Launch a mobile brand without owning a radio network. Core stack, BSS, interconnect, billing and onboarding bundled into a turnkey platform. We host the core; you bring the brand, the customers and the market.
Most MVNE pitches sell architecture diagrams. We deliver a working operator: SIMs in distribution channels, customers making calls, billing running, interconnect live. The Vivada-style core stack runs in our datacentres; your team focuses on go-to-market, not on HLR maintenance.
HLR/HSS, IN/SCP, MSC/MGW, SGSN/GGSN. 2G through 5G core network functions, yours to brand, ours to operate.
Real-time rating engine, prepaid and postpaid, multi-level reseller hierarchies, e-commerce portal, payments and bundles.
SIM procurement, personalisation, distribution-channel integration, KYC where the regulator requires it, eSIM support.
There is no single MVNO model. The right depth depends on how much control you want over pricing, product and customer data, and how much capex you can justify.
You brand and sell; the host MNO owns most of the stack. Fastest to market, lowest capex, lowest margin. The right entry point for testing a brand proposition in a known market.
You own the BSS, the brand, the SIM base and customer relationships. We operate the core network functions. Margin improves meaningfully. This is where most serious MVNOs end up.
You own everything except the radio. HLR/HSS, IN, billing, interconnect, all under your control via our managed platform. Maximum margin and product flexibility; maximum operational depth.
You are an MVNO that hosts other brands. Multi-tenant platform, white-label BSS, wholesale onboarding of sub-brands. We support the full MVNE stack including inter-MVNO settlement.
MVNO launches die in the integration phase, between contract signature and the first call on a real device. We close that gap in a defined timeline.
MNO negotiation, regulatory licence where required, spectrum arrangements, interconnect agreements. 6 to 12 weeks depending on jurisdiction.
Provisioning of HLR/HSS, IN, billing, MSC and gateways in our cloud or on-prem. Brand customisation, IVR, bundle configuration. 8 to 14 weeks.
Interconnect to MNO live, test call campaigns, billing reconciliation, regulatory compliance check, SIM stock seeded into distribution. 4 to 6 weeks.
Soft launch to a controlled user base. Issue burn-in, fraud screens active, NOC escalation validated. Commercial launch when KPIs hold.
Field note
“24 years later, 43 new operators target telcos’ underserved amid concerns.”, the MVNO model has moved from a niche Western play to the default route for new mobile brands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The technology question stopped being interesting ten years ago. What matters now is execution: how fast the brand goes live, how reliably billing runs, how cleanly SIMs reach the channel.
Our value is in the execution layer, not the architecture diagram.
The commercial heart of any MVNE is the rating engine. Calls, messages and data events arrive as CDRs and EDRs, pass through mediation, and are rated in real time against each MVNO price plan: online charging (OCS) for prepaid balance control, offline charging (OFCS) for postpaid aggregation, and convergent billing gluing both into one invoice and one customer view. Around it live interconnect invoicing toward host networks, wholesale settlement toward partners, and revenue assurance making sure the rated world and the settled world agree.
A launch is only as fast as its slowest billing integration, which is why we treat rating, mediation and settlement as first-class launch scope, not a phase two.
| MVNO model | What you own | Typical capex | Time to market | Billing ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light MVNO | Brand, distribution, pricing | Low | Weeks to a few months | MVNE |
| Thick MVNO | Charging, SIM control, service logic | Medium | A few months | Shared |
| Full MVNO | Own core: HLR/HSS, SMSC, IN | High | Six months or more | MVNO |
Tell us the country, the host MNO and your timeline. We will scope the core stack, the BSS, the interconnect and the SIM logistics together.
A Mobile Virtual Network Enabler: the company that operates the infrastructure an MVNO runs on, core network, BSS and billing, SIM logistics and host-network agreements, so the MVNO can focus on brand, distribution and pricing.
A light MVNO launches in weeks; thick and full models take months, mostly bounded by billing and core integrations. We scope rating, mediation and settlement as launch scope from day one.
Depends on the model: light MVNOs run on MVNE billing, thick share it, full MVNOs own their stack. The comparison table above lays out ownership, capex and time to market.
Real-time rating (OCS and OFCS), mediation from CDRs and EDRs, convergent prepaid and postpaid invoicing, interconnect invoicing, wholesale settlement and revenue assurance.
Usage-based plus launch scope, quoted per project after a corridor and services workshop. The honest answer is that it depends on model, volumes and integrations.
