA is targeting these customers with a new monthly prepaid $40 plan that provides all-you-can-eat voice, text, e-mail and instant messaging, plus 50 MB of Internet access.

Virgin Mobile USA Hit by National Data, SMS Outage

March 21, 2012 6:56 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA is recovering from a national outage that has left customers across the country without data or text messaging service.

Virgin Mobile Features Branson in New Ads

March 7, 2012 6:58 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Sir Richard Branson is showing he's still got love for the company he founded, starring in a new TV ad campaign...

Virgin Mobile to Throttle Heavy Users

July 13, 2011 8:25 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA will begin throttling the speeds of heavy data users in October amid a widespread shift by wireless operators toward tiered data plans.

Virgin Mobile Sticks With 'Naked' Transparent Theme

May 10, 2011 8:17 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Now, followers can see the third episode in the couple's story, all manufactured by Virgin Mobile for Virgin Mobile.

Virgin Mobile Unveils Latest Ads, Manufacturers Celebrity Couple

May 4, 2011 8:14 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA is at it again, this time releasing a new, slightly off-the-beaten path marketing campaign that features "Sparah" and a cameo by Sir Richard Branson...

Motricity Platform Aims to Change Content Discovery

April 5, 2011 8:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

The world of digital content is increasingly a crowded one, where those who pay for placement get the most eyes, as well as the most buys.

Virgin Mobile Does Away With $40 Unlimited Plan

January 14, 2011 7:21 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

It looks like the unlimited plan is destined to go the way of the dinosaur.

Virgin Mobile Settles IPO Suit for $19.5M

September 13, 2010 8:54 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over its initial public offering (IPO) for $19.5 million...

Verizon Prepaid Broadband 2X Price of Virgin Mobile's

August 26, 2010 7:54 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Verizon debuted a prepaid mobile broadband plan that is twice as expensive as Virgin Mobile's recently-launched unlimited prepaid broadband plan.

Virgin Mobile to Launch $40 Unlimited Data Plan

August 23, 2010 7:21 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA has leaked information about a new, $40 unlimited data plan on its Facebook page.

Is Prepaid Focus Good for Sprint?

May 7, 2010 12:57 pm | Blogs | Comments

Is Sprint's multi-brand prepaid approach the right strategy?

Virgin Mobile Shakes Up Data Pricing

March 3, 2010 7:13 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

On the heels of reports that Virgin Mobile USA is shuttering its postpaid Helio business, the carrier is promoting new prepaid data plans.

Virgin Mobile Expands Distribution for Broadband2Go

November 13, 2009 6:50 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Virgin Mobile USA is expanding the retail footprint for Broadband2Go, its 3G nationwide wireless Internet service with no annual contract.

Sprint & Virgin Mobile Agree to Settle Lawsuits

October 8, 2009 10:20 am | by David Twiddy, AP Business Writer | News | Comments

Sprint Nextel said Wednesday it has reached a "memo of understanding" that would settle a series of shareholder lawsuits challenging its acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA.