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Virgin Media to offer free 3G Spotify streaming to mobile customers
Allowed to use Everything Everywhere network too 7 October 2011 18:06 GMT TweetVirgin Media mobile customers will soon be able to use Spotify via 3G on their phones without incurring any data charges, or affecting the accompanying phone’s data allowance.
The news for Virgin Media customers follows the company’s...
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The best free stuff on PAYG
FEATURE Which network offers the most bonus bang for your buck 12 November 2010 11:27 GMT TweetPAYG is a many headed creature. It’s strong, resilient, ever-growing, flexible and utterly unfathomable to the technology journalist. It is the Hydra and it could only take a truly herculean effort to tackle, master and eventually understand....
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Which is the best UK mobile network of all
Mirror, mirror, on the wall... 2 July 2010 12:01 GMT TweetWe've spent 5 days looking at the UK mobile service providers and asking ourselves which is the best one to be with for all sorts of different categories? Now that the hard work is done, it's time to zoom out and take a look at the bigger picture.
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Tech deals: Virgin Mobile Nokia 1661 under £15 at Tesco
Deals, offers and innovations 12 March 2010 13:24 GMT TweetCheap phones are not to everyones' taste, but if you're one of those who'd prefer to keep their pride and joy safe at home with a warm blanket and some Ovaltine, then the Virgin Mobile Nokia 1661 could well do as a workhorse on nights out.
The...
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VIDEO: Lady Gaga shows love for Virgin Mobile and Polaroid in new NSFW video
I'm sure those products are there for a reason 12 March 2010 10:35 GMT TweetLady Gaga has taken to promoting Virgin Mobile and Polaroid in the US in her latest video.
The Not Safe For Work (NSFW) 9.5-minute video called Telephone and featuring Beyoncé, features Lady Gaga in a prison before getting a call on her Virgin...
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Virgin Media offers mobile "Addict" tariff
For phone fanatics 2 April 2009 11:10 GMT TweetVirgin Media has announced the launch of the "Addict" mobile tariff, aimed at phone fanatics who prefer to pay as they go.
The Addict tariff claims a "market beating" deal of unlimited texts and unlimited mobile internet access when customers... -
Virgin Mobile offers PAYG Nokia E63
Affordable Eseries smartphone sans contract 17 March 2009 11:36 GMT TweetVirgin Mobile has announced it is the first network in the UK to offer the Nokia E63 on a pay as you go basis.
The Nokia E63, the first 3G QWERTY handset available on Virgin, will offer "unlimited" (not unlimited - actually limited to 25MB... -
Virgin Mobile offers cheapest £8.50 monthly tariff
Beats 3 by 50p 10 February 2009 0:05 GMT TweetVirgin Mobile has announced the launch of what it says is the UK’s best value monthly tariff for £8.50.
Virgin Mobile will be the first mobile service provider in the UK to offer new and existing customers a mobile contract package that... -
Virgin Mobile launches "Texts into Space"
Schmaltzy service sees SMSes travelling the cosmos forever 10 December 2008 13:32 GMT TweetVirgin Mobile has announced the launch of its "Texts into Space" service which "allows people to send their text declarations of love and affection into the unchartered territories of space where they will travel through the cosmos for all eternity".
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Virgin Mobile offers free Windows Live Messenger
For 6 months 9 December 2008 9:50 GMT TweetVirgin Mobile has announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger service for their new and existing customers on selected handsets.
Virgin Mobile will provide the service, either pre-loaded or downloadable, onto a customer’s mobile, and it... -
Virgin Mobile launches 30p per day mobile internet
"Cheaper than a pack of crisps" 1 December 2008 0:01 GMT TweetFrom 8 December, Virgin Mobile customers can get mobile web access for 30p a day.
To coincide with the offer, the operator is promising an "enhanced" Virgin Media-branded mobile web portal, bringing the world of news, music, video, games... -
Virgin Media Mobile Broadband review
REVIEW
Does the "mother of all broadband" do mobile well?
21 November 2008 14:00 GMT
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Virgin Media has jumped onto the mobile broadband bandwagon with the launch of its own Virgin Mobile dongle and service into what's arguably a fairly crowded market. It seems the company hopes to distinguish itself on price, and offers pretty good value...
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UPDATED: Alcatel creates own brand "Lobster" phone
Enlisted by Virgin Mobile 28 October 2008 17:54 GMT TweetThere's no pics as yet but Alcatel has announced that it has been asked by Virgin Mobile to create a new handset.
The Lobster 621 will be a Virgin Mobile branded model, and will be aimed at the lower end of the market.
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Sony Ericsson W302 launches on Virgin
Cheapo Walkman available now 23 October 2008 16:41 GMT TweetVirgin Mobile is offering the "affordable" W302 Sony Ericsson Walkman phone as in "sparkling white" in time for Christmas.
The W302 measures 10.5mm thick and boasts a 2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio, TrackID and 512MB Memory... -
Alcatel makes mobile for Woolies
Exclusive lilac'n'lime OTS319 6 October 2008 15:17 GMT TweetAlcatel has launched what it's describing as its first ever completely bespoke unit for Woolworths - the OTS319.
To be sold exclusively in Woolies stories on a pay as you go contract with Virgin Mobile, the budget blower will cost just £19.99.
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