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Can I use Virgin Mobile UK in America?


I am in a total mess as my wife has come up buying a Virgin Mobile UK and I live here in Florida. The phone she bought has not been activated by the company. When I call to customer support, they said the phone is Virgin for UK so they can not help it now. Please provide a valid solution. Thanks a lot
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Olliemc Cann | Oct 10 2011

As per my knowledge about the Virgin Mobile services across the world, youcan use it inside Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands barely. But in thatcase either you have to rent its world class service plan or service with aT-Mobile phone. At present you have to have the possession of aGSM World Phone that gives its service in more than 150 countries, for thelifetime charges of $49.

Ibelieve there's also a phone carrier called Virgin Mobile in the UK, but the UScase is different. Virgin Mobile USA applicable for Sprint's network, and theirphones utilize CDMA technology.

But, inEurope, you will not find CDMA service, so there is a problem in these areas.You can try request for Virgin Mobile USA's consumer service for the rentalagreement with a European carrier, so that you could rent a phone in Europe andpay for calls out of your current balance, but even if they do. So, I wouldlike to suggest you to get a cheap phone to rent or buy while you will getthere.

Thereis a pleasing fact for you that you shouldn't require to obtain a separatephone for each country because European countries make use of GSM technologieson the matching radio frequencies. And once you have a phone that works in anyEuropean country, it should work in all of them.

I hope this answer will solveyour problem.

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