MVNO Business Case Calculator

A quick, transparent way to sanity-check the economics of your MVNO project before you talk to a network partner.

Build your business case

Enter your own assumptions below. Results update instantly and are recalculated on our server when you send an inquiry.

Inputs

Number of active subscribers you plan to reach.

Average revenue per user, per month.

Wholesale connectivity cost per subscriber, per month.

SIM, logistics, billing, support and other per-subscriber monthly costs.

Payroll, platform, hosting, marketing and other fixed monthly expenses.

One-off setup cost before launch.

All amounts use the currency you enter. No currency conversion is applied.

Estimated results

Estimated Monthly Revenue 600000.00

Target Subscribers × Monthly ARPU.

Estimated Monthly Operating Costs 420000.00

Variable costs + monthly fixed OPEX.

Estimated Monthly Operating Profit 180000.00

Monthly revenue − monthly operating costs.

Contribution per Subscriber 6.00

Monthly ARPU − variable cost per subscriber, before fixed OPEX.

Break-even Subscribers 20000.0 subscribers

Subscribers required to cover monthly fixed OPEX.

Estimated Payback Period 3.3 months

Initial Investment ÷ monthly operating profit.

Calculation assumptions

Revenue = target subscribers × monthly ARPU. Operating costs = subscribers × (wholesale cost + other variable costs) + monthly fixed OPEX. Contribution per subscriber is calculated before fixed OPEX. Break-even subscribers are based on contribution only and exclude the initial investment; the payback period uses the projected monthly operating profit at your target subscriber base.

Preliminary Estimate Range

The range below is calculated from the assumptions you entered. Change any input and it updates immediately.

Initial investment 600000.00 – 720000.00
Monthly operating cost 420000.00 – 504000.00
Monthly revenue 600000.00 – 720000.00
Monthly operating profit 180000.00
Break-even Subscribers 20000 subscribers

These ranges are planning references calculated from your own inputs. They are not a quotation, an offer or a price list.

The low–high spread is a configurable planning margin used for sensitivity testing. It is a demonstration assumption, not a market benchmark or an IPLOOK price.

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Our team can review your requirements and the assumptions used in this calculation, then prepare a tailored estimate for your project.

The detailed cost breakdown (software licence, deployment and integration, customisation, maintenance and support, and architecture options) is not published online. It is prepared by our sales team after a manual review of your requirements.

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