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Number of Employees 30,000
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NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
Recent Events
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Virgin Group enters Britain's gadget help market (Reuters)
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Virgin Seeks Bank Role
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Virgin Money Chooses Jaspersoft to Support Web-Based Charitable Giving Programs --Jaspersoft's reporting and analysis applications...
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Dynamic Infrastructure sponsored by IBM
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Virgin Galactic Aiming For IPO
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Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell Mobility completes acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada
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Richard Branson's Social Travel Site: A Strange Game of Twister or Waste of Time?
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How the Helio Buyout Process Went: Virgin Mobile Wanted To Bring In a Retail and Financial Investor
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- 2008-12-12
*Virgin Mobile USA* bought Helio earlier this year, for a paltry $39 million in equity and getting $50 million in investment from British parent Virgin Group and *SK Telecom*. That we reported on in detail at that time. Now finally, VMUSA has filed details of how the sale process...
How the Helio Buyout Process Went: Virgin Mobile Wanted To Bring In a Retail and Financial Investor
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- 2008-12-12
Virgin Mobile USA bought Helio earlier this year, for a paltry $39 million in equity and getting $50 million in investment from British parent Virgin Group and SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM). That we reported on in detail at that time. Now finally, VMUSA has filed details of how the...
In Shaky Times, Wireless Offers Strong Signal
- 2008-12-08
As the economy copes with slowed business, providers with growth plans remain profitable TECHNOLOGY WARREN - While much of the consumer sector struggles to lure dollars from an increasingly cost- conscious public, companies in the wireless market with smart growth plans have a strong signal for growth. Thanks...
Yahoo! signs mobile search deal with Virgin
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- 2008-12-01
Virgin Media is signing Yahoo! as its exclusive mobile search partner. The deal makes Yahoo!'s mobile search engine oneSearch available to Virgin. The service goes live on December 8 with the relaunch of Virgin's mobile web portal. The deal marks...
MVNOs next 'it' thing in wireless.
- 2005-05-02
Byline: DAN MEYER The MVNO wave is building strength as a growing number of companies have announced plans to enter the wireless space using established operators' mobile networks. Analysts' note that while the wave is gaining momentum, an even stronger surge is...
Virgin Mobile USA mulling two-billion-dollar flotation
- 2004-11-22
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,...
Young, Hip and Wireless
- 2004-09-20
Virgin Mobile USA becomes the fastest-growing cellular service by dedicating itself to the under-30 crowd As the parents of many a teenager know, kids today virtually live on their cell phones. That's why every wireless service provider offers family calling plans along with specialized ring tones and plenty...
Settlement Transfers Full Ownership of Virgin Mobile to Virgin Group.
- 2004-02-01
By Tony Glover, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Tony Glover, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sir Richard, you are spoiling us ... (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Brief Article)
- 2002-08-01
Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson appeared in New York to kick off the launch of his latest MVNO, Virgin Mobile USA. And, in an arguable first, he did it in the form of exotic dance. Dangling from a crane above Times Square and...
ONE OF A KIND : Virgin Mobile USA is grooming itself for a big US splash. But will this business model be left standing alone at the dance?
- 2002-06-01
As this magazine goes to press, Sprint PCS and Virgin were gearing up to launch their joint venture mobile virtual network operator MVNO - to be touted as the first launch of this particular business model in North America. Although we were not privy to launch details at time...
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