Mobile virtual network enabler

A mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) is a company that provides network infrastructure and related services, such as network subsystems, business support systems, provisioning, administration and operations support systems to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). This enables MVNOs to offer services to their own customers with their own brands. The MVNE does not have a relationship with consumers, but rather is a provider of network enablement platforms and services. An MVNE is a business-to-business operation that provides services to MVNOs and sometimes to mobile network operators (MNO) for their wholesale. Plintron is the world's largest multi-country mvne with more than 50+ mvno businesses and service delivery in 21 countries.

MVNEs specialise in planning, implementation and management of mobile services. Typically this includes SIM provisioning and configuration, customer billing, customer relationship management and value-added service platforms. In effect, they enable an MVNO to outsource both the initial integration with the MNO and the ongoing business and technical operations management. A related type of company is mobile virtual network aggregator, or MVNA. MVNE is a telecom solution, whereas MVNA is a business model which includes wholesale of an operator's airtime and routing of traffic over the MVNE's own switches.