Article: Virgin Mobile USA's stock plunges; Quarterly loss digs into full-year gains, but posts records profit.(Upfront)(Financial report)

Byline: MATT KAPKO

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. stock dropped more than 53% from its closing price after it reported a $14.7 million loss in the fourth quarter. The mobile virtual network operator did, however, report net income of $4.2 million for the full year, making 2007 the company's first year to end in the black.

The five-year-old company ended the year with nearly 5.1 million customers after adding 209,669 customers in the fourth quarter and 511,796 for the entire year. This was down significantly from the subscriber growth it experienced in 2006 when the company added 613,752 customers in the fourth quarter that year and brought in 729,313 for the entire year.

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