Despite Vodafone and Three not being able to supply the Xperia Play to customers, another UK network operator is taking on the distribution of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play. The Xperia Play is already being sold (or about to be sold) on T-Mobile, Orange, Vodafone, O2 and Three and now Virgin Mobile are to begin selling the Xperia Play. Like Three however, they aren’t the best network prices for the handset. Virgin Mobile will begin selling the handset some time this month and it will be available for free on a £40.85 a month tariff, with a 24 month contract. This will give you 1200 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB of mobile data. There will also be other 24 month contracts available ranging in price, as well as 18 month contracts.

Virgin Mobile, one of UK’s leading mobile carriers, announced that they will be releasing a limited edition red and black Xperia X8 on January 1, 2011. The unit which will be available exclusively for Virgin subscribers is available for free with their £10 plan. This plan comes with 50 minutes of voice calls, 250 text messages and a data cap of 500 MB. There are no details yet on how long the contract period would be but I’m guessing there would be a 24 month lock-in period. This is actually a great deal coming from Virgin Mobile and Sony Ericsson and will definitely increase the number of Xperia X8 models in the UK.