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Virgin Mobile will increase their Gold Plans by $5 on August 13, due to a pricing error.

Virgin Mobile is set to introduce 2-year plans and increase plans by $5 per month.

Canadian wireless carriers have really stepped up their game today, as earlier we told you about the new upcoming Rogers Toque, set to put Google Glass to shame. Now, Virgin Mobile has announced it is proudly launching the new Mobile SmartStraw exclusively to its members. What is the Mobile SmartStraw? It allows you to taste...

First it was Koodo that doubled data and minutes for its Canada-wide plans, then Fido followed, and now it's Virgin Mobile's turn. The latter has updated their website to announce double the data and minutes for its Gold Plans, plus the first month is free. Do note data overages are $10/200MB for the $35 plan...

It appears Bell is set to change its cancellation policy to move in line with carriers such as Rogers and TELUS, as described within internal documents, reports MobileSyrup. Bell customers looking to cancel will have to pay remaining handset subsidies, known as the Service Agreement Price Adjustment (SAPA), on their contract. The formula is similar to...

Back in early 2011, the Virgin Mobile "Members Lounge" iPhone app hit the App Store. This app was very similar to the My Account companion apps we've seen from other carriers such as Rogers or Fido. Now, it appears the app no longer is available as it's gone from the App Store. A quick search in...

It appears Virgin Mobile is set to revamp their monthly plans next week starting next week according to MobileSyrup, which notes they will three tiered "Rockstar Plans" appropriately named Silver, Gold and Platinum: The Silver plans are equivalent to the basic “Choice” talk & text plans ($20-$45/month) and will see $150 off any phone. The...

Virgin Mobile has offered a pretty hot voice and data plan that includes 6GB of data--but it's only available in Thunder Bay. According to MobileSyrup, the smartphone plan includes the following: Unlimited Canada-wide calling Unlimited SMS/MMS to Canada/USA/International Voicemail, Caller ID 6GB of data ($10/GB overages) $50/month Bell is already offering customers in Thunder Bay...

On the weekend, Fido dropped their $57 unlimited promo plan by a dollar to $56. Virgin Mobile quickly followed and matched Fido, and now TELUS has let us know Koodo has done the same, as noted on their Canada-wide promo plans page: Earlier, we also noted Fido's $67 unlimited plan also was updated to include...

Earlier Fido dropped their $57 unlimited plan by a dollar to $56, and now it looks like Virgin Mobile has done the same to their existing $57 plan, reports MobileSyrup. According to an internal memo it reads: Starting Saturday, December 8th until store close on Monday, December 31st, our Choice 57 plan has become our Choice...

Almost a week ago Koodo introduced new Canada-wide promo plans that included double the data of what competitors Fido and Virgin Mobile were offering. The only difference was the Koodo unlimited plan was $60 compared to the $57 offering by Fido and Virgin Mobile (both quickly doubled data to 2GB to match Koodo). Now, MobileSyrup...

As we first suspected almost a week ago, Bell was set to start unlocking iPhones for the first time starting today, and that has been confirmed according to an internal memo obtained by MobileSyrup. Both Bell and Virgin Mobile will start unlocking the iPhone but there are some requirements before you will be eligible: You must...