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Family Mobile offers UK calls for 8p per minute and UK text messages for 4p each, with a minimum initial top up of £10, making the network the cheapest pay as you go operator in the UK at time of launch – "at least 25 per cent cheaper than any other comparable prepay offer"; and as of May 2012, Family Mobile is still the cheapest pay as you go UK network.<ref>http://mobilenetworkcomparison.co.uk/compare/</ref> The service targets individual users families, with extra features for the latter, allowing customers a number of SIM cards per account, with shared credit shared among the different family members and the ability to cap each user. A free standalone SIM card or handsed with their SIM card can be ordered at the Family Mobile website. |
Family Mobile offers UK calls for 8p per minute and UK text messages for 4p each, with a minimum initial top up of £10, making the network the cheapest pay as you go operator in the UK at time of launch – "at least 25 per cent cheaper than any other comparable prepay offer"; and as of May 2012, Family Mobile is still the cheapest pay as you go UK network.<ref>http://mobilenetworkcomparison.co.uk/compare/</ref> The service targets individual users families, with extra features for the latter, allowing customers a number of SIM cards per account, with shared credit shared among the different family members and the ability to cap each user. A free standalone SIM card or handsed with their SIM card can be ordered at the Family Mobile website. |
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Other notable features include automatic top-ups, online itemised bills and the ability to manually switch to the Orange Network if no T-mobile signal is available by chaining relevant phone settings. |
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Revision as of 00:57, 13 May 2012
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 8th August 2008 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
| Products | Mobile telecommunications products and services |
| Parent | IKEA |
| Website | www.familymobile.co.uk |
IKEA Family Mobile (official name, Family Mobile displayed as IKEA on mobile) is a Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the UK operated by IKEA, and uses the T-Mobile UK network. [1] IKEA Family Mobile was launched on August 8th 2008 and currently offers Pay as you go SIM cards to the public, with members of its loyalty programme and all 9,500 Ikea staff in Britain presented with a handset and £5 worth of free calls.[2][3]
Family Mobile offers UK calls for 8p per minute and UK text messages for 4p each, with a minimum initial top up of £10, making the network the cheapest pay as you go operator in the UK at time of launch – "at least 25 per cent cheaper than any other comparable prepay offer"; and as of May 2012, Family Mobile is still the cheapest pay as you go UK network.[4] The service targets individual users families, with extra features for the latter, allowing customers a number of SIM cards per account, with shared credit shared among the different family members and the ability to cap each user. A free standalone SIM card or handsed with their SIM card can be ordered at the Family Mobile website.
Other notable features include automatic top-ups, online itemised bills and the ability to manually switch to the Orange Network if no T-mobile signal is available by chaining relevant phone settings.
References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/04/telecoms.ikea IKEA launches ready-made mobile phone service
- ^ T-Mobile – the network behind IKEA Family Mobile, the UK’s newest mobile service
- ^ T-Mobile signs Ikea MVNO – Ikea claims its prepay service is 25 per cent cheaper than any rival offering, Mobile News, 4 August 08
- ^ http://mobilenetworkcomparison.co.uk/compare/
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