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Rogers fires back at Virgin’s “WTF” comment!

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ 11 comments

We thought the Globalive foreign ownership issues was Canada’s version of a wireless soap opera!
It turns out it’s not and the surprising and almost awkward battle between Virgin Mobile and Rogers Wireless flamed up this morning with Virgin’s latest ad campaign hammering down the recently introduced Rogers “Government Regulatory Recovery Fee”, or in short the [...]

Virgin says WTF is with the Rogers GRRF fee?

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

Rogers recently removed the System Access Fees and introduced the “Government Regulatory Recovery Fee” (GRRF) and off all companies to respond it’s Bell’s sub-brand Virgin Mobile that says “GRRF! WFT!… seriously Rogers. What’s the Fee?”.
Always putting things so eloquently, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Mobile Canada said, “I’d like to congratulate Rogers for removing [...]

Virgin’s “30-day You’ll Love Us Guarantee” goes live!

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 3, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Right on schedule from what we informed you a couple days ago… Virgin has gone live with their “30-day You’ll Love Us Guarantee”. You can check it out here at Virgin and learn all about the new perk. They have also changed their plans (see here) and see below the the updated plans.
Virgin says “We [...]

Virgin’s 30-day Guarantee & new rate plans coming

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 1, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Interested to see how Virgin is going to stack up against the others over the next few months? Read on…
In the past Virgin has always had their “Virgin Mobile Bill of Rights” and now what seems to be going to happen is effective November 3rd, the creative folks over at Virgin are bringing on a [...]

Virgin Mobile dominates the “2009 Canadian Wireless Customer Satisfaction Study”

By Rob Avison ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

The 2009 Canadian Wireless Customer Satisfaction Study by J.D Power opening paragraph starts by stating that the evolving wireless technology and new wireless providers (WIND Mobile, DAVE Wireless & Public Mobile) are making customers less loyal and less likely to recommend their current service providers.
Lubo Li at J.D. Power and Associates in Toronto said “The [...]

Win $5,000 in Virgin’s “National Fearless Day” contest

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We let you know earlier in the week that Virgin was gearing up for their own self proclaimed “November 19th is National Fearless Day”.
A dedicated site has been created with more info. Virgin says that National Fearless Day is “The Thanksgiving of bravery. The Canada Day of courage. The Valentine’s Day of kicking ass. This [...]

Virgin Mobile drops prices for all BlackBerry devices

By John Connors ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Virgin has once again dropped their BlackBerry prices. You can now get the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and Flip 8230 for $0.00 on a 3-year contract. In addition, the Curve 8330 has been dropped by $50 to $29.99 on a 3-year contract. These all have to be on Virgin’s BlackBerry Bundle monthly plan.

Virgin declares November 19th as “National Fearless Day”

By John Connors ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Virgin Mobile wants everyone to know that Thursday, November 19th is not just an ordinary day… it’s “National Fearless Day”.
Virgin says “What’s that you say? You’ve never heard of National Fearless Day? That’s because Sir Richard Branson made it up. When you get knighted, you can make up your own holiday too. It’s one of [...]

Good Cause: Virgin supports “Step up for Street Kids” Charity Walk

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ October 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Virgin Mobile is supporting another good cause, this time it’s the “Step up for Street Kids” Charity Walk for Covenant House and it’s for at-risk and homeless youth in Canada.
If you’re in Toronto on November 7th at 3:15pm you can join their team for a 5k walk. The registration fee is $25 and Virgin wants [...]

Virgin offers up Samsung Link for $0.00 on 2-year

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ October 6, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Virgin Mobile has reduced the price of the Samsung Link to a beautiful $0.00 on a 2-year contract. This is a “limited time” special offer with no end date noted on their site. The Link comes in Grey and White and as a bonus they will throw in a decal to make your Link stand [...]

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