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RKCR uses Kelis in Virgin ad.(Virgin Mobile Telecoms Ltd.)(Brief Article)

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Virgin Mobile is continuing to use pop stars to front its campaigns and has signed the American R&B singer Kelis for its latest burst of advertising to attract young mobile phone users from rival networks.

The ad, through Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, is promoting Virgin Mobile's offer of free airtime and cheap handsets without the pressure of contracts.

The spot opens on Kelis and her girlfriends in a cafe having a heated debate, as one of them tries to justify staying with a man the others clearly mistrust.

Her friend advises: 'Buy that sucker a one-way ticket to dump city,' although the girl still insists her boyfriend loves her and wants to take her to Paris. However, a camp waiter comes over and ...

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