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This is a list of notable mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United Kingdom, which lease wireless telephone and data spectrum from the major carriers EE, O2, Three and Vodafone for resale.
A prepaid mobile device, also known as a pay-as-you-go (PAYG), pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone, prepay, or burner phone, is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for telecommunications services at the point the service is accessed or consumed.
O2 purchased Be Un Limited, an internet service provider in the UK, for £50 million in June 2006. [49] O2 retained the Be brand, and launched a separate O2-branded broadband service on 15 October 2007, using the Be network. O2 announced in June 2011 a fibre optic broadband service designed to compete with the BT Infinity product, using FTTC ...
Voice short codes enable UK mobile phone users to dial a 5-digit short code (usually beginning 6, 7 or 8 - e.g. 61500) as an alternative to a standard geographic (e.g. 01 or 02 prefix) or non-geographic (e.g. 03, 08 or 09 prefix) long number.
These components form a basic tariff system but, as telecommunication advances, tariff structures become increasingly more complex. [3] Usually there is the option of calling collect (in the UK known as reversing charges), where responsibility for charges normally paid by the caller is accepted by the recipient.
This is a list of British tariffs. 1764: Sugar Act [1] 1765: Customs, etc. Act 1765; 1767: Townshend Acts [2] 1778: Taxation of Colonies Act 1778; 1815: Corn Laws [3] 1860: Cobden–Chevalier Treaty; 1931: Abnormal Importations (Customs Duties) Act 1931; 1931: Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act 1931; 1932: Import Duties Act ...
Orange offered pay-as-you-go and pay monthly service plans. As with other prepaid plans, pay-as-you-go customers could top-up their phone via a swipe card, over the internet, by voucher bought printed as a receipt from a till, or via a credit or debit card. Until the EE takeover, Orange operated GPRS, EDGE and 3G HSDPA services. This has since ...
In 2012, O2 Czech Republic opened its network to virtual operators. [citation needed] On 1 June 2015, O2 Czech Republic has been separated into two mutually independent companies. O2 is the retail operator with the infrastructure provided by CETIN. The separation includes commercial and managerial leadership and management of both companies ...