Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) stories

Zip moves into mobile plans with ZMobile, giving existing app users early access to prepaid services backed by TPG Telecom's network.

Telna launches a USD $100m fund to back travel eSIM apps, MVNOs and Super Apps, aiming to speed global growth in digital roaming services.

Free internet pilots in Victoria and Western Australia have connected over 350 vulnerable people, offering a scalable model for digital inclusion.

Lycamobile Australia lifts Q4 plan activations by over 50% after streamlining offers, as it secures a Finder Mobile Awards 2026 win.

WaveMaker launches TestDrive app, enabling MVNOs to offer branded, try-before-you-buy eSIM trials swiftly and without coding via a white-label solution.

Boost Mobile marks 25 years in Australia with discounted SIMs and bonus data offers on prepaid plans using the Telstra network until October 2025.

Yomojo has extended its partnership with Optus for three years, expanding to offer mobile, fixed wireless, and NBN services across Australia's telecom network.

Pelion has unveiled Pelion Plans, a new managed IoT offering, as it aims for global growth and enhances its service reliability for enterprise clients.

Lifecycle Software has unveiled its Nexus App, a mobile application designed to help Mobile Virtual Network Operators streamline operations and enhance customer engagement.

Sydney's SourseAI has teamed up with Lebara's Brand Licence Partner Program to support the launch of Lebara Nigeria, a new mobile operator.

Sydney's SourseAI has partnered with Digitalk to help mobile virtual network operators launch and thrive using AI and flexible platform solutions.

A Juniper Research study forecasts global MVNO-in-a-Box revenue will hit USD $1 billion by 2029, up from USD $310 million in 2024.

IoT Analytics' new report reveals 3.6 billion active cellular IoT connections in 2023, with MVNOs outpacing MNOs in cost-effectiveness for 4G connectivity.

Australian telco More named MVNO Start-Up of the Year at Europe's MVNO World Congress for growth-driven strategies and innovations, leveraging CommBank trust.

Sydney start-up SourseAI wins Cloud-Based Solution of the Year at MVNO World Congress for its Atlas platform, which uses AI to aid mobile providers.

Swoop Holdings reports a 17% year-on-year revenue increase in half-year results, attributing this robust growth to successful acquisitions and a subscriber increase to over 160,000.

Very Mobile, part of CK Hutchison, has moved its Qvantel Flex BSS operations to Amazon Web Services' cloud for improved business efficiency and adaptability, announced at Barcelona's MWC.

Progility Technologies partners with an Australian retailer to solve in-store cellular coverage issues using high-tech repeaters.

In 2019, StarHub set out to launch an MVNO offering that would offer their customers complete control of their mobile service at their fingertips.

The MVNO market was previously expected to continue to grow – but the forecast now is that the market share will decline from 15% to 6% by 2023.