New International Rates are Among Lowest in Wireless with No Annual
Contract or Credit Check Required
Offer Provides Customers with Better Option in Tough Economy
WARREN, N.J., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virgin Mobile USA
(NYSE: VM) has unveiled new prepaid international calling rates to Latin
America, Asia, Brazil and other markets across the globe for as low as two
cents per minute, effective October 15. Information about the new rates --
with specific fees for individual countries -- is online at
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/rates/internationalCalling.do. With no annual
contracts, no credit checks and a choice of Pay As You Go or Monthly Plans
including Totally Unlimited calling for just $79.99 per month, Virgin
Mobile USA now boasts some of the best domestic and international calling
rates in all of wireless.
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International Calling Rates with Even More Value vs. Post-Paid
Competition
Virgin Mobile USA customers can make calls to Brazil* and parts of
Mexico, Venezuela, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan for only two cents
per minute. Calls to Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic*, Mexico*,
Bangladesh, India, South Korea and Thailand are five cents per minute.**
By comparison, international calling to Mexico with major carrier
contract plans range from $0.39 to $0.49 per minute.
"These rates are a great value and make Virgin Mobile USA an easy
choice for international callers," said Dan Cipoletti, vice president of
voice and messaging offers, Virgin Mobile USA, "Especially at a time when
people want to connect with friends and family overseas but are concerned
about their spending. Consumers will find that we're not only the best
value in wireless but that we're also a much better choice than calling
cards."
Say Goodbye to Purchasing International Calling Cards
Customers will no longer need to purchase an international calling card
or pay for a separate international calling service with another carrier.
These new international calling rates are more convenient and just as
competitive as international calling cards. Virgin Mobile USA customers can
simply purchase a single Top-Up card by cash or credit at any one of more
than 140,000 retail locations to conveniently satisfy all of their calling
needs -- both domestically and internationally.
Stay in Touch with International Text Messaging and Text to Landline
Virgin Mobile USA customers now also have the ability to send a text
message in Spanish and have it delivered as a Spanish voice message to a
landline recipient. Spanish Text to Landline messages can be sent in the
United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico. International texting is also
offered at twenty cents to send a message and ten cents to receive a
message in more than 170 countries worldwide. For a listing of countries,
visit:
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/stuff/messaging/internationalTexting.do.
*Applies to calls to landlines only.
**International calls are charged at the international per-minute rate
for the country being calling plus standard airtime rate.
About Virgin Mobile USA, Inc.
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. [NYSE: VM], through its operating company
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P., offers more than five million customers control,
flexibility and choice through Virgin Mobile's Plans Without Annual
Contracts and postpaid offerings through Helio By Virgin Mobile, with
national coverage for both powered by the Sprint PCS network.
Virgin Mobile USA is known for its award-winning customer service and
was recently rated the best prepaid wireless service for the third year in
a row in the Annual PC Magazine Readers' Choice Survey, with 90% of its own
customers reporting satisfaction with the service. Virgin Mobile USA allows
customers to earn free minutes in exchange for viewing advertising content
online through the innovative Sugar Mama program. Virgin Mobile USA's full
slate of smart, stylish and affordable handsets are available at
approximately 40,000 top retailers nationwide and online at
http://www.virginmobileusa.com, with Top-Up cards available at more than 140,000
retail locations. Helio's advanced devices like the Ocean and unlimited
All-in voice plans can be explored at http://www.helio.com.
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