TikTok for UK audiences
TikTok’s ads reach 26.8 million UK adults, 48.4% of the adult population. See your own videos, comments and ads as British viewers get them.
UK mobile proxies for app, ad and social checks on EE, O2, Vodafone and Three
37K+ mobile IPs in the pool, October 2026, from the four British mobile networks. Start the login with -cc-gb (the ISO code is GB), add -car-three, -car-vodafone or -car-o2uk to fix the carrier, and keep one exit for up to 6 hours. Traffic costs $3.99 down to $2.19 per GB.
Mobile IPs37K+
Carrier exits in the UK pool, October 2026.
Carrier keys3
Three, Vodafone and O2. EE exits come with the country key alone.
Outdoor 5G94–97%
Premises reached by at least one operator’s 5G, Ofcom 2025.
Longest session6 h
One exit held from 60 seconds up to six hours.
Carriers
Four UK networks and the ASNs they show
VodafoneThree runs the Vodafone and Three networks, Virgin Media O2 runs O2, and BT Group owns EE. Three of the four take a carrier key; EE does not, and its connections show BT’s ASN in a lookup.
| Network | Operator | ASN in a lookup | Carrier key | Share of UK users | IPv6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three | VodafoneThree | AS206067 | -car-three | 1.9% | 48.6% |
| Vodafone | VodafoneThree | AS5378 | -car-vodafone | 5.6% | 89.9% |
| Vodafone | VodafoneThree | AS25135 | -car-vodafone | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| O2 | Virgin Media O2 | AS35228 | -car-o2uk | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| EE | BT Group | AS2856 | None, country key only | 26.2% | 90.0% |
APNIC Labs, 18 October 2026. The shares include home lines on the same ASN: Vodafone broadband on AS5378, BT households on AS2856. EE’s own AS12576 announced no routes on 6 November 2026 (RIPEstat). Ofcom publishes no subscriber split by operator.
Carrier IPs
How a UK carrier address behaves
IPv6 divides the UK carriers. On 18 October 2026 APNIC counted 48.6% of Three users and 89.9% on Vodafone’s AS5378 as IPv6-capable, while O2 sat at 1.1% and Vodafone’s AS25135 at 3.3%. With so little IPv6, an O2 phone reaches almost every site over IPv4, through carrier-grade NAT on a public address it shares with many other subscribers.
Cloudflare’s October 2025 study found addresses behind carrier-grade NAT rate-limited three times as often as other addresses, since one heavy user affects everyone behind the same IP. Keep the request rate on a single UK exit modest and split a big job across several session keys.
EE phones and BT homes share AS2856, and AS5378 carries Vodafone broadband as well, so a lookup alone cannot prove that an address belongs to a phone. Compare the ASN with the carrier you asked for before a job starts.
4G and 5G
4G and 5G coverage across the UK
Ofcom’s Connected Nations report finds 4G from every operator outside almost all premises. How far 5G reaches depends much more on the network.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 4G outdoors, from all four operators | 99% of premises | Ofcom, July 2025 data |
| 5G outdoors, from at least one operator | 94–97% of premises | Ofcom, July 2025 data |
| 5G standalone outdoors, all networks combined | 83% of premises | Ofcom, July 2025 data |
| 5G standalone outdoors, a single operator | 47–65% of premises | Ofcom, July 2025 data |
| 5G by land area: EE, O2, Three, Vodafone | 42–49%, 29–40%, 10–23%, 9–17% | Ofcom, July 2025 data |
| O2 5G standalone, outdoor population | 86% | Virgin Media O2, Q2 2026 |
| Median mobile download | 68.55 Mbps | Ookla via DataReportal, end of 2025 |
Ofcom published Connected Nations 2025 on 19 November 2025. Its figures cover the networks; an IP lookup does not show whether a connection is on 4G or 5G at a given moment.
What changed
Three 3G closures and a merger
Since 2024 three of the four networks have shut 3G, and two of them have come under a single owner.
EE and Vodafone close 3G
Both completed their 3G switch-off and kept 2G, which UK networks are due to switch off by 2033.
Three follows
Three completed its switch-off. It never ran a 2G network, so phones without 4G no longer work on it.
O2 begins
Virgin Media O2 started turning off 3G and planned to finish by spring 2026.
