Virgin Mobile is the first virtual operator created in the world, in 1999. This British mobile telephone operator, subsidiary of Virgin Group, is established in several countries: with the United Kingdom, its country of reference, in Australia, in South Africa, in the United States, in Canada and in France since 2006 (see here:).

Virgin Mobile the U.K. is a subsidiary company of Virgin Media whereas international divisions of Virgin Mobile can act independently of British division, in partnership with the mobile operator who provides them the infrastructure of the network.

Like any virtual mobile operator, Virgin Mobile does not have a clean infrastructure. It must of this fact of concluding from the partnerships with traditional mobile operators in order to exploit their network. Thus, in the United Kingdom, Virgin Mobile exploits the network T-Mobile. In the United States, it is the network of the operator Sprint who is used. In Canada, it uses the network Bell whereas in Australia, a partnership was concluded with Optus. In South Africa, Cell C places at the disposal its network whereas in France, Virgin Mobile exploits the infrastructure of the network Orange (France Telecom). These networks employ different technological (GSM with the United Kingdom, in South Africa, in Australia, in France and the CMDA in the USA and Canada).

The operator proposes in all the countries where it is present a prepaid offer (pay ace you go) and various fixed prices (pay monthly). As for the traditional mobile operators, Virgin Mobile also sells telephones simlockés on the network of the operator of which it exploits the network. The tariffs applied by Virgin Mobile all over the world are always lower than those of the operators already established ( in the measurement of comparable the ) in these countries.

Virgin Mobile remains an telephone operator diversified with low fixed prices price, blocked fixed prices with accessible tariffs and fixed prices EXCESS including an unlimited option.

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