a mobile network operator . for the cloud based ide see cloud9 ide . cloud9 mobile industry telecommunications headquarters basingstoke united kingdom parent bluemango technologies ltd website www.cloud9mobile.co.uk cloud9 is a mobile network operator focussed on providing mobile subscriptions over the air to programmable sim cards softsims and esims . their service is used in both smartphones and iot devices . background edit cloud9 was originally owned by wire9 telecom plc funded and established by investor and telecom specialist lee jones before being sold for an undisclosed sum by jones to billionaire romain zaleski . it was established in the uk gibraltar and isle of man as a domestic mobile network operator obtaining spectrum licences in the isle of man in 2007 1 and gibraltar in 2010 . 2 around 2011 it was decided that the business would be better focussed on supplying global sim cards that could be used to save roaming charges . the gibraltar spectrum licence was sold to another company . the business relocated its core network to telehouse in london and became a subsidiary of bluemango technologies ltd. the company is privately held with head quarters in the united kingdom . cloud9 have shipped several million travel sims . they do not supply end users instead preferring to offer a white label service to travel and telecoms resellers . all sim cards have been branded with the logo of these resellers . in addition the company now provides the digital signatures profiles or imsis that provide a sim card with the ability to register with a network and function . these can be provisioned over the air to dynamic sim cards such as programmable removable uiccs softsims and esims . they are members of the gsm association and are involved in the gsma remote sim provisioning standard for esims that will be released soon . remotely provisioned sims are gaining traction with smartphone manufacturers softsims and iot devices esims . cloud9 continue to sell sims for travellers on a white label basis in addition to the above . its mobile country code is 234 and its mobile network code is 18 . tadig code is gbrc9 . the company has been allocated the following uk number ranges by ofcom 4478722 4477000 4474409 4479782 4479783 and 4475588 in 2013 they acquired the ipr of a uk manufacturer of core networks zynetix ltd. this means that they now possess all of their own ipr with regards to their core network hlr smsc ggsn gmsc etc. . and supply core network components to other companies . through this they have achieved sales as an mvne . the cloud9 core network additionally supports 4g hss pdg . the core network is hosted on cloud9 servers at telehouse near canary wharf in london . additional components are hosted in amazon web services facilities around the world in order to minimise latency and provide scalability . the company has been voted as a red herring top 100 europe finalist . references edit cloud9 plans isle of man debut in march . www.telegeography.com . retrieved 2016 03 18 . gra award of a third mobile telephony licence . www.gra.gi . retrieved 2016 03 18 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cloud9 service provider & oldid 735986591 categories wireless carrierswirelesstelecommunications navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 11 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view