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Virgin Trains Wi-Fi arrives one year late
News Virgin Trains has completed the rollout of Wi-Fi on its Pendolino trains operating between London and Scotland, more than a year later than originally planned. When the project was announced back in September 2006, Virgin Trains set the completion...
[April 30, 2009, 9:17]
Virgin Mobile and NTL: the UK's first quad-play offering?
News On 5 December 2005, Virgin Mobile confirmed that it is in discussions with NTL about a merger that would create the UK's first quad-play offering. According to press reports, the UK's best-known businessman Richard Branson will exchange his 72...
[December 20, 2005, 15:55]
Virgin to migrate customers onto Google Mail
News Virgin Media is to move all its home broadband customers onto the Google Mail platform, the company said on Wednesday. While the customers will be moved off Virgin Media's existing email platform, they will be able to retain their existing email...
[April 15, 2009, 15:10]
Virgin Entertainment and Hannaford Bros. Co. Increase Store-Level Productivity and Communications With Cisco's Intelligent Retail Network
White Papers Virgin Entertainment Group operates 18 Virgin Megastores in the United States that provide thousands of customers with experiential, interactive shopping through in-store appearances by major entertainment artists, a wide variety of music and DVD...
[June 7, 2006, 0:00]
Virgin Radio may go worldwide with Ericsson
News Media mogul Chris Evans' latest scheme to usurp Rupert Murdoch as media king is to transmit Virgin Radio all over the globe. Despite losing the first London digital radio license to Capital this week, Virgin said it will begin national digital...
[September 10, 1999, 15:58]
Virgin takes Wi-Fi up the west coast
Talkback The wi-fi system you are offering seems as flawed as other products offered by Virgin owned companies. Mobile phone reception in Pendolinos and Voyagers is totally unacceptable because the train designers, and the Virgin specifiers, failed to...
[March 3, 2005, 23:26]
Virgin takes Wi-Fi up the west coast
News Passengers on Virgin trains should be able to get limited high-speed wireless Internet access in their carriage by the end of this year, as the race to Wi-Fi enable the UK's railways heats up. Wi-Fi operator Broadreach Networks is installing...
[August 19, 2003, 9:39]
Virgin goes jamming online
News Virgin Entertainment Group -- the parent company of Virgin Megastores -- is to offer downloadable music over the Internet via an online service called Virgin JamCast. In partnership with U.S.technology company Wavo, Virgin will offer users the...
[September 16, 1999, 16:07]
Virgin launches 50Mbps broadband service
News Virgin Media has finally launched its long-anticipated '50Mbps' cable broadband service, but analysts have warned that the headline speed may not be attainable for very long. The £51-per-month service, which Virgin claimed will be available to all...
[December 15, 2008, 13:57]
Virgin shuts down all email after hacking scare
News A hacking scare at Virgin.net Sunday forced the company to close all email accounts and some customers were also hit with restricted Internet access. A statement within the customer services section of the Virgin.net Web site -- buried three pages...
[January 10, 2000, 16:42]
Virgin takes axe to broadband start-up cost
News Virgin.net announced on Monday that it is cutting the start-up cost of upgrading to broadband by £20. Virgin.net is also continuing to waive the broadband activation fee, even though BT Wholesale's half-price offer on this £50 charge recently ended.
[April 29, 2003, 10:35]
Virgin Mobile expands customer support
News Virgin Mobile has announced it is to create 200 new jobs in the North East of England through the opening of a customer support centre. Tom Alexander, chief executive of Virgin Mobile, said in a statement: "We are very excited to be opening up a...
[April 9, 2003, 11:02]
Virgin.net calls police over security breach
News The police have been called in to assist Internet service provider Virgin.net following Sunday's "security breach," that forced the company to close all its email accounts and prevented thousands of users getting online.
[January 11, 2000, 12:05]
Virgin leaps on board with Wi-Fi
News Virgin Trains is rolling out wireless networks at several of the railway stations it serves, and is also aiming to crack the holy grail of Wi-Fi access on a moving train. These will give high-speed Internet access to Virgin customers if they are on...
[June 3, 2003, 11:38]
Update: Virgin.net closes in on Surrey hacker
News It has been revealed that the investigation into Virgin.net's security problems are being handled by the Surrey police. He says, "Usually this would go through the computer crime unit, unless Virgin have got some offices in Surrey.
[January 12, 2000, 10:56]
Virgin joins the unmetered party
News Jumping on the free Internet bandwagon, Virgin Net announced on Tuesday that it will offer "a competitive" service to be trialled next month. The free access model, adopted by Freeserve, Virgin and other ISPs, is has been threatened by AltaVista's...
[March 7, 2000, 14:17]
Virgin Media unlimited broadband on 5GB a week
Talkback Virgin media, I am contracting with for £ 17.99 a month restricted my broadband usage as a penalty to 5GB usage a week. I asked already for my MAC code because unlimited with Virgin means 5GB a week of 20 GB a month with normal broadband speed, in...
[October 5, 2008, 23:44]
A Year Ago: Virgin set to 'attack' telecoms market
News A Virgin spokesman confirmed the company's intention: "We are seriously considering opportunities in both fixed line and mobile. While details are not yet available, the spokesman said Virgin was "seriously considering" a bid for a Universal Mobile...
[February 28, 2000, 5:42]
Virgin..
Talkback Don't be so sure about Virgin they actually enjoy shafting their own customer base on a regular basis.
[September 4, 2009, 15:32]
Virgin Retail plans major technology upgrade
News Virgin Retail is planning a significant upgrade to its Internet operations in the next two months which will affect both its high-street and online presence. The retail chain of the Virgin group of companies which includes the high-profile Virgin...
[February 24, 2005, 16:20]
