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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.
Vodafone Limited, (stylised as vodafone), trading as Vodafone UK, is a British telecommunications company, owned by Vodafone Group, the world's eighth-largest telecommunications company. [3] Vodafone is the third-largest mobile network operator in the United Kingdom , with 18.4 million subscribers as of November 2024, [ 4 ] after O2 and EE ...
In November 2011, Carphone Warehouse sold Talkmobile to Vodafone in a deal worth £20 million. [2] In July 2017, Talkmobile began rolling out 4G to its customers. [3] The Talkmobile pay-as-you-go (PAYG) product was withdrawn on 31 August 2017. [4] Talkmobile sells 30-day and 12-month SIM-only plans, which all have unlimited UK calls and texts. [5]
Vodafone UK, in common with other operators, has been criticised for holding customers on regular monthly billed contracts liable for almost unlimited roaming costs when their phones are stolen abroad, despite being seemingly able to limit costs of pay-as-you-go contracts. [262]
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.
ASDA Mobile top-up and SIM Card. Asda Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the United Kingdom operated by Asda and using the Vodafone network. Asda Mobile is available in over 360 stores across the UK and online through purchasing either a SIM card (standard, micro or nano SIM) or through an Asda Mobile handset.
SIM Application Toolkit (STK) is a standard of the GSM system which enables the subscriber identity module (SIM card) to initiate actions which can be used for various value-added services. [1] Similar standards exist for other network and card systems, with the USIM Application Toolkit (USAT) for USIMs used by newer-generation networks being ...
Subsequent to the release of the 2022 Lycamobile UK accounts, several articles were written about the company. [74] [75] [76] Lyca responded to the article written by ISP Review stating “Lyca has a number of successful private businesses and entities under common control, but it is not a ‘group’. There is no obligation to produce ...