Virgin Mobile the deal after clarification from Tata Teleservices indicated that Virgin had not entered India as an MVNO. Tata Teleservices merged the company into its existing Tata DoCoMo service on 27 March 2015. Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand used by eight independent brand-licensees worldwide. Virgin Mobile branded wireless communications services are available in Australia, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Chile, Russia, France, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Poland, South Africa, México, and the United States. Virgin Mobile branded services used to be offered in Singapore, India and Qatar. Each Virgin Mobile branded entity acts independently from
Virgin Mobile Australia will be contacted about the change and options to their services. It is expected to take two years to phase out the Virgin Mobile brand and move customers onto Optus. Virgin Mobile was founded in October 2000 as a 50/50 business partnership between Virgin Mobile UK and Optus, using the Optus network infrastructure but with Virgin management of all aspects of the customer experience including branding of products, customer service and billing. Virgin Mobile was Australia's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator. In January 2006, Optus bought all other shares in the business, and Virgin Mobile became a wholly owned subsidiary