UK Mobile Phone Networks At Mobiles Please

The UK Mobile Phone Networks

There are six mobile networks in the UK. This is good news for customers as the networks have to fight hard for market share in a buyers' market. They are forced to lower their prices, which means you get your phones cheaper!

T-Mobile, Orange, 3, Vodafone, O2 and VirginMobile

In fact, most of our mobile phones are free. We have the best prices in the UK on straightforward deals - by this we mean that our deals are honest and we do not make you jump through hoops to receive your cash back or gifts. All you have to do is to send in your first bill together with your proof of identification and proof of address. Once we receive these, you receive your gift or cashback straight away.

Brief History on the UK Mobile Phone Networks

Did you know that the first two mobile networks in the UK were Vodafone and Cellnet?

They emerged after a long, complicated and ultimately futile scramble between four location-specific wireless phone services that were given UK licences in 1989. Within a few years, Phonepoint, Mercury Callpoint, Zonephone and Rabbit were consigned to history, overtaken by GSM and what we now recognise as a mobile phone service.

The story goes that Vodafone and BT Cellnet's prices were too high, so the government of the day introduced two further networks: Orange and One2One (later bought out by T-Mobile).

Because the original two already had several million customers, the regulators decided to give the new pair a helping hand, allowing Orange and One2One to sell directly to customers. These two became known as Personal Communication Networks and gave rise to a new era of discounting, which forced all the mobile networks to lower their prices particularly their extortionate charges and per-minute billing.

Remember back to when mobile tariffs were divided into daytime rates and evening rates; when cross-network calls cost a fortune and calling abroad sent you bankrupt? The transformation has been amazing.

Today, the competition is so fierce that consumers can easily get great value for money. Handsets that cost, on average, £250 are subsidised by the UK mobile networks to such an extent that you not only get a free mobile, you also get significant cashbacks.