The story
Founded by Carphone Warehouse in 2007.1
Private company
Talkmobile
Logo: Tmov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
British mobile virtual network operator
Talkmobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) operating in the United Kingdom on the Vodafone network. As a brand owned by Vodafone, the business is based in Newbury, Berkshire, England.2 It was founded by Carphone Warehouse.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
2007Founded1
- Industrytelecommunications industry1
- HeadquartersNewbury1
- Websitetalkmobile.co.uk
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Talkmobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) operating in the United Kingdom on the Vodafone network. As a brand owned by Vodafone, the business is based in Newbury, Berkshire, England.2
Corporate structure
Talkmobile is part of a group headed by Vodafone. 126 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Vodafone Newbury, United Kingdom
- Vodafone Europe 100% · Capelle Aan Den Ijssel, Netherlands
- Vodafone UK 100% · Newbury, United Kingdom
- VodafoneThree 100% · Newbury, United Kingdom
- Vodacom 65.1% · Johanesburg, South Africa
- Vodacom Tanzania Subsidiary · 75% · Dar es Salaam
- Vodafone Egypt Subsidiary · Smart Village Egypt
- Vodacom Moçambique Subsidiary · 85%
- Vodacom Lesotho Subsidiary · 80%
- Vodacom Congo Subsidiary · 51%
- Talkmobile Newbury
- Vodafone Albania Tirana, Albania
- Vodafone Czech Republic Praha, Czechia
- UPC Czech Republic Subsidiary · Praha, Czechia
- VODAFONE INVESTMENTS LUXEMBOURG S.À R.L. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- CCII (MAURITIUS), INC. Ebene, Mauritius
- EURO PACIFIC SECURITIES LTD Ebene, Mauritius
- MOBILVEST Ebene, Mauritius
- TRANS CRYSTAL LTD Ebene, Mauritius
- VODAFONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INDIA) LIMITED Ebene, Mauritius
- AL-AMIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED Subsidiary · Ebene, Mauritius
- Vodafone Ireland Dublin, Ireland
- Vodafone Romania Bucharest, Romania
- Vodafone Foundation Subsidiary · 100% · Newbury
- Vodafone Italy Foundation Subsidiary · Italy
- Vodafone Idea Subsidiary · 31.27% · Mumbai, India
- Idea Cellular Infrastructure Services Limited Subsidiary · 100% · Mumbai, India
- VODAFONE IDEA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Ahmedabad, India
- VODAFONE IDEA SHARED SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Mumbai, India
- IDEA CELLULAR SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- VODAFONE IDEA NEXT-GEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- VODAFONE IDEA TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Subsidiary · Ahmedabad, India
- TPG Telecom Subsidiary · 25.05% · North Sydney
- Airtel Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
- Airtel-Vodafone Subsidiary
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide Subsidiary · Bracknell
- Indus Towers Subsidiary · Gurugram, India
- Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
- Mannesmann Subsidiary · Duisburg
- Kronprinz GmbH Subsidiary · Solingen, Germany
- Mannesmann Mobilfunk Subsidiary
- Nema Subsidiary
- ONO Subsidiary · Madrid
- SMARTY Subsidiary
- Telekom Malaysia Subsidiary · Telekom Tower
- Spice Telecom Subsidiary · Mohali
- TeleTu Subsidiary · Milan
- Three Australia Subsidiary · St Leonards
- and 64 more
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2007Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitetalkmobile.co.uk1
- X (Twitter)x.com/talkmobileuk1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/TalkmobileUK1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCpA3NnSXXLsZVUId9k9en_w1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/talkmobile1
- WikipediaTalkmobile
- WikidataQ7679879
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataTalkmobile on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTalkmobile on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsTalkmobile logo by Tmov, CC BY-SA 4.0