GoMo

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GOMO or GoMo is the name of two unrelated, online-only mobile telephone flanker brands. GOMO in Singapore, Australia, Thailand and the Philippines are owned by Singtel of Singapore, GoMo Ireland and Switzerland are owned by Iliad SA of France.

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GOMO Singapore was the first to launch on 25 March 2019, using the Singtel mobile network. [1] GoMo Ireland was launched on 15 October 2019, using the Eir mobile network. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and has over 250,000 mobile customers, as of October 2020. [7] [8] [9] GoMo Switzerland was subsequently launched on 16 November 2021, using the Salt mobile network. [10]

Products and services

GoMo (Iliad SA)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Telecommunications
Founded15 October 2019
Headquarters Ireland
Area served
Ireland, Switzerland
ProductsMobile telecommunications products and services
Owner Eir
Salt
Parent Iliad
Website gomo.ie
go-mo.ch

Ireland

Since its Irish launch, GoMo has offered one product, which is a sim-only mobile contract. The package is post-paid and includes unlimited calls to Irish mobiles and landlines, unlimited texts to Irish mobiles, 120GB 4G and 5G data (with unlimited lower speed data thereafter) and 10GB EU data. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Switzerland

GoMo Switzerland currently offers a sim-only mobile contract offering unlimited local calls, unlimited local SMSes and unlimited domestic 4G data for 9.95 CHF per month, for the first 50,000 customers.

Customer service

GoMo has no customer service phone lines. All support is via social media and online channels. [16]

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References

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