What is Virgin Mobile Canada?

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Virgin Mobile
Partnership between Virgin Group and Bell Mobility
FoundedMarch 1, 2005
Headquarters Canada
Key peopleSir Richard Branson
IndustryMobile Phones (cellular devices)
ProductsPrepaid Mobile Phones
Employees126
ParentVirgin Group, Bell Mobility
Websitewww.virginmobile.ca
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Virgin Mobile is a company which provides cellphone service and access, launched on March 1 2005. Since then they have grown to a customer base in the hundreds of thousands, and have won the J. D. Powers & Associates "Highest In Customer Satisfaction With Prepaid Wireless Service, Two Years In A Row". Virgin Mobile Canada offers prepaid mobile service operating on the Bell Mobility network.

History

At the launch event in Toronto's Dundas Square, Sir Richard Branson, chair of the Virgin group of companies, descended on a high tension line fixed to a Virgin Mobile billboard. Returning to Toronto on March 13 2007 Branson appeared in another public stunt to publicize the arrival of Wireless Number Portability to Canada.

In September 2006 Virgin Mobile held the first ever Virgin Festival. A massive two-day music festival held on Toronto Island, it became Canada's biggest music festival in its first year. Virgin Mobile has since announced the return of Virgin Festival in September 2007. As part of the Virgin Group's worldwide focus on environmental issues, Virgin Mobile announced that this year's Virgin Festival would be completely carbon neutral.

Virgin Festival

This year (2007) Virgin Mobile expanded Virgin Fest to include two events. Event one took place at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver May 20-21, 2007. The second event runs September 8-9, 2007 at Toronto Island Park in Toronto.

The Vancouver Virgin Festival featured a wide variety of artists including: My Chemical Romance, Billy Talent, The Junction, The Killers, Mother Mother, and many more.

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Virgin Group

Private (Limited liability)
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Headquarters London, England, UK

Key people Richard Branson, Chairman
Stephen Murphy, CEO
Susannah Parden, CFO
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Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada. Bell Mobility boasts over 5.5 million subscribers as of March 2006 and the most rate plans of any provider in North America.
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Virgin Group

Private (Limited liability)
Founded UK (Incorporation: 1989)
Headquarters London, England, UK

Key people Richard Branson, Chairman
Stephen Murphy, CEO
Susannah Parden, CFO
Products Beverages
Airlines
Trains
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Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada. Bell Mobility boasts over 5.5 million subscribers as of March 2006 and the most rate plans of any provider in North America.
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Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada. Bell Mobility boasts over 5.5 million subscribers as of March 2006 and the most rate plans of any provider in North America.
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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 (1950--) (age 57) in Shamley Green, Surrey, England), is a British entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360
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Virgin Mobile is a brand used by several mobile phone service providers operating in the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States (US) and France; the brand was also used for a short period of time in Singapore.
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List of Canadian mobile phone companies (In alphabetical order)
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Aliant Mobility CDMA Bell Canada Enterprises
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Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada. Bell Mobility boasts over 5.5 million subscribers as of March 2006 and the most rate plans of any provider in North America.
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Rogers Wireless Inc.

Private (subsidiary of Rogers Communications)
Founded Toronto, Ontario (1983)
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario

Key people Robert Bruce - President
Industry Wireless Services
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TELUS Corporation

Public
TSX:  T
NYSE:  TU
Founded Edmonton, Alberta (1990)
Headquarters Burnaby, British Columbia

Key people Darren Entwistle, President and CEO
Industry Telecommunications
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Dryden Municipal Telephone System is a publicly owned telephone company in Dryden, Ontario, Canada. It offers local, business and mobile phone services. Dryden Mobility has three cell sites operating on CDMA 800MHz band. Two site flank the city, while one is centrally located.
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ICE Wireless

Partnership of New North Networks, the Vuntut Development Corporation and the Yukon Indian Development Corporation
Founded September 2005
Headquarters Northern Canada

Key people Tom Zubko - President
Industry Wireless Services
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MTS Allstream Inc. / Manitoba Telecom Services

Public
TSX:  MBT
Founded 1908
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba

Key people Thomas E. Stefanson (Chairman), Pierre Blouin (CEO)
Industry Telecommunications
Revenue $2.
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