Mobile Operator iD Mobile Tops 2 Million UK Subscriptions
Low-cost mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which harnesses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) partnership, has today celebrated another significant milestone by reaching a total of 2 million subscribers (up by 488,000 in the year) and ahead of its original projections.
Despite facing some calls from Curry’s investors who want to see the mobile operator sold (here), iD Mobile has continued to pick up various awards over the past year for their budget offerings and earlier this year launched a refreshed set of fixed price SIM Only plans with a pledge of no annual price hikes (here).
Rohit Vedi, MD of iD Mobile, said: “Reaching 2 million subscribers is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team. The success has been driven by improvements to the service and proposition, combined with our strong partnership with Three UK and the benefits of being part of the Currys Group. We remain committed to providing customers with the best value on the latest technology as we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do.”
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Customers of the operator can choose between 1, 12 and 24-month minimum contract terms, with the cheapest plans currently starting at £6 per month (15GB of data + unlimited calls/texts) and rising up to just £15 for unlimited data on a 24-month term. The plans also include EU roaming with a fair usage cap of 30GB.
However, it will be interesting to see whether iD Mobile can maintain this sort of pricing, particularly after the price protections under Three UK and Vodafone’s proposed merger run out in 3 years’ time (here).
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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I’ve been with them for just over a year now. No complaints – they have all the bells and whistles: eSIM, 5G, VoLTE/WiFi Calling (although with the 3G switchoff this is becoming standard).
If they could just add IPv6 instead of just CGNAT, they’d be A+ in my book.
Yup. I had to flip-flop between providers to find one that had WiFi Calling that actually worked on my phone.
With these it was as simple as inputting the SIM card and it was clear that WiFi Calling was functioning.
Just a gutter that with the vod / 3 merger looking like it’s going ahead given the statements from the cma yesterday iD mobile will in all probability be a casualty. Maybe not straight away but the amazing prices currently will be no more.
Uff that would be a real shame.