Sprint Nextel and Virgin Mobile USA announced today that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement for Sprint to acquire Virgin Mobile USA for a total equity value of approximately $483 million, which includes the value of Sprint’s current 13.1% fully diluted ownership interest in Virgin Mobile USA. In addition, at closing Sprint will retire all of Virgin Mobile USA’s ... continued »

Virgin Mobile USA announced the launch of Broadband2Go, a 3G wireless Internet service without an annual contract, monthly subscription or activation fee. Base on your each data transfer usage, the payment can be done with credit/debit cards or Virgin Mobile Top-Up cards. Top-Up cards can be used to purchase data usage from 100MB to 1 gigabyte on the pay-as-you-go model. A new ... continued »

Opera Software announced today its agreement with Virgin Mobile USA to distribute Opera Mini on several Virgin Mobile USA handsets. Opera Mini will be available as a free application download on select devices for Virgin Mobile USA prepaid customers via the VirginXL download storefront. Starting April 14, 2009, this service will be available on eight Virgin Mobile USA handsets including ... continued »

Virgin Mobile USA will soon offering X-tc from Kyocera Wireless, comes with a slide-out QWERTY keypad that keeps you connected with full messaging capabilities including IM and email support. The device will retail for $99.99 without an annual contract and will be rolling out to retail stores from April 6th. continued »

Virgin Mobile USA has announced the long-awaited Helio Ocean 2, a dual slider phone with easy access to popular messaging and social networks and sites. The Ocean 2 will be on sale for $149 at www.virginmobileusa.com beginning February 12, 2009. continued »

Virgin Mobile USA  announced today its title sponsorship of the upcoming Britney Spears concert tour. In conjunction with sponsorship of the "Circus" tour, Virgin Mobile USA plans to launch its new Ocean 2 multimedia device. The new Helio Ocean 2 will still be a dual slider phone, with the ability of sliding side way or down that gives you a ... continued »

Virgin Mobile USA announced that it is joining the fight against breast cancer with the launch of the LG Pink Flare limited edition handset, available exclusively at Best Buy stores nationwide. Five dollars from the purchase of every Pink Flare handset, each priced at $29.99, will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer organization, funding ... continued »

Virgin Mobile USA today announced the launch of Virgin Mobile Festival's 2008 Streaming Videos, available exclusively on the Virgin Mobile USA Shuttle and on Helio By Virgin Mobile handsets. Virgin Mobile USA customers with the Shuttle handset and Helio customers using the Ocean, Mysto, Fin or Heat can access these videos using their handsets. Performances from the 2008 Virgin Mobile ... continued »

Virgin Media and Yahoo! announced that Yahoo! oneSearch will power the Internet search on Virgin Media's new, enhanced mobile portal. The Virgin Media mobile portal will be available to consumers on the 8th of December, and brings the world of news, music, video, games and entertainment, as well as Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search experience, straight to consumers' pockets. continued »

Local.com and Virgin Mobile USA today announced the launch of Local Mobile on the Virgin Mobile USA network. Local Mobile is an ad-supported local mobile site that provides users with easy access to directory services and search results for local businesses, products and services via their mobile internet service. continued »