VodafoneThree is formed
The merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK completes, with Vodafone holding 51% and CK Hutchison 49%.
Vodafone buys the rest
Vodafone completes its £4.3 billion purchase of CK Hutchison’s stake and owns 100% of VodafoneThree, which it calls the UK’s largest mobile operator.
Separate ASNs remain
Three and Vodafone still route on their own ASNs and take separate carrier keys.
3G dates: MoneySavingExpert, updated 5 January 2026. Ownership: TelecomTV (June 2025) and Vodafone (30 July 2026). Routing: RIPEstat, 6 November 2026.
Uses
What teams check from a UK phone connection
Phones made 53.6% of UK page views in September 2026, and the handsets split almost evenly: iOS had 50.14% of mobile views in October and Android 49.85% (StatCounter).
Client accounts on Instagram
Work on your own and your clients’ accounts within Instagram’s rules, one UK session per account. The platform’s UK ad reach is 35.5 million people.
Snapchat previews
Check your Stories, lenses and campaigns from a British carrier address before they go out to Snapchat’s UK ad audience of 23.9 million.
Mobile search results
Google answers 91.39% of UK searches. Track phone rankings from a UK carrier exit with the country and language set in the query. SERP setup.
App and mobile-web QA
Sign-up, consent and pricing screens of your own app, loaded over Three, Vodafone or O2 the way UK users load them.
Mobile ad verification
Whether your UK mobile campaigns show up, and where their links land, for people on British networks.
Property search on a phone
Listing pages of the two UK property sites with the most traffic, as their mobile web serves them.
The marketplace on mobile
Delivery dates and offers that amazon.co.uk shows a shopper on a British phone network.
Your own accounts and public, logged-out pages only; every platform’s rules and terms apply. Audiences: DataReportal, Digital 2026 United Kingdom. Ad reach is not a count of unique users.
Pricing
Buy UK mobile proxies: price per GB
The UK costs the same as every other country. Your tier depends on the GB in one purchase, the tier’s rate applies to all of it, and unused traffic never expires.
| Traffic you buy | Price per GB | For example |
|---|---|---|
| 1–9 GB | $3.99 | 5 GB for $19.95 |
| 10–49 GB | $3.49 | 10 GB for $34.90 |
| 50–99 GB | $3.19 | 50 GB for $159.50 |
| 100–249 GB | $2.89 | 100 GB for $289.00 |
| 250–499 GB | $2.59 | 250 GB for $647.50 |
| 500–999 GB | $2.39 | 500 GB for $1,195.00 |
| 1,000+ GB | $2.19 | 1,000 GB for $2,190.00 |
At each tier mobile is $0.50 per GB above residential. The pricing page has the current free trial terms.
For developers
Open a Three session and confirm the carrier
After -cc-gb come one carrier key and a session key timed in seconds, 60 to 21600: -time-1800 is 30 minutes, -time-21600 is 6 hours, and with no session key each request may get a new exit. The gateway is gate.aeonproxy.com, HTTP on port 7000 and SOCKS5 on 7001; the login and password are on the dashboard’s Mobile page.
import requests, uuid
GATE = "gate.aeonproxy.com:7000"
# ASNs of UK mobile networks: Three, O2, Vodafone (two), and BT, which carries EE
UK_MOBILE = {"AS206067", "AS35228", "AS5378", "AS25135", "AS2856"}
def uk_carrier_session(carrier, tries=5):
for _ in range(tries):
sid = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
proxy = f"http://ap_a1b2c3-cc-gb-car-{carrier}-sid-{sid}-time-1800:PASS@{GATE}"
geo = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/json",
proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy}, timeout=20).json()
asn = geo.get("org", "").split(" ")[0]
if geo.get("country") == "GB" and asn in UK_MOBILE:
return proxy, geo
return None, None
proxy, geo = uk_carrier_session("three")
print(geo["ip"], geo["org"])
# 92.40.XX.175 AS206067 Hutchison 3G UK Limited
s = requests.Session()
s.proxies = {"http": proxy, "https": proxy} # same Three exit for 30 minutes
r = s.get("https://example.com/", timeout=30)EE has no carrier key, so a login without -car- can land on any of the four networks; keep AS2856 in the set if EE exits are welcome. No region or city keys here: the dashboard generator shows which UK regions and cities mobile offers, where available, and the IP checker shows where an exit really is.
