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  • Virgin Mobile Partners with Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Ball Tour to Empower Fans Through Social Outreach
    12/20/12 9:00 am EST

    Lady Gaga and Virgin Mobile to Drive Awareness of Youth Homelessness in LGBT Communities

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Mobile USA announced today that it is extending its award-winning relationship with Lady Gaga, and will be presenting her 2013 Born This Way Ball tour in North America. Through the partnership, Virgin Mobile will educate concert-goers on the issue of youth homelessness, calling on fans to step up to support both its Re*Generation program, which focuses on the issue, and Lady Gaga’s youth empowerment organization, Born This Waymore...
  • 2012 Virgin Mobile FreeFest Presented by LG Breaks Records
    10/16/12 10:00 am EDT

    Jack White, Skrillex, M83, NAS, ZZ Top, Santigold, Alabama Shakes and a dozen more played the largest annual free music event in the country, which this year broke its charity donation record

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thanks to the 50,000 people in attendance at the 2012 Virgin Mobile FreeFest presented by LG, a record-breaking $250,000 was raised for Virgin Mobile USA’s initiative The Re*Generation, to address the needs of homeless youth. Last year’s FreeFest raised enough money to help build a Re*Gen youth homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., run by Sasha Bruce. The Re*Gen House will open later this fall. Funds raised this year will go towardmore...
  • 2012 Virgin Mobile FreeFest Presented by LG Set for Saturday, Oct. 6 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Md
    8/3/12 2:44 pm EDT

    Select Virgin Mobile followers on Twitter tapped to announce the line-up

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Mobile USA today made the long-anticipated announcement that Virgin Mobile FreeFest Presented by LG, the largest free festival of its kind in the world, will return to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., on Saturday, Oct. 6. “For years, Virgin Mobile FreeFest has grown to become one of the cornerstone memories of summer,” said Ron Faris, head of Brand Marketing, Virgin Mobile USA. “And I’m proud to say that now more thanmore...
  • Virgin Mobile USA Again Wins J.D. Power Award
    7/22/12 11:24 am EDT
    Virgin Mobile USA -- the no-contract wireless service that introduced its “Higher Calling” promise to customers earlier this year and which recently launched the iPhone with unlimited data and messaging plans starting at $30 per month -- has once again  received the highest ranking in the  J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Wireless Customer Care Non-Contract Study, this time for Volume 2, released Thursday.  According to J.D. Power and Associates, Virgin Mobile USA’s overall indexmore...
  • Virgin Mobile USA Offers Second Chance to Customers Without Phone Insurance
    5/1/12 9:00 am EDT

    Open Enrollment Period in May Gives Customers Opportunity to Sign Up for Insurance After Their Initial Purchase

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the spirit of A Higher Calling and building a stronger rapport with customers, Virgin Mobile is offering Phone Insurance Open Enrollment, making it easier for customers to protect their mobile investment even if they didn’t sign up at first. The phone has become a focal point of peoples’ everyday lives, and losing or breaking a phone can be a truly disruptive and frustrating experience. This limited-time offer is available startingmore...
  • Looking for Your First Android-Powered Device?
    3/13/12 10:00 am EDT

    Virgin Mobile USA’s New Venture Available Beginning March 15 for $99.99

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Mobile USA, recently ranked “Highest Ranked Customer Service Performance among Non-Contract Wireless Providers” by J.D. Power and Associates,1 bolstered its lineup of Android-powered smartphones today with the addition of the Venture from ALCATEL ONE TOUCH®. Keeping with the promise of A Higher Calling™, the Venture provides Virgin Mobile consumers with an affordable new smartphone available for $99.99 under the industry-leading plan ofmore...
  • Virgin Mobile Introduces A Higher Calling™
    3/6/12 9:00 am EST

    New Tagline and Campaign Redefine Relationship Between Customers and Their Phone Carrier

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Mobile USA today introduced A Higher Calling™ to the wireless industry, a new mantra and campaign that will redefine the relationship carriers have with customers. Beginning with a TV advertising campaign starring Virgin Mobile founder Sir Richard Branson, A Higher Calling also features a video message from Branson at www.virginmobileusa.com stating his vision for trying to be a better kind of phone company – one that offers greatmore...
  • Virgin Mobile USA Recognized by J.D. Power for Overall Customer Satisfaction Performance in the 2012 Wireless Customer Care Non-Contract Volume 1 Study
    2/3/12 11:58 am EST

    Boost Mobile Ranked Second

    WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Mobile USA, a leader in no-contract wireless service that has evolved from pay-as-you-go service to offer one of the best monthly unlimited data plans for smartphones, has received the highest ranking in the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Wireless Customer Care Non-Contract Study - Volume 1, released Thursday. According to J.D. Power and Associates, Virgin Mobile USA’s overall index score was significantly higher than themore...
  • Virgin Mobile USA Takes on T-Mobile in New Advertising Campaign
    8/8/11 8:08 am EDT

    Virgin Mobile USA Dares Consumers to “Find a Better Android Plan” Than Unlimited Web, Data, Messaging, and Email at $35 a Month

    Virgin Mobile USA is going head to head with T-Mobile in its new advertising campaign which highlights Virgin Mobile as the best value for Android smartphones. The broadcast commercials star Sparah™, Spencer Falls and Sarah Carroll, Virgin Mobile’s manufactured celebrity couple and tabloid darlings, and imitation AT&T and T-Mobile spokespeople. Launching today, the first of two spots opens on a stark white set with an imitation T-more...
  • Virgin Mobile New Beyond Talk Plans Offer Unlimited Data Plan With No Contract
    7/13/11 8:08 am EDT

    Android Devices and Unlimited Data are Best Value at $35/Month 1

    —No Caps or Overage on Data Usage—

    Also Unlimited Data, Messaging and Voice at $55

    Changes to pricing and data usage costs are a familiar topic in the wireless industry these days, and customers are beginning to understand that the dramatic increase of smartphone usage and mobile internet access, now and in the future, means many carriers are making adjustments to their plans.According to Nielsen’s May 2011 survey of mobile consumers in the United States, 38 percent now own smartphones. Of those consumers, 38 percent own an Android™-powered device. Further, 55 percent ofmore...

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