Originally Posted by japaul:
“Some accurate numbers
At the end of 2014:
Virgin Mobile 3.05 million
Tesco 4.42 million”
“Some accurate numbers

At the end of 2014:
Virgin Mobile 3.05 million
Tesco 4.42 million”
(off topic) Virgin did very well when SRB owned it and they had an incredible arrangement with T-Mobile, that saw Virgin getting paid a small amount per month for every active sub.
Suffice to say, Virgin didn't rush to cut inactive SIMs and gave them out like candy. When I was at What Mobile, every review phone had a SIM and a few to give away, and they loved competitions to give more away. They all had £5 of credit pre-loaded, so it was probably possible for some people to never pay a penny - just chuck one SIM away and activate another...
I always wondered how they managed things when T-Mobile renegotiated the deal and that money went, and suddenly Virgin had a lot of inactive subs affecting their ARPU....