curl -x gate.aeonproxy.com:7000 \
-U "ap_a1b2c3-cc-gb-car-o2uk-sid-o2check1-time-1800:PASS" \
https://ipinfo.io/json
# "ip": "82.132.XX.214", "org": "AS35228 Telefonica UK Limited", "country": "GB"
curl -x socks5h://ap_a1b2c3-cc-gb-car-vodafone-sid-vf7-time-21600:[email protected]:7001 \
https://ipinfo.io/jsonChoosing a type
Mobile, residential or static IPs for UK work
Mobile and residential traffic both cover the UK. The types differ in who else uses the address and how long it stays with you.
Mobile
British carrier exits
- Shared addresses on Three, Vodafone, O2 and EE
- Carrier keys for three networks, the country key for EE
- A fresh exit per request, or one kept for up to 6 hours
- $3.99 → $2.19 per GB
For apps, mobile ads and the social accounts you run.
Residential
UK home broadband
- 1.15M+ residential IPs in the pool, October 2026
- BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and full-fibre households
- Nation and city targeting, set out on the UK proxies page
- $3.49 → $1.69 per GB
For prices, listings and search across many pages.
ISP and datacenter
Static IPs
- One customer per IP and the same address for the whole rental
- ISP at $4.00 per IP a month; datacenter from $0.50 for 3 days
- The order page lists the countries with stock
For a fixed address held over weeks.
UK rules for mobile proxy work
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, apply to personal data you collect through a UK exit, including what anyone can see on a public profile. Prices, listings, rankings and your own accounts are the safe ground; data that identifies a person needs a lawful basis.
Since 25 July 2025 the Online Safety Act has required many services to check the age of UK users. A UK carrier exit lets you test how your own service runs those checks on a phone. We do not support using it to avoid checks that protect children.
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UK mobile proxy questions
It sends your requests out through an IP address of a British mobile network, so a site or app sees a visitor on Three, Vodafone, O2 or EE. Choose it when the target treats phone users differently from home broadband: app testing, mobile ad checks and the social accounts you run.
37K+ mobile IPs in the pool, October 2026, spread over Three, Vodafone, O2 and EE. The number changes from day to day; the dashboard’s Mobile page shows what is on offer when you build a login.
Mobile logins take -car-three, -car-vodafone or -car-o2uk after -cc-gb, and any other carrier name is refused with a 407. EE has no key. Its old AS12576 carries no routes and EE connections appear under BT’s AS2856, so BT in a lookup is normal for EE.
Both, depending on the network and the cell the connection is on. EE, Vodafone and Three have closed 3G, and Ofcom puts outdoor 5G from at least one operator at 94–97% of premises. A login cannot ask for 4G or 5G, and a lookup shows the carrier’s ASN only.
Mobile traffic is sold by the GB: $3.99 per GB below 10 GB, falling to $2.19 from 1,000 GB, with the tier’s rate on the whole purchase and no expiry date. The same GB work in every country. Tiers and the free trial terms are on the pricing page.
As long as the session key asks for, in seconds: -sid-ads1-time-21600 holds the exit for the 6-hour maximum, and any value from 60 up works. Leave the session key out and each request may get a different exit.
Residential handles big jobs on British retail, property and search sites, with 1.15M+ residential IPs in the pool, October 2026, from $1.69 per GB. Mobile starts at $2.19, $0.50 more at every tier, and belongs where a phone network changes what the site returns.
Use the country and carrier keys, then check the city. The dashboard generator lists the UK regions and cities mobile can offer, where available, and the IP checker shows where an exit is placed before you count on it.
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 cover any personal data you collect, and the Online Safety Act sets the age checks UK users meet on many services. Keep to public, non-personal data such as prices and rankings, within each site’s terms. Not legal advice.
Yes, for accounts you or your clients own, used within each platform’s rules. One sticky session per account keeps the address steady while you work on it.
Free lists rarely say who runs the exit, and anything sent through it can be read or changed. Look one up before use: if its ASN is not AS206067, AS35228, AS5378, AS25135 or AS2856, it is not on a British mobile network.