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Sprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile USA

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc.


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France 'delays 3G telecom licence tender'

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

France has delayed a tender for a fourth mobile phone licence to examine the conditions, a top official said Wednesday, as existing operators warned they could go to court if the price were set too low.


Cut-rate prepaid plans shake up wireless industry

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- As wireless carriers start reporting first-quarter results this week, investors will be looking at the effects of some spectacular price cuts for prepaid cell phone service.


Virgin Mobile joins prepaid price war

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is set to announce Thursday that it is slashing the price of its unlimited calling plan to $50 from $80 per month, a result of fierce competition and price-cutting among second-tier cellular ...





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Briefs: NTL revives Virgin Mobile sale talks

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created Jan 16, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virgin Mobile said Monday it was in preliminary talks on a potential sale to NTL but cautioned that a deal was not guaranteed.


Will NTL up ante for Virgin Mobile?

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created Jan 03, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telecom analysts were waiting Tuesday to see if NTL would indeed up its bid for Virgin Mobile as predicted in a weekend newspaper report.


NTL acquires Virgin Mobile for $1.67B

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created Apr 04, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cable giant NTL Tuesday struck a deal to acquire Virgin Mobile, setting the stage for the delivery of its content to wireless phones in the United Kingdom.


Briefs: Virgin Mobile rejects NTL's $1.4B offer

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created Dec 08, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virgin Mobile Thursday rejected a takeover bid from cable group NTL that proposed to buy out the company for $1.4 billion.


Briefs: NTL's $1.4B bid for Virgin Mobile

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created Dec 05, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NTL said Monday it would pay up to $1.4 billion to acquire British wireless carrier Virgin Mobile.


Briefs: Big wireless TV announcement expected

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created Feb 13, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Europe's first nationwide cell-phone television service was expected to be announced Monday. The Financial Times said Microsoft, BT and Virgin Mobile were teaming up to launch the service around the middle of the year that ...


Virgin Media and Universal launch music service

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Virgin Media, the cable TV operator owned by entrepreneur Richard Branson, launched a new kind of music download subscription service Monday with Universal, the world's largest music company.


Britain feels heat of NTL's Virgin buyout

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created Apr 04, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Getting more services for less money. That could well be what many British customers will be getting if NTL's buyout of Virgin Mobile works out as planned as they propose to offer mobile, fixed-line, broadband, and television ...


In Brief: U.K. cable firm NTL expected to slash jobs

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created May 08, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British cable television major NTL was expected to announce the elimination of some 6,000 jobs Monday, many of which will be outsourced to India.


Briefs: Virgin, Zi hail mobile search trial result

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created Dec 20, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preliminary results of field trials show an increase in usage on mobile phones equipped with Zi Corporation's new Qix search engine.



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