We are going to have to get used to hearing the word OMV or what is the same, virtual mobile operator. For those who do not know, and as their name indicates, virtual mobile operators are telephone companies that do not have their own network, so they resort to that of other telephone companies through a rental.
MVNOs usually offer much lower prices than any other telephone company since their fixed costs are much cheaper than those of a traditional company. Well, many mobile manufacturers are looking at these types of operators to have their own, as is the case with Xiaomi.
As you well know, this Chinese manufacturer does not stop. There is not a day that we do not know anything about it and it is that, either through leaks of future terminals or the very presentations of new devices from the manufacturer itself, Xiaomi covers almost every day covered in the different technology portals around the world.
Mi Mobile, Xiaomi's OMV
Xiaomi has presented its virtual mobile operator and has named it We Mobile. With this virtual mobile operator, the Chinese manufacturer wants to compete against the large operators in the Asian territory. As you well know, the Chinese market does not stop growing over the years and one of the points of influence that the country has is technology, which does not stop growing either.
In China there are millions and millions of people who have a contract with one of the three most important operators in the country: China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. This translates to Xiaomi with its My Mobile will have to rent one of these three great networks and it does so with the intention of giving a change in the mobile sector since the Mi Mobile will be the first MVNO to arrive in the Chinese country. The arrival of a virtual mobile operator will mean that those residents of the country who have less income can have more adjusted mobile rates and with good benefits.
This Xiaomi OMV is already available depending on the consumption plan that we have contracted, however the monthly consumption plan will begin to work next October. The rates of We Mobile They are classified into two options. The first one will charge according to the consumption of voice, messages and data at 0,10 Yuan (2 cents of € approx) per minute, message and MB of data. In the second option we see that it has a fixed price per month, 59 Yuan, about € 8. This last rate offers 3 GB of mobile data and calls at 0 Yuan per minute and message.
Google, Apple, WhatsApp and now Xiaomi are a clear example that manufacturers seek to have their own "telephone operator." We will see how the progress of these MVNOs continues, but we can say that they bring different alternatives and features than what we were used to to date.