MvNO stands for Mobile Virtual Network Operator, and is defined as a network operator or provider that does not use it's own underlying network infrastructure to provide a service to its customers. Find out more information about MvNOs and what this means for your business!
Most providers in the UK would fall into this category, as most use the underlying infrastructure from four main operators:
Every other network operator in the UK will use one of these networks to provide their services to their customers, but may provide their own customer service, billing systems and marketing, which makes it hard to identify that they are an MvNO.
A comprehensive list of active UK mobile virtual network operators can be found below to help you understand who the underlying infrastructure would belong to for each network operator:
Brand (MNvO) | Host network(s) |
1pMobile | EE |
360Coms Telecom | Three |
365 Mobile | O2, Vodafone |
AfriMobile | Three |
AlwaysOnline Wireless | Three |
Anywhere Care Ownfone (Formerly Age UK Ownfone) | Vodafone |
Anywhere Sim | O2, Vodafone, EE, Three |
Asda Mobile | EE |
Auracall Travel Talk | EE |
Axis Telecom | EE |
BT Mobile | EE |
BT Onephone (BTOP) | EE |
C4C Mobile | EE |
Call & Give | EE |
Champions Mobile | O2 |
CMLink | EE |
CTExcel | EE |
Ctrl Mobile | Three |
CUniq | O2 |
Econet Mobile | EE |
Ecotalk | EE |
ETS Mobile | EE |
Fonome Mobile | O2 |
FreedomPop | Three |
Gamma Telecom | Three |
giffgaff | O2 |
Globalgig | Three |
HP Mobile Connect | EE |
i3 Mobile | EE |
iD Mobile | Three |
JOi Telecom | Three |
Jump | O2, Vodafone, EE, Three |
KC Mobile | O2 |
Lebara Mobile | Vodafone |
Lycamobile | O2 |
Meem Mobile | EE |
NordTelekom | EE |
Now PAYG | EE |
Pebble Mobile Network | O2, Vodafone, EE, Three |
Plusnet Mobile | EE |
Rok Mobile | Three |
RWG Mobile | Three |
Sky Mobile | O2 |
SMARTY | Three |
Superdrug Mobile | Three |
Talk Home Mobile | EE |
Talkmobile | Vodafone |
TalkTalk Mobile | O2 |
TalkXtra Mobile | Vodafone |
Telecom Plus | EE |
Telfoni | Three |
Tesco Mobile | O2 |
The Phone Co-op | EE |
Toggle Mobile | O2 |
Torica Mobile | O2 |
Truphone | O2 |
Vectone Mobile | EE |
Virgin Mobile | EE |
Vivio | Vodafone |
VOXI | Vodafone |
White Mobile | EE |
Zevvle | EE |
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