A list of all MVNO / SP and news about these companies in the world. You can suggest corrections or additions using our online form. Only announced, launched or rumoured ventures are named on this page.
+ more about this list
Welcome to the Telecompaper Mobile MVNO/SP List. This is a fairly comprehensive listing of MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) and mobile SPs in the world today, as well as relevant news. Where possible, the defunct or purchased entities are listed as well. MVNEs are listed by country after MVNO/SPs. See below for general MVNEs, a news archive, some MVNO resources, etc.
Note: Despite different countries and regulatory bodies having different definitions, we have decided to officially list in the following manner:
Where unclear to us, we have listed "unknown". If you have updated information about the companies listed here, please suggest a change.
French hypermarkets group Carrefour launched its MVNO service, Carrefour Mobile, using the Orange France network, on 8 November 2006. The retailer offers the service at its 218 superstores across the country. In Nov 15 stopped completely in France. Cust transferred to Sosh and Mobicarte. Was also active in Greece but has stopped there too. Still active in Belgium and Taiwan. In italy it is active under the name of Uno Mobile
In June 2019 Destiny bought Fuzer
MVNO spend 100 percent of its profit to charity. End-users can select their own charity project.
Seems inactive since late 2018
Was bought by Destiny, brand will disappear
Galaxy provides mobile telephony, secure data connections, fixed internet & voice for SMEs and independents. Galaxy Mobile is part of the Galaxy Group in The Netherlands, which was bought by EDPnet in February 2019
VoIP provider with CloudSim offering. Uses Artilium
Postpaid ESP. All consumer customers were taken over by Billi in March 2012. IP Nexia now focuses on its business customers. Changed name in 2013, was Toledo Telecom before.
Partnership between KPN and Vlaamse Media Maatschappij. Started postpaid in Oct 2010 Over the years changed focus from Youth segment based on TV channel to No Frills prepaid only player Changed from Base network to Orange BE network in April 2019, after being bought by Medialaan.
Post-paid ESP.
Lycamobile offers prepaid SIM cards with reduced international calling rates, focusing on users who normally use calling cards to phone abroad. The company has set up MVNOs in the following countries: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Portugal, Australia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Spain, Italy and recently US (March 2013) and Austria (November 2013), Tunisia (2015) and Romania (2015). Macedonia followed in 2016, and Lycamobile launched in Ukraine in July 2017. South Africa followed in 2019 and Uganda in 2020 It ceased its operations in Hong Kong in April 2018
Aims to launch in 2020, uses Tellink
MVNO active in Belgium and Poland, was also active in Netherlands but will exit the market from November 2015.
Will start offering subscriptions in 2020
Acquisition by Telenet approved in May 2018 but still operates as a separate brand.
No website as only direct sales, mostly to embassies and foreign companies.
On September 25, 2014, Hong Kong Telecom and Telecom Digital jointly launched a new mobile communication service brand, SUN Mobile, dedicated to providing customers with high-quality and affordable mobile communication services. SUN Mobile will provide better services than its predecessor, New World Transmission Network.
In January 2019 Tellink switched back to the network of Base (Telenet), after having been with Orange for eight years
MVNO in France, and MVNE in France, the UK and the Benelux. Global MVNE for IoT services. Transatel will no longer offer services in the Netherlands from January 2013, after Dutch operator Telfort/ KPN did not renew Transatel's network contract
Vectone Mobile is a pre-pay service offering low call rates for local, national, and international calls, plus savings on SMS and roaming. Vectone Mobile is part of the Vectone Group of companies, owned by the Mundio Group In Sweden website automatically transfers to Lycamobile (Sep 18) In Czech Republic in November 2018 not possible to order Sim or recharge account, so assume stopped services. In Portugal stopped services in July 2018 Sep 19: Serbia website not working
Belgian cable operator Voo has made its long-awaited entrance on the mobile market in juli 2013.
Do you know of a provider that isn't already in the list? Please report it to us, we will then add the provider to our database.
Over the years we have built up multiple unique sources of information we can use.
We understand your specific business needs and can provide you with customized information.
As a company we operate independently and objectively.
By our unique focus on the telecommunications industry, we have become specialists in this particular field.
Using our multiple data sources we are able to quickly provide you with te requested information.
Our experienced researchers and editors are trained to work fast and accurately.