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The mobile connectivity market in Malaysia is at full capacity. By the beginning of 2025, there were approximately 43.3 million mobile connections, representing about 121% of the country’s population. Amid this scenario, mobile virtual network operators…
The Malaysian mobile connectivity market is thriving with approximately 43.3 million active cellular mobile connections, a figure that represents a remarkable 121% of the country’s total population. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) play a crucial role…
With over one million subscribers, the country’s three mobile virtual network operators, who piggyback on large telecom companies, have a market share of 1%. iTel, Reddi and Local do not have their own infrastructure or radio frequencies and instead pay to…
M1 has announced ZΩH as its latest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partner. As a telecommunication service offering from enterprise network and ICT provider Lifeway Singapore, ZΩH will leverage M1’s advanced mobile network infrastructure to offer…
Originally known as Project Fi, Google Fi debuted in April 2015 and was offered by invitation to owners of the Nexus 6. A year later, the Pixel and Pixel XL were added and in February 2018, the service was rebranded as Google Fi. Google Fi is an MVNO (mobile…
If you’re a new Google Fi subscriber, you’re probably not aware that the MVNO typically offers gifts to its customers at the end of the year. Although this time around the rewards isn’t as exciting as it was in the previous years, you’ll still get something.…
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to release low-cost 5G mobile data plans to raise the competitiveness of the country’s 5G market. The ministry reported that tariffs will be announced, with mobile data rates offered by mobile…
For years telco revenues as measured in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) have been on a decline. As consumers and business acquire a taste for broadband and mobile broadband connectivity, operators are pressured to offer bigger and faster pipes and to do so…
The Philippines’ NOW Telecom has introduced a new model aimed at partnering with small and medium sized businesses to deliver wireless broadband services to individual areas. The company’s new NOW Virtual Network Operator (NVNO) model will see the operator…
Indochina Telecom has become the first MVNO in Vietnam, operating on the VinaPhone network. The operator is initially introducing services for workers in industrial parks in nine provinces and cities. Indochina Telecom has been attempting for over a decade to…
If you are satisfied with your current phone but would prefer to switch carriers, hybrid MVNO Google Fi has a deal for you. First, some explanation. Google Fi uses two million Wi-Fi hot spots to bring you service. When you are out of Wi-Fi range, your phone…
Singapore fiber ISP MyRepublic has formed an MVNO agreement with StarHub to support its intention of launching mobile services. The agreement will allow MyRepublic to provide mobile services despite failing to win the auction for Singapore’s fourth telco…
Australian wholesale telecoms operator Symbio Networks has launched an innovative new sub-wholesale MVNO offering allowing the activation of new SIMs within seven seconds of order placement. Through an agreement with Australia’s largest mobile operator…
Japan’s NTT Communications has launched the nation’s first pilot of embedded SIMs (eSIMs) for connection and remote provisioning for MVNOs. The operator said it has built an environment for remote SIM provisioning on its MVNO platform in Hong Kong supporting…
HKBN has reported a 66% decline in net profit for the first quarter of 2017 to HK$46 million ($5.9 million), due in part to investments associated with the operator’s entry into the mobile market as an MVNO. But revenue grew 25% to HK$1.53 billion as the…
Thailand’s MVNOs will need to implement a new online fingerprint ID registration system for both prepaid and postpaid mobile SIMs by March, after regulator the NBTC declined to exempt them from complying with the new registration regime. The online…
