Virgin Mobile Canada

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Virgin Mobile Canada
Type Partnership between Virgin Group and Bell Mobility
Founded March 1, 2005
Headquarters Flag of Canada Canada
Key people Flag of the United Kingdom Sir Richard Branson(Andrew Black)
Industry Mobile Phones (cellular devices)
Products Prepaid Mobile Phones
Employees 126
Parent Virgin Group, Bell Mobility
Website www.virginmobile.ca
Phone kiosk in Edmonton.
Phone kiosk in Edmonton.

Virgin Mobile Canada is a cellular telephone company that was launched on March 1, 2005. Since it has grown to a customer base in the hundreds of thousands, and has won the J. D. Powers & Associates "Highest In Customer Satisfaction With Prepaid Wireless Service, Three Years In A Row". Virgin Mobile Canada offers prepaid mobile service operating on the Bell Mobility network. In February 2008, they started to offer traditional post-paid plans. As of February 2008, Virgin Mobile Canada has roughly 600,000 customers. [1]

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[edit] History

At the launch event in Toronto's Dundas Square, Sir Richard Branson, chair of the Virgin group of companies, descended on a high tension line fixed to a Virgin Mobile billboard. Returning to Toronto on March 13, 2007, Branson appeared in another public stunt to publicize the arrival of Wireless Number Portability to Canada.

In September 2006, Virgin Mobile held the first ever Virgin Festival. A massive two-day music festival held on Toronto Island, it became Canada's biggest music festival in its first year. Virgin Mobile has since announced the return of Virgin Festival in September 2007. As part of the Virgin Group's worldwide focus on environmental issues, Virgin Mobile announced that this year's Virgin Festival would be completely carbon neutral.

On February 13, 2008, Sir Richard Branson announced the entry of Virgin Mobile into the post paid market in Canada.

[edit] Virgin Festival

In 2007, Virgin Mobile expanded Virgin Fest to include two events. Event one took place at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver May 20-21, 2007. The second event took place at Toronto Island Park in Toronto September 8-9, 2007. In 2008, Virgin Fest will be held in Calgary June 21-22, 2008.

The Vancouver Virgin Festival featured a wide variety of artists including: My Chemical Romance, Billy Talent, The Junction, The Killers, Mother Mother and many more.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Virgin Mobile enters post-paid cell phone market with Branson and convoy in tow (February 13, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-13.

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