Virgin offers free web with VM800

Virgin is to offer the new VM800 handset, designed exclusively for the operator by Alcatel, with six months free mobile web access

The full QWERTY handset is available on prepay for £39.99, plus a £10 top-up giving 300 texts, and comes with a two-megapixel camera and expandable memory up to 4GB.

Customers get an additional £10 of credit and unlimited texts and web access for a month when they buy the phone, as well as being able to sign up for a further six months free web access.