Aldi Talk
Aldi Talk is a mobile virtual network operator in Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. In Germany, it uses the Telefónica O2 network. In Australia it uses Telstra Wholesale. In the Netherlands, it uses KPN. In Switzerland it uses Sunrise Communications AG. In Austria, it uses Magenta Telekom. In Slovenia, it uses A1 Slovenija. On 7 April 2017, it was announced that Aldi Talk would cease all operations in Belgium by 6 June. The cause of this decision was the coming in to effect of an anti-terrorism measure taken by the Belgian government, banning the sale and use of anonymous SIM cards, instead requiring the mobile operators to identify and register each of their clients. Because Aldi Talk did not have the necessary capabilities to perform these tasks, a decision was taken to cease all operations in Belgium.History
Aldi Talk was founded on 7 December 2005 in Germany, 2007 in Switzerland and Belgium, July 2009 in the Netherlands and March 2013 in Australia. The related brand HoT Hofer Telekom was founded in January 2015 in Austria and on 11 May 2017 in Slovenia. Medion AG is the mobile virtual network enabler for Aldi Talk in Germany, Netherlands and Australia, while the MVNE for HoT Hofer Telekom is Ventocom GmbH.
