Virgin Mobile SIMs and recharge cards to be available at 27 nationwide Jarir Bookstores

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 5 October 2015

Karim Benkirane, CEO of Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia, and Nasser Al-Agil, COO of Jarir Bookstores, have signed a strategic relationship under which Virgin Mobile booths will be set up at Jarir Bookstores across Saudi Arabia.

The Virgin Mobile booths at the popular retail chain will stock Virgin Mobile prepaid and postpaid packages and customers will be able to redeem or buy their preferred mobile numbers. That will bring a new level of convenience for Virgin Mobile members.

The booths will initially be located in 27 Jarir Bookstores across the Kingdom covering major centres nationwide. These include Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Khobar, Makkah, Madina, Yanbu, Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, Jubail, and Dhahran.

Virgin Mobile already has its own chain of many Virgin Mobile retail stores. Virgin Mobile recharges are also available in Panda, Carrefour, Othaim, Lulu, Sahel Mart, MEED and Sasco.

"Jarir Bookstores is a much-loved chain so we are very pleased that Virgin Mobile will now have booths in so many of their stores," said Mr Benkirane. "This gives our members even more places to buy Virgin Mobile SIMs quickly and conveniently."

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About Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia
Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia is a new type of mobile company in the Kingdom, which is on a mission to Make Mobile Better, one mobile phone and plan at a time. Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia was awarded a licence by the Communications and Information Technology Commission to operate as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator in April 2014.

Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia is headquartered in Riyadh and has a state-of-the-art customer service centre in Jeddah.

The company behind Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia is formally called the Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium - a Saudi Arabian company that brings together local, regional and global shareholders and experts in mobile telecommunications.

Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium LLC was formally incorporated in June 2013, shortly after the award of Virgin Mobile's licence by CITC.

Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium LLC is part of Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa and has local Saudi Arabian companies as shareholders as well as prominent Middle Eastern and Saudi Arabian private investors.

About Virgin Group
Virgin Mobile MEA is part of the broader Virgin Mobile family. Virgin Mobile is the world's largest MVNO operator worldwide with 20 million customers in 11 countries including Australia, Chile, Colombia, Canada, France, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, UK and the USA. Virgin Mobile was a pioneer in the MVNO industry with the launch of Virgin Mobile in the UK in 1999.

Virgin Mobile is one of the businesses of the Virgin Group, a leading international branded investment company and one of the world's most recognised and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile & media, travel & leisure, music & entertainment, financial services and health & wellness. Virgin employs approximately 65,000 people in 35 countries and its global branded revenues in 2013 were £15 billion.

For further information about Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium, please contact:
Halima Kamal
Action Arabia
Mobile: +966 55 7253 982
Phone: +966 12 682 7741
Email: halima.k@actiongroup.com

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