operador móvel virtual

A brand that sells mobile service but has no network of its own: it rents someone else's. Portugal has four operators with their own networks — MEO, NOS, Vodafone and DIGI — and everyone else runs on top of them. Alongside these are the companies' own budget brands: UZO from MEO, WOO from NOS and Amigo from Vodafone. They use the same network as the parent company and cost two to three times less; the trade-off is that there are no shops and no phone line with a real person — everything is done in the app.