RIP Virgin Mobile.
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on 31-08-2023 18:21
As of now Virgin Mobile have ceased to sell New Phones, and Airtime Packages. There are no upgrades either.
Giffgaff have been added to SIM only.
I got warning of this a few weeks ago but was asked to keep quiet.
Seems they wanted it to go out with a whimper.
End of an era started in 1999 as the first UK MNVO
https://www.virginmedia.com/mobile/pay-monthly
https://www.virginmedia.com/mobile/sim-only
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on 31-08-2023 18:51
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on 31-08-2023 18:51
To be fair, it started so well as a unique MVNO, with phones that where unique such as the Lobster the DAB-IP TV phone, that I had and then realised how useless it was at times, but it ran Windows Mobile 5 and only used GPRS
They where innovative, but whoever came up with the Belgian Sims, with UK numbers idea, needs hitting over the head with a frying pan..
RIP Virgin Mobile and 789
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on 31-08-2023 19:14
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on 31-08-2023 19:14
The Belgian SIMs came about when they became a 'Thick' MNVO handling everything themselves
They had no roaming partner arrangements and to negotiate from scratch would be time consuming and expensive so they used a Belgian proxy that did!

