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Virgin Mobile Lowers International Call RatesOct 16, 2008 Virgin Mobile USA is lowering its international calling rates to certain markets, and it's not a limited-time promotion, either. The new rates are as low as 2 cents per minute and went into effect yesterday. The 2-cent rate applies to calls to Brazil and parts of Mexico, Venezuela, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. The cost is 5 cents per minute to places such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bangladesh, India, South Korea and Thailand. (International calls are charged at the international per-minute rate for the country being called, plus the standard airtime rate.) By comparison, international calling to Mexico with major carrier contract plans range from 39 to 49 cents per minute, Virgin Mobile said. The company also pointed out in a press release that customers will no longer need to buy an international calling card or pay for a separate international calling service with another carrier. The company is able to offer the lower rates because it renegotiated its own international calling rates, a spokeswoman said. Mexico is the top country called by Virgin Mobile USA customers and the majority of customer calls are to Latin America, she said. Virgin Mobile customers also can send a text message in Spanish and have it delivered as a Spanish voice message to a landline recipient. Spanish Text to Landline messages can be sent in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico. International texting also is offered at 20 cents to send a message and 10 cents to receive a message in more than 170 countries worldwide. |
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