First sort of PAYG was a Vodafone service in 1996 aimed at people with lousy credit.
Mercury One2One joined in in 1997. But I think that was inside the M25 only. Cellnet I think were in 98 before they were BT or O2 or Telefonica.
In 1999 the MVNOs hit the market, the first being Virgin.
Also in 1999 the supermarkets started reselling Orange, Mercury, Vodafone and Cellnet PAYG services.
Last edited by: No FM2R on Thu 25 Nov 21 at 15:35
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