Aldi Talk (also known as MEDIONmobile and ALDImobile) is a

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and the

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. It is a subsidiary of

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, the German-based supermarket chain. In Germany, it uses the Telefónica O₂ network (since 2014; before, it used E-Plus). In Australia it uses

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, in the Netherlands it uses

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History

Aldi Talk was founded on 7 December 2005 in Germany, 2007 in Belgium, July 2009 in the Netherlands and March 2013 in Australia.

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is the

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(MVNE) for Aldi Talk in Germany, Netherlands and Australia.

End of Belgian operations

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.

References

External links

{{Commons category, ALDI Talk
Germany official website

Australia's official website

Netherlands official website
Aldi Mobile virtual network operators Telecommunications companies of Australia Telecommunications companies of the Netherlands Telecommunications companies of Germany