Virgin Mobile to launch MVNO in Poland

News Wireless Poland 30 JUL 2012
Virgin Mobile to launch MVNO in Poland
Virgin Mobile announced that it will launch a MVNO on the network of Polish mobile operator P4 by the end of this summer, reports Rpkom.pl. The company formed the joint venture Virgin Mobile Central & Eastern Europe for the new offering. Poland will be its first expansion market in the region. The latest move follows similar ventures set up in Latin America and Africa and the Middle East earlier this year by Virgin Mobile.

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Mobile

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Virgin Mobile

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Poland

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Voice services, Launch, Corporate strategy

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