Virgin Mobile wins award for MVNO of the Year at Mobile Retailer Awards 2006

The judging panel at the awards includes some of the biggest names in mobile retailing, including the heads of The Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4u and The Link. The judges praised Virgin Mobile’s achievements and felt they had set high standards for customer satisfaction and service, which other networks had been forced to emulate. The categories that were judged were for customer experience, product range and value, innovation, development and marketing.

At a ceremony in London, last week, the judges, said, “Virgin Mobile have set the standard for MVNO’s the world over. They’ve grown remarkably over the last several years and with music and contracts there is the possibility of more to come.”

Graeme Hutchinson, trading director at Virgin Mobile, said: ”This is an outstanding achievement for Virgin Mobile. We are delighted to be recognised as MVNO of the Year in the prestigious Mobile Retailer Awards. Virgin Mobile is a remarkable and exceptional company and we have a special team of people who have all helped to make it the vibrant, exciting place it is and for creating the best MVNO of the year.”

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Notes to Editors

About Virgin Mobile:

Virgin Mobile is the UK’s largest mobile virtual network operator and uses T-Mobile's network. Since its launch in November 1999, Virgin Mobile has attracted more than 4 million customers.

On July 4th Virgin Mobile became wholly owned by ntl Incorporated. The completion of this deal creates the first UK company able to offer a ‘quadruple play’ to customers: mobile and fixed line telephony, broadband internet and television.

In the UK, Virgin Mobile phones are available direct on 0845 6000 600; on the web at www.virginmobile.com or on the high street at approximately 5,000 outlets including Virgin Mobile Stores within Virgin Megastores and selected WHSmiths, The Carphone Warehouse, The Link, Phones 4 U, Currys.digital, Comet, Tesco, Asda, John Lewis, Argos, Woolworths, Toys R Us, Ryman, web retailer Dial-a-phone plus hundreds of independent mobile phone dealers and available via Shop Direct/Littlewoods, Grattan and Empire home shopping channels.

Virgin Mobile Pay Monthly (contract) is currently available in Virgin Mobile Stores, The Carphone Warehouse, The Link, Phones 4u, at concessions in WHSmith and from www.virginmobile.com.

Virgin Mobile employs approximately 1,600 staff at three sites, Trowbridge, London and Daventry, and has an outsourced customer service centre operated by approximately 200 staff in Middlesbrough.

Virgin Mobile was voted 22nd Best Workplaces in the UK in the Financial Times survey for 2006.