This document provides an overview of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and their associated entities, including mobile virtual network aggregators (MVNAs) and mobile virtual network enablers (MVNEs). It explains the role of MVNOs in providing mobile services without owning their own infrastructure and describes how MVNAs facilitate access to network resources for multiple MVNOs. The document highlights the growth of MVNOs globally since their inception in the UK in 1999.

1. MVNA
MVNE
MVNO
INTRODUCTION

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But did you know that they are also mobile service operators?
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Often described as smaller operators, they provide mobile
services similar to mobile operators, and are known as…
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)
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First launched in the UK in 1999,
MVNOs has spread across the globe.
At the end of 2019, there were more
than 1300 MVNOs in 82 countries
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Opposite normal mobile operators, a MVNO does not own
spectrum or radio network infrastructure (mobile antennas)
Instead they buy wholesale access from a telecom network operator or
through an entity known as a Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA)
(MVNO)
MVNO
MOBILE NETWORK
OPERATOR (MNO)
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A MVNA buy wholesale access from a telecom network operator
on behalf of several MVNOs in order to achieve a large discount
WHAT DOES THE MVNA DO?
MOBILE NETWORK
OPERATOR (MNO)
MVNA
MVNOs
…and then resell the network access to each individual MVNO.
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MOBILE NETWORK
OPERATOR (MNO)
MVNA
The MVNE platform provide the MVNOs with technical solutions, such as customer support, billing
systems, SIM management etc., enabling the MVNOs to setup, operate and charge the subscribers
MVNE
MVNOs
WHAT DOES THE MVNE DO?
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MOBILE NETWORK
OPERATOR (MNO)
MVNA
MVNA - MVNE - MVNO
The MVNOs can now provide their services to end-users - or to
machines (IoT/M2M) under their own control, price package and brand
PEOPLE
INTERNET OF THINGS
MOBILE PHONES
M2M
FINTECH
MVNE
MVNOs
The MVNE platform provide the MVNOs with technical solutions, such as customer support, billing
systems, SIM management etc., enabling the MVNOs to setup, operate and charge the subscribers
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