Two of the UK’s biggest telecoms companies, O2 and Virgin Media, are merging to create a new telecoms giant, they confirmed on Thursday. The £31 billion ($38B) deal will see mobile operator O2, which is owned by Telefonica, and broadband operator Virgin Media, which is owned by Liberty Global become one company to create a …
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EE and Virgin Media were slapped with a combined £13.3 million ($17 million) fine for overcharging phone and broadband customers who wanted to leave their contracts early, Ofcom announced Friday. The UK communications regulator said neither telecoms company made the charges for failing to see out the minimum contract term sufficiently clear, breaching consumer protection rules. About 400,000 EE customers …
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A couple months back, Virgin Mobile made headlines with its new “Inner Circle” plan: Buy or bring an iPhone and get one year of unlimited service for $1. Alas, that offer has expired, but you can still join the Inner Circle for cheap: It’s now $1 per month for the first six months. However, there’s the same small catch: If …
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Now playing: Watch this: Virgin Mobile’s crazy $1-a-year iPhone plan comes with… 1:52 OK, who else did a double take this morning? I had to be sure I was reading the headline correctly: Virgin Mobile is offering a full year of unlimited phone service for $1, and now you can bring your own iPhone. Whoa, did someone leave off a …
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Social media addicts rejoice! Virgin Mobile has now added Twitter to its list of services that customers can use without eating into any of their data allowance. Virgin Mobile customers can use all services on Twitter — including posting images — without using data. That’s great news if you’ve signed up for the company’s lowest 600MB of data tariff for …
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