Virgin Media launches unbeatable BlackBerry® deal

Added: (Thu Sep 30 2010)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Virgin Media is shaking up the mobile market by offering the most competitive pay monthly deal for a BlackBerry smartphone. Virgin Media has slashed the cost of owning the immensely popular BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520, now available free on a market-leading 24-month contract for just £12 per month. Existing Virgin Media customers with home entertainment services also benefit from exclusive extras and a reduced price of £10 per month, and students holding a valid NUS Extra card can benefit from an extra 15% off per month for even more savings.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone comes complete with an easy-to-use full-QWERTY keyboard and cutting-edge features such as WiFi support for superfast surfing when at home, a 2 megapixel camera perfect for taking snaps or video and expandable memory of up to 32GB for ultimate storage flexibility. With access to BlackBerry App World™, social networkers can load up Twitter™ or Facebook® or choose from thousands of other apps to customise their BlackBerry Curve with the latest games, themes and wallpapers, ringtones or utilities.

Perfect for students, young professionals or families looking for the latest mobile technology to stay in touch whilst on the go, the phone comes complete with 50 inclusive minutes and 250 texts per month, as well as unlimited BlackBerry Messenger and unlimited* web and email access with up to ten email accounts including popular services such as Gmail, Yahoo! or Hotmail. Virgin Media customers with home entertainment services taking advantage of this unbeatable deal also benefit from a reduced monthly tariff of just £10 per month, unlimited* calls to other Virgin Mobiles as well as free calls to Virgin Mobiles from their Virgin Media home phone* service. Students looking to take advantage of an additional 15% discount can register at www.virginmedia.com/studentdiscount for even greater savings**.

Jonathan Kini, director of mobile at Virgin Media said: “BlackBerry is no longer just for business users, and our exceptionally competitive deals can only help BlackBerry smartphones become an even bigger break-through device for consumers. Popular with families, students and teens loving its class-leading email, social networking and instant messaging features, our new unbeatable deal slashes the cost of this fantastic phone for anyone looking to stay connected. We’re also delighted to reward loyal Virgin Media customers with exclusive benefits, including free calls to Virgin Mobile from their home phones and unlimited Virgin Mobile to Virgin Mobile calls, and with our fantastic 15% discount for students, university halls will be buzzing with the bleep of the brilliant BlackBerry Messenger.”

For more information on Virgin Media products and services visit http://www.virginmedia.com/

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Notes

* Unlimited web access, email and minutes to other Virgin Mobiles are subject to fair use policies. UK use only. Free calls to Virgin Mobiles are available from Virgin Media home phone during inclusive periods; M – Talk weekends, L – Talk evenings and weekends, XL – Talk unlimited. Free calls from Virgin Media home phone refer to calls made to UK geographic voice numbers and Virgin Mobiles. Free calls from Virgin Media home phone or Virgin Mobiles to Virgin Mobiles are only to ‘active’ Virgin Mobile numbers. To be “active”, the Virgin Mobile number called must have originated a chargeable outbound event (call, SMS, data session) within the previous 90 days. A customer must also re-dial before 60 minutes to avoid call charges. Our ‘unbeatable’ claim is based on comparisons with published competitor tariffs up to £12 a month for the Blackberry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone as at 26 August 2010. Further information and terms available at http://www.virginmedia.com/.
** 15% student discount available on both standard or Virgin Media exclusive tariffs when registering at www.virginmedia.com/studentdiscount with a valid NUS Extra card. Further information and terms and conditions available at http://www.virginmobilepeople.com/nusdiscount/.
Media Contacts

Emily Young, 020 7404 3000, Emily@borkowski.co.uk
Asam Ahmad, 020 7299 5707, asam.ahmad@virginmedia.co.uk



About Virgin Media
With almost 10 million customers, Virgin Media is the UK's first quad-play provider of broadband, TV, phone and mobile.

The company is one of the largest residential broadband providers in the UK, using a unique fibre optic cable network to deliver next generation ultrafast internet access of up to 50Mb to just over half of all homes. Combined with a high speed ADSL service and mobile broadband products, Virgin Media is able to offer broadband internet access to virtually the entire country.

Virgin Media has the UK’s most advanced TV on demand service and was the first TV platform to carry BBC iPlayer. It is the second largest provider of pay TV, was the first to launch a high definition TV service and offers a high-specification, HD-ready V+ personal video recorder.

The company operates the most popular virtual mobile network in the UK which, when launched, was the world’s first such mobile phone service. It is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.

Virgin Media Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market and the London Stock Exchange (VMED).

For more information, go to http://www.virginmedia.com/.



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