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{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}

A '''mobile network operator''' ('''MNO'''), also known as a '''mobile network provider''', '''mobile network carrier''', '''mobile ''', '''wireless service provider''', '''wireless carrier''', '''wireless operator''', '''wireless telco''', or '''cellular company''',{{Efn|Often shortened to simply ''carrier'' (especially in American English), ''operator'', ''provider'', "telco", or ''network''.}} is a [[telecommunications]] provider of services that sells, delivers and maintains [[Mobile hawawi|mobile telephony]] services to an end user.

== Overview ==

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A mobile network operator typically also has the necessary provisioning, billing, and customer care computer systems, and the marketing, customer care, and engineering organizations needed to sell, deliver, and bill for services. However, a mobile network operator can outsource any of these systems or functions and still be considered a mobile network operator.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |title=MVNO {{!}} Glossary |url=https://www.gms-worldwide.com/glossary/mvno/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521033208/https://www.gms-worldwide.com/glossary/mvno/ |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |access-date=4 August 2020 |website=GMS Worldwide}}</ref>

In addition to obtaining revenue by offering retail services under its own brand, a mobile network operator may also sell access to 9711930537network services at wholesale rates to [[mobile virtual network operator]]s (MVNO).<ref name=":0" />

network services at wholesale rates to [[mobile virtual network operator]]s (MVNO).<ref name=":0" />

== List of operators ==