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Lebara

MVNO group serving migrant and value customers in the UK, Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Switzerland.

Headquarters
Subscriptions
3,000,0002026source ↗
Also
MVNO
Customers
Consumer
Domains
Mobile

MVNO

Active· launched 2010

Host networks3

  • — Lebara 'stieg ... zu einem virtuellen Mobilfunknetzbetreiber (MVNO) auf' on Telefónica Deutschland (o2)
  • — Op het best geteste netwerk van KPN (On KPN's best-tested network)
  • — fast speeds and 98% coverage (runs on the Vodafone network)

Services12

  • Mobile Voice
  • SMS
  • Mobile Data
  • 5G
  • Prepaid
  • Postpaid
  • International Calling
  • Roaming
  • Mobile App
  • Travel Connectivity
  • eSIM
  • 4G

Customers: Consumer · International / Ethnic · Travel · Retail

Operates in: United Kingdom · Netherlands

Confidence high · verified 2026-09-25 · Independent (non-MNO-owned) operator selling own-brand service on Telefónica's network under a wholesale agreement; became a full MVNO with its own network code when it moved from Telekom to Telefónica in 2022. / An independent MVNO group, owned by private equity, selling under its own brand on KPN's network. Waterland describes Lebara Group B.V. as 'a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)'. / An. Point at any line for its source.

Mobile providers & enablers

Verified 2026-09-25 against 1 page from Lebara (UK). Point at a role or capability for its source.

Technology4

BSS

OSS

Cloud & infrastructure

People1

Leadership as the company names it; dates only where a source states them.

  • Stephen Shurrock · CEO of Lebara↗

Relationships9

Host networks

Suppliers

  • 8 Jun 2021

Partners

Ecosystem

  • hosted on

    • Mobile · Lebara 'stieg ... zu einem virtuellen Mobilfunknetzbetreiber (MVNO) auf' on Telefónica Deutschland (o2)active · Reported
    • Mobile · Op het best geteste netwerk van KPN (On KPN's best-tested network)active · Company statement
    • Mobile · fast speeds and 98% coverage (runs on the Vodafone network)active · Company statement
  • partners with

    • Wholesale agreement signed Nov 2021; switch to Telefónica network in 2022active · Reported
  • supplied by

    • Cloudactive · Reported
    • Cloudactive · Reported
    • RANactive · 8 Jun 2021 · Company statement
    • BSS · BSS/OSS for a new Lebara-branded MVNO in Nigeria, with VAS2Netsactive · Company statement
    • Mobile · listed as a Mobilise client; what Mobilise supplies is not publishedactive · Company statement

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