Family Mobile

Family Mobile is a Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the United Kingdom operated by Coms Mobile and uses the Orange UK & T-Mobile UK network.^[1] Originally launched as IKEA Family Mobile on 8 August 2008 it 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 handset 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

External links

• Official Website