ListYourself! Allows Mobile Customers To Be Available Through Directory Assistance
NEW YORK – October 23, 2007 — Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. [NYSE: VM] and LSSiDATA announced today the availability of ListYourself!, the first end-user application that enables wireless customers to control their mobile phone listing information in a national directory assistance database.
“LSSiDATA is very pleased to work with Virgin Mobile USA on this industry-leading service for wireless customers in the U.S.,” stated Rich Oldach, executive vice president of LSSiDATA.“ ListYourself! is the latest example of how LSSiDATA will continue to find new data sources to enhance its telco-freshSM data.”
“ListYourself! is an exciting new option for Virgin Mobile USA customers to be more accessible to their friends and family members,” said Dan Cipoletti, vice president, Voice Offers, Virgin Mobile USA. “Our customer base is now the first to have this easy, privacy-protected option to quickly enter their contact information on-line into a national directory assistance database in the U.S.”
ListYourself! is a fast and convenient way for Virgin Mobile USA’s more than 4.8 million customers to be listed in a national directory assistance database. Until now, such U.S. databases rarely included wireless phone numbers, preventing the millions of mobile phone users from being found in most directory assistance searches. Virgin Mobile USA’s new ListYourself! service allows its customers to submit their telephone numbers for inclusion in LSSiDATA’s industry-leading directory assistance database, used by over 60 telephone companies.
A growing number of Americans are opting to give up their landlines and use only wireless phones. According to a May 2007 industry estimate from the Yankee Group, ten percent of consumers do not have a landline. Through ListYourself!, Virgin Mobile USA is giving its customers a way to make their wireless listing information easily accessible by friends, colleagues, and family members.
About Virgin Mobile USA, Inc.:
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. (NYSE: VM) offers its millions of customers control, flexibility and choice in wireless service, rich data content and innovative products without annual contracts. Voice pricing plans range from monthly options with unlimited nights and weekends to by-the-minute offers, allowing consumers to adjust how and what they pay according to their needs. Virgin Mobile USA's full slate of smart, stylish and affordable handsets, including the Wild Card, Super Slice and Cyclops, are available at top retailers in more than 35,000 locations nationwide and online at www.virginmobileusa.com, with Top-Up cards available at more than 130,000 locations.
J.D. Power and Associates has ranked Virgin Mobile USA highest in customer satisfaction among wireless prepaid services in 2006 and 2007, and its customers report a 90% satisfaction rate. Virgin Mobile USA contributes 5% of profits from downloadable content to The RE*Generation, its pro-social initiative to help homeless youth, through donations to charitable partners or funding of programs that support and raise awareness for young people in need; and provides postage-paid return envelopes in every new package for customers to recycle old phones. Launched in 2002 as a joint venture of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel, Virgin Mobile USA's national coverage is powered by the nationwide Sprint PCS network.
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About LSSiDATA:
LSSiDATA Corp (www.lssidata.com) is the world's leader in developing and operating high-performance directory databases and offers its telco-freshSM National Directory Assistance (NDA®) databases in the U.S., Canada, France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom; data management services and solutions for corporations and other large institutions; customer name and address automation services; and wireless mobile solutions. Volt Delta Resources, LLC (VoltDelta) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volt Information Sciences, Inc., (NYSE: VOL).
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