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Destination Expert for Paris, Loire Valley. Since its launch, Virgin Mobile has used edgy and controversial advertising, leading to demands for an apology, requests to cease and desist the advertising, and even boycotts. In February , Virgin Mobile Canada launched postpaid wireless service. To promote and encourage Canadians to consider the new postpaid service, the company released a new slogan, "It's Better to Be a Member". At launch, this was known as 'myPlan', and the company offered a multitude of options, including the ability to set one's own timeframe for unlimited calling, as opposed to the windows generally offered by competing mobile companies.

Since then, postpaid plans have become a popular choice for new and existing Members, and plans continue to evolve in the highly competitive telecom market. On December 21, , Virgin Mobile Canada's then-president Robert Blumenthal promised "a very different Virgin Mobile" with "higher-value devices and services" in To prepare for the back-to-school season of that year, the Virgin Mobile SuperTab was introduced on August 23 as a response to competition from other providers, especially Koodo Mobile.

To differentiate itself from other mobile providers, Virgin Mobile Canada launched its Member Benefits program in Since launch, the program has grown and offers exclusive offers for its Members.

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In response to competition from major mobile brands and new entrants, Virgin Mobile introduced a City Unlimited plan on February 18, The carrier is notable for being one of Canada's two carriers to exclusively carry the Galaxy Nexus smartphone for the country's Christmas and holiday season of Bell Mobility , Virgin Mobile's parent, also has this exclusivity during that time period. The flagship device from the Google Nexus series is the first in the world to run the Android 4 operating system.

Each Member in this team of five received a complimentary Galaxy Nexus, but they had to tweet about their experiences with the device. The smartphone was launched on December 8, and the five Tester Team members were chosen on the following day. They can be activated on either a prepaid or a postpaid plan:. Since its inception, Virgin Mobile Canada offers a prepaid plan that has no monthly fee. Customers paid only for the services they used, such as per-minute billing for local calling or per-message fee for each SMS sent.

Virgin Mobile never charged for received messages, and this practice remains effective to this day. Long distance calls to Canada or the United States were charged at double the local airtime rate. Any account that has not been topped up or remains inactive for days will be automatically deactivated and the phone number will be reassigned to new members activating their prepaid cell phones. The initial pay-per-use rates, however, have drastically increased over time.

For example, Virgin Mobile eliminated talk time discounts previously available for customers who talked for more than five minutes in a day. The Choice category was low-end and only included talk and text, while Combo was high-end and added mobile Internet access.

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Your access charge for these numbers will be shown on your bill and is 36p per minute. The service charge will be advertised by the company that you are calling. Only calls to landlines, Virgin Mobiles, other mobiles and video calls count towards your daily build-up of minutes. A 25p minimum call charge applies to all calls to landlines and other Virgin Mobiles. It looks like you are using an out of date version of your browser - due to enhanced securityrequirements protecting customers, we will no longer support this browser version as of June and you will need to update it in order to access virginmedia.

Filter Content. When will I get my rewards? Picture messages to all UK 1 networks 30p per message If your handset settings are incorrect you may incur the daily rate for data if you do not have a data allowance. For more information see Virgin Mobile phone support 26p per call. Our calls are billed per second and our charges are rounded to the nearest penny. This refers to numbers beginning with 01, 02 or 03 and landline calls to Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.

Includes calls and texts to Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.