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- Branson criticises changes in French mobile phone system
- PARIS AFP — Richard Branson, head of phone company Virgin Mobile, was quoted Saturday as saying a new French system allowing subscribers to change mobile operators in 10 days was still too lengthy a process. French newspaper Journal du Dimanche quoted the British tycoon as saying he was not...
- Research articles 2007-05-19
- Execs at CTIA From W3C to Virgin Mobile and Start-Ups Produce Fresh Advice for Bringing Web 2.0 to the Handset
- CTIA -- While thousands here shopped the aisles of this week's mobile industry center of gravity, a few dozen opinionated executives and bloggers met to wrestle with the upside and issues around mobile social networking, semantic web, location-based services, privacy, the role of operators vs. brands in mobile advertising, and...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- Entertainment, wireless vie for top billing: entertainment companies want to reach the broadest audience possible. Wireless carriers want differentiation from competitors. Can these conflicting agendas co-exist?
- Entertainment firms have long viewed wireless as an interesting marketing channel and a potential new medium for distributing their content. But lately the fervor over content, particularly video, has reached a new high as operators search for unique content that will differentiate them from their existing...
- Research articles 2005-10-15
- Virgin Mobile USA mulling two-billion-dollar flotation
- LONDON AFP — Virgin Mobile USA, the mobile telephone operator jointly owned by Virgin Group and Sprint, is considering an initial public offering next year that could value the business at about two billion dollars (1.53 billion euros). The Financial Times, citing unidentified sources close to the company Monday,...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- Virgin Mobile Chooses InfoSpace for World's Most Comprehensive Mobile Search
- Agreement with InfoSpace Enables Virgin Mobile to Significantly Extend Its Mobile Offering for Customers Through On-Portal and Internet Search Capabilities
- Research articles 2007-06-02
- Youth get the message.
- Apr 27, 2003 (The Sunday Times - ABIX via COMTEX) Text messaging via mobile telephones is continuing to grow in popularity, particularly among young Australians. Over 320 million messages a month are sent around Australia and, according to Virgin Mobile, over 80 of...
- Research articles 2003-04-27
- Watchdog checks pre-paid phone cards.
- Dec 26, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has launched an investigation of pre-paid mobile telephones. The ACCC is concerned that some of the supposedly "hassle-free" pre-paid deals offered by Singtel Optus and Telstra lock unsuspecting...
- Research articles 2002-12-26
- Warning on true cost of mobile phone packages.
- Dec 12, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian mobile telephone companies have been warned about misleading customers. This follows a win by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC in a case against Virgin Mobile. The Federal Court of Australia...
- Research articles 2002-12-13
- Virgin deal not so sexy.
- Dec 12, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian mobile telephone carrier Virgin Mobile will be forced to write to its customers, fully explaining its mobile telephone contracts. The Federal Court of Australia ordered the mail-out following legal action lodged by the...
- Research articles 2002-12-13
- Virgin Mobile advertisements found to be false and misleading.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-12 December 2002-ACCC: Virgin Mobile advertisements found to be false and misleadingC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12122002 Virgin Mobile Australia Pty Ltd has been found by the Federal Court to have made false and misleading representations and also to have failed...
- Research articles 2002-12-12
- Virgin call for switch adverts.
- Sep 30, 2002 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Mobile number portability MNP began operating in Australia in October 2001. The system allows mobile telephone customers to take their existing number with them if they wish to change companies, and Virgin Mobile research...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Say bye-bye, you're entering another no-chat zone.
- Jul 19, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- A study by the Australian Communications Authority indicates "high levels" of dissatisfaction over Sydney's mobile telephone coverage. According to Telstra, 1.5 per cent of all calls in Sydney were lost through fadeout in...
- Research articles 2002-07-24
- Virgin: shaken not stirred mobile users.
- May 07, 2002 (ZDNet.com.au ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC is investigating allegations of deceptive advertising by Virgin Mobile. The commission claims that the marketing campaign of Virgin's Dial High Club package breached the Trade Practices Act, because...
- Research articles 2002-05-07
- Virgin says customers have smile on their dial over disputed phone deal.
- May 07, 2002 (The Courier-Mail ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has launched an investigation of Virgin Mobile. The ACCC alleges that Virgin's "Dial High Club" mobile telephone promotion breached the consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices...
- Research articles 2002-05-08
- ACCC takes action against Virgin Mobile Australia Pty Ltd for alleged misleading mobile phone advertising.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 May 2002-ACCC: ACCC takes action against Virgin Mobile Australia Pty Ltd for alleged misleading mobile phone advertising C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05062002 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings against Virgin Mobile Australia Pty Ltd. It is...
- Research articles 2002-05-06
- Transfers may not be so simple, dealers say.
- Sep 25, 2001 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian users of mobile telephones can now switch carriers and keep their own mobile telephone numbers. This portability will start on 25 September 2001. Some carriers, plus the Australian Communications Authority, have said that the...
- Research articles 2001-09-24
- Virgin launches mobiles in Oz - Brief Article
- Virgin has launched its second mobile phone company with Virgin Mobile Australia. Electronics Times (17/1/00) revealed exclusively that Virgin wanted to replicate its virtual network operator model around the world. It emerged that the bulk of the #600.25m proceeds of the sale of a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic...
- Research articles 2000-11-06
- Mobile TV taking hold in Europe.(News)
- Byline: JONI MORSE Virgin Mobile Holdings plc is set to be one of the first European operators to launch mobile TV services using a dedicated mobile TV network. The company, which operates a number of mobile virtual operator services around t...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- Evening Standard, London, Asia View Column.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 10 -- VIRGIN MAY BE THE LAST THING AUSTRALIA NEEDS: Australia might be in a lather of excitement at the prospect of Virgin brand airlines and mobile phones becoming available Down Under, but turning a profit from the antipodean...
- Research articles 1999-12-10
- Virgin Mobile enjoys strong 4q U.K. sales. (News).
- LONDON--U.K. mobile virtual network operator virgin Mobile reported its highest sales ever in last year's fourth quarter, bringing in 370,530 new subscribers during the quarter compared with 232,300 in the third quarter of last year. The comp LONDON--U.K....
- Research articles 2003-01-27
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