Monday, April 8, 2013

Virgin Mobile fires salvo at T-Mobile, offers $100 to switch


Virgin Mobile has its sights set on T-Mobile CEO John Legere and his carrier.


(Credit: Lori Grunin/CNET)

Virgin Mobile wants consumers to know that it's a major player in the no-contract wireless game too, and isn't afraid to spend a little money to show it.


(Credit: Virgin Mobile)


Virgin set its sights directly on T-Mobile, offering $100 to T-Mobile customers willing to switch their number over and buy a smartphone before May 31.


Carriers will often provide incentives to switch, but rarely do they target a specific company. T-Mobile has made a lot of noise about its move to abolish contracts and subsidies, and Virgin Mobile, a business built on prepaid service and a unit of Sprint Nextel, wants to remind folks that it's been at it longer.


"You know we've been talking about saving money with prepaid service since 2002," a company representative said in an e-mailed statement.


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