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Virgin Mobile USA was formed in 2000 in San Francisco. In July 2000, John Tantum and Dave Whetstone pitched Richard Branson on entering the U.S. market after Virgin had successfully launched Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom in 1999.
Jan 7, 2020 · Sprint plans to shut down Virgin Mobile USA and transfer its subscribers to Boost Mobile ahead of its merger with T-Mobile. Customers will keep their numbers and devices, but will lose PayPal payment option.
Jan 7, 2020 · Sprint announced that it will end Virgin Mobile USA on February 2nd, 2020 and move its pre-pay customers to Boost Mobile. Virgin Group, the original owner of the brand, will get it back and decide whether to relaunch it in the US.
Jan 7, 2020 · Sprint is ending its prepaid brand Virgin Mobile and transferring its customers to Boost Mobile, which will be sold to Dish after the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. Virgin Mobile customers will keep their phone numbers and plans, but may face some changes in payment methods and device options.
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Corporation and provided nationwide, prepaid wireless voice, messaging, and broadband data products and services to customers in the contiguous United States under the Virgin Mobile, payLo, and "Assurance Wireless Brought to You by Virgin Mobile" brands. It operated as an MVNO and ...
Jan 8, 2020 · Sprint is shutting down its prepaid Virgin Mobile USA phone business and moving customers over to sister brand Boost Mobile. The move is part of the merger with T-Mobile, which is facing a lawsuit from state attorneys general.
Jun 16, 2024 · Today, Virgin Mobile USA is one of two prepaid wireless brands that are owned by Sprint, the other being Boost Mobile. In June of 2017 Virgin Mobile announced that it would start to phase out Android phones and become the USA’s first iPhone only based wireless provider .
