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Virgin Mobile Calls on TIBCO to Enable Flexible Architecture
White Paper Founded in 1999, Virgin Mobile was one of the first MVNOs in Europe. To improve responsiveness to customers during this period of rapid expansion, Virgin Mobile implemented a new billing system and had to connect it to a CRM application. [09 Jun 2007]
Virgin Mobile adds lots of new subscribers
News Virgin Mobile's customer base grew 10 per cent over the past quarter. The new subscribers bring Virgin Mobile's customer base up to 1.78 million - the lowest number of any of the UK's operators. In June Virgin also announced a new joint venture in... [08 Jul 2002]
Virgin Mobile launches Visa debit card
News Virgin Mobile USA is to launch a prepaid Visa debit card aimed at teenagers. The Virgin Mobile "Stash" card will be issued by Inter National Bank and will allow people to perform peer-to-peer money transfers and send wireless text-alerts to manage... [01 Aug 2006]
Virgin Mobile float priced at £713m
News The financial details of the Virgin Mobile flotation - planned for later this month - and the hefty windfall its execs can expect to see as a result have been made public. With a percentage of the IPO reserved just for them, Virgin Mobile staff are... [08 Jul 2004]
Virgin Mobile USA: Delivering Superior Customer Experience
White Paper Virgin Mobile USA, LLC provides a Pay As You Go wireless service designed around the needs of the youth market. Virgin Mobile is utilizing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) implemented on BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 to integrate and manage all... [16 Sep 2004]
Virgin Mobile goes 'down under'
News Virgin has announced a partnership with Cable & Wireless Optus today to launch an Australian mobile phone company. Virgin Mobile' Australia follows three months after Richard Branson's lable launched its own mobile business in the UK with... [22 Feb 2000]
Virgin Mobile USA going to IPO?
News Virgin Mobile USA is considering a flotation, following in the footsteps of its UK cousin and providing further proof of the viability of the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model. Virgin Mobile USA has around two million customers, many of... [22 Nov 2004]
Virgin Mobile USA: Moving to a Service-Oriented Architecture on BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 and Intel Xeon Processor-Based Servers
White Paper Virgin Mobile is one of the fastest-growing domestic wireless services. To reduce costs while improving performance, Virgin Mobile migrated to BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 and deployed the software on Red Hat Linux running on Intel Xeon processor... [16 Jun 2005]
Virgin mobile plays down teething problems
News Virgin Mobile attempted to play down problems as the new network struggled with teething troubles this week. A spokesman for Virgin Mobile - a joint venture between Virgin and One2One - described a report in today's Financial Times detailing the... [21 Jan 2000]
5 years ago: Virgin Mobile goes down under
News 22.02.00: Virgin has announced a partnership with Cable & Wireless Optus today to launch an Australian mobile phone company. Virgin Mobile' Australia follows three months after Richard Branson's label launched its own mobile business in the UK with... [22 Feb 2005]
Virgin Mobile bids to go global
News Virgin Mobile is reported to be in talks with various international telcos in a bid to scupper Orange's attempts to be the first major global mobile operator. Steven Day, head of media relations at Virgin Mobile, told silicon.com that the deal with... [12 Jun 2000]
Virgin Mobile USA, LLC Achieves Real-Time Customer Service With Intelligent Communications
White Paper Virgin Mobile USA realized early on that providing the best customer service in the industry would be vital to its success. Virgin Mobile's vision required applications that could support the delivery of a real-time experience at any time of day... [06 Oct 2006]
Virgin Mobile-NTL deal to go through this week?
News NTL's attempted takeover of Virgin Mobile could be going ahead as early as this week. According to reports, Virgin Mobile's board is now ready to accept a revised £900m offer for the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). [20 Feb 2006]
Virgin Mobile to reward big spenders
News Virgin Mobile is to launch a new offering next month aimed at rewarding and retaining its high-end customers. But the spokesman said Virgin is aiming at bringing supermarket bulk-buy principles to the mobile phone market with added Virgin panache. [28 Sep 2004]
Hitachi Storage at Work Case Study: Virgin Mobile
White Paper Virgin Mobile is the UK's first, and the world's biggest virtual network operator. What Virgin Mobile wanted to do was to consolidate it all - put it all in one place. They decided to install a storage system because they had loads of storage all... [10 Apr 2008]
