• November 13, 2008

Virgin Mobile USA and Local.com have partnered to launch a branded local directory service for the wireless carrier.

Virgin's ad-supported Local Mobile service will allow its 5 million customers to find local businesses and services, get driving directions and view business profile pages via the mobile Web.

Local.com, which has an online audience of 19 million, developed the Local Mobile service with mobile community applications provider Trilibis Mobile.--Mark Walsh