Cloven was a personal mobile phone brand that ran on the Sprint network using CDMA and LTE. Wikipedia now lists it among defunct US virtual operators. No source gives a launch date, an owner or an end date. Sprint no longer exists as a network, so Cloven service is gone.
Cloven appears to be shut down
Wikipedia lists Cloven in its table of defunct, merged and acquired US virtual operators. The row names Sprint as the host network and CDMA and LTE as the technology. It gives no end date and cites no reference. BestCellular.com searched for news coverage, a website or a carrier notice and found none. No official end date was found. Sprint’s network has since been shut down.
If you had a Cloven line
No source names a carrier that took over Cloven customers. If you still have the phone number, it may already be lost. Ask any carrier you plan to join whether the number can be ported. If it cannot, choose a new plan on an active network and update your accounts.
BestCellular.com could not find an official shutdown notice for Cloven and will update this page if one is published. The only source found is an uncited Wikipedia list entry.
How Cloven ended
- October 2026: Wikipedia lists Cloven as a defunct Sprint-hosted brand with no end date (checked October 14, 2026).
Why Cloven ended
No source explains why Cloven ended. Wikipedia lists it as defunct but gives no date, owner or reason. What is known is that it ran on the Sprint network using CDMA and LTE. Sprint no longer exists as a network, so a brand that relied only on Sprint could not keep running. BestCellular.com will add a reason if a dated source is found.
How to find who holds an old number now
- Check an old bill or payment record. It names the company that billed you last.
- Run the number through a carrier lookup tool. It shows the carrier that holds the number today.
- Call that carrier and ask for the account number and transfer PIN.
- Start the port from the new carrier. Never cancel the old line first.
Your right to keep a number
Number portability is federal law, not a carrier policy. The rule is the FCC’s: Portability: Keeping Your Phone Number When Changing Service Providers.
How we verified Cloven
BestCellular.com tracks active carriers and defunct ones. We keep both, because people still search for brands that no longer exist. Every fact on this page comes from the sources listed below, and we leave a detail out when no source states it. Where sources disagree, this page says so. If you can document a correction, tell us and we will check it against the sources.
Tracked and active are different counts on this site. Cloven counts in our tracked total, not in our active total, so it does not appear in tools built for live carriers.
Questions about Cloven
Is Cloven still in business?
It appears not. Wikipedia lists Cloven as a defunct US virtual operator. BestCellular.com found no active website, sign-up page or official shutdown notice for the brand.
Which network did Cloven use?
Wikipedia lists Sprint as the host network, using CDMA and LTE. Sprint no longer runs its own network, so the original Cloