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Articles tagged with: Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile UK to Use Yahoo Search Portal
Internet search portal, Yahoo! has secured a deal to provide mobile search services for the UK based Virgin Mobile. The service will be launched on the MVNO from next week (8th Dec). Yahoo! and Virgin Media also plan to deliver mobile sponsored search results and contextually served sponsored listings within the Virgin Media mobile portal early 2009. more
Related Tags: rsa, mvno, mobile-search, UK
Virgin Mobile Tops UK SIM Only Contract Sales
Virgin Mobile UK has become the market leader for SIM-only contracts, according to independent industry analysts, GfK. Published this week, GfK figures show that in May 2008, Virgin Mobile now hold 29.5% of the market. more
Virgin Media Loses CD Containing Customer Bank Details
UK telecoms and media firm, Virgin Media has admitted to losing a CD which contained the personal details of some 3,000 customers. The customers, all of whom had subscribed to Virgin's broadband internet service via the mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse are being contacted by Virgin. The CD contained not just the customers personal address details though - it also included their bank account information. more
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Virgin Rival Emerges as Major Shareholder in Virgin MVNO Subsidiary
SRM Global, the $3 billion Monaco hedge fund opposing Virgin Group's bid for UK bank Northern Rock, has emerged as a substantial shareholder in Virgin's mobile phone and media subsidiary. more
Virgin Media Net Loss Narrows, Flags New Approach
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- UK cable and MVNO, Virgin Media said it had added 13,000 cable and broadband customers on a net basis in the third quarter, narrowed its net loss, and signaled that competing with British Sky Broadcasting Group for premium pay TV customers wasn't its key priority. more
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Virgin Media CEO Burch Quits Unexpectedly
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Virgin Media: To Extend Strategic Review Process
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Media, Tuesday said it planned to extend the timetable of a strategic review which could lead to a sale. more
Related Tags: mvno, compete, new-york
First Round Bids For Virgin Media By Early August - Source
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Media, the UK cable and MVNO operator, has begun an auction process and is asking potential bidders to submit expressions of interest by the first week in August, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires Monday. more
Virgin Media Confirms - an Approach Made
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Media, the heavily indebted UK cable operator, Monday confirmed it had received an approach for the company and would begin a strategic review which could lead to a sale. more
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DUE DILIGENCE: Struggling, Indebted Virgin Media Could Be LBO Target"
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- It's a rare investor who gets an annual 100,000-pound ($200,000) fee for promoting a company in which he's the leading shareholder. more
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