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Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their thinking with our audience. In this piece Joy King and Salman Tariq of Optiva explore the phenomenon of the mobile virtual network enabler.

In the cut-throat MVNO market, it pays to have a major mobile operator at your side.

BSS and real-time charging provider Lifecycle Software has launched the Nexus MVNE platform, which it says enables any brand to launch as an MVNO.

The Competitions and Markets Authority has completed phase one of its investigation into the proposed merger between Three and Vodafone – and has warned the move could lead to higher prices.

Spanish operator Telefonica has responded to yesterday’s news that the EU has approved the merger between Orange and MasMovil, seemingly lamenting that the conditions were too stringent.

After the EU gave its blessing last month, the Spanish government has now approved Orange's merger with MasMovil.

France's largest MVNO is on the block and three of the country's four mobile network operators are looking to buy, but it's the fourth, SFR, that will have the most influence over the sale.