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Virgin Mobile customers on pay monthly plans can now get extra data.

As more Brits are forced to stay home due to Coronavirus, the phone network giant is giving all eligible users an additional 10GB of data.

Users will also get unlimited minutes to landlines and mobiles at no extra costs when benefits are rolled out from 23 March. You can check out all the latest pay monthly sim-only and mobile phone contracts currently available by visiting virginmedia.com.

Shoppers on deals sharing site Hotukdeals posted the Virgin Media announcement about the temporary benefits online this week.

The message from the telecommunication giant read: "Staying connected to the people and things you love matters most right now. So we're giving over a million Pay Monthly customers unlimited minutes to landlines and other mobile numbers, plus a 10GB data boost, at no extra cost, for a month. "

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Virgin Media has also announced all of its customers will be able to watch new cinema releases at home. This is thanks to a deal with NBCUniversal, which Sky has also managed to secure for its TV packages.

All Virgin customers will be able to use the on-demand option in TV packages to watch forthcoming new releases such as DreamWorks Trolls World Tour.

The NBCU releases will be available to rent for 48 hours in the Virgin Media Store, priced at £15.99.

Speaking about the deal David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media, said: “In these challenging times, its great news for our customers that they won’t be missing out on the latest cinema releases. At a click of a button, friends and families can sit back, relax and enjoy the latest blockbusters from the comfort of their sofa.”

Virgin has stated that more extra temporary benefits will be coming in the near future.