Africa’s MVNO opportunity will not be defined by the number of licences issued, but by how many operators successfully launch and scale. Sustainable growth requires workable wholesale agreements, access to funding, MVNE support, practical regulation, and partnerships that give MVNOs sufficient commercial flexibility to serve real customer needs.
Industrial enterprises need digital transformation without compromising system availability, physical safety, or operational control. This article explores how a Sovereign Industrial SBU can address the IT/OT convergence challenge through industrial standards, private 5G, passive monitoring, and non-intrusive security while creating scalable opportunities for MNOs and MVNOs.
MVNOs need to shift from traditional Product Lifecycle Management to Continuous Value Delivery, putting customer needs at the centre of strategy. By continuously analysing value drivers, customer behaviour, margins, retention, and lifetime value, MVNOs can create more relevant services, strengthen differentiation, and build sustainable customer relationships.
The next generation of MVNOs may not look like telecom operators at all. Fintechs, retailers, healthcare providers, SaaS platforms, and other brands can embed connectivity into existing products, making mobile an invisible capability that strengthens customer value, increases retention, and creates new recurring revenue opportunities.
Choosing the right SIM goes far beyond size and price. Consumer, industrial, automotive, eSIM, iSIM, and multi-IMSI solutions each serve different requirements. This guide explains how businesses can select the right SIM based on environment, lifecycle, network availability, remote provisioning, security, and connectivity management.
WhatsApp and other messaging apps have transformed global communication, but they have not eliminated the need for traditional international calling. From unreliable internet connections to businesses and people without app access, direct mobile calling can still offer consumers a simple, dependable way to stay connected worldwide.
MVNOs may not control the radio network, but they can gain valuable insights into their customers’ actual mobile experience. By using device-side telemetry to observe, understand, predict, decide, act and learn, operators can proactively identify service issues, improve customer support, reduce churn and strengthen customer satisfaction.
Brand-affinity MVNOs are reshaping the market by using existing customer loyalty, communities, and digital ecosystems to compete beyond price. From fintechs and retailers to sports brands and creators, these companies are using TaaS platforms and eSIM to launch mobile services, strengthen customer relationships, increase ARPU, and reduce churn.
2026 brings the first fully-compliant SGP.32 eSIM IoT deployments, handing profile control to the eIM and onboard IPA rather than the MNO. IoT MVNOs are positioning as ‘eSIM orchestrators’, layering policy logic across RSP and Connectivity Management Platforms. But migration costs, multi-vendor interoperability gaps and non-portable orchestration logic mean an open ecosystem isn’t guaranteed.
MVNOs can go beyond mobile connectivity by becoming Converged Service Providers, combining mobile, fixed, satellite, and digital services behind a unified customer experience. This article explores how network orchestration, managed services, and industry-specific propositions can help MVNOs reach higher-value enterprise customers and build more sustainable revenue streams.