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Virgin Mobile retreats from Singapore
News Virgin Mobile, which first announced its intention to exit Singapore's in July, is officially ceasing its operations there on Friday. Virgin Mobile was equally owned by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), the country's largest telecom and Sir...
[October 11, 2002, 13:21]
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 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 Media to raise fibre-network capacity fourfold
News As web users' thirst for bandwidth soars, cable broadband purveyor Virgin Media is looking to squeeze four times the capacity out of its optical network, but without the expense of ripping out and upgrading its fibre.
[May 12, 2008, 9:46]
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 Mobile prepares for IPO
News The financial details of the Virgin Mobile flotation -- planned for later this month -- and the windfall its execs can expect to see as a result have been made public. Virgin will still retain majority control of the company, however, holding at...
[July 8, 2004, 14:15]
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]
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 Trains boosts in-carriage mobile coverage
News Travellers on Virgin Trains could soon be chattering for longer. Repeater technology, which retransmits 2G and 3G, will be installed on all 52 of Virgin's high-speed Pendolino trains on the London to Glasgow route by November.
[April 8, 2008, 9:29]
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 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 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 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]
Virgin trades gadgets for your privacy
News We're looking for people with Virgin affinity and interest in electronic commerce," said Audrey Parma, president of Internet Appliance Networks, a closely held New York startup that designed the Web appliances for Virgin as part of a joint venture.
[April 10, 2000, 14:07]
Virgin Net gets unmetered
News ISP Virgin Net finally climbed aboard the unmetered Internet bandwagon Wednesday, launching around the clock unmetered access for 10,000 existing customers at £15 per month. In July Virgin intends to open the service to non-Virgin customers.
[April 20, 2000, 10:03]
Virgin sues spam pest
News The ISP claims Paris, trading under the name ProPhoto UK, sent out more than a quarter of a million junk e-mails using a Virgin Net account, leading to over 1,500 complaints. Paris is being sued for breach of contract: All Virgin Net users sign an...
[April 20, 1999, 14:30]
Spam case - Virgin settles out of court
News The writ against Surrey businessman Adrian Paris who was charged with spamming Virgin Net customers in April was settled out of court last week. Mr Paris has agreed not to open any more Virgin accounts or to send unsolicited emails to Virgin Net...
[May 26, 1999, 13:17]
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]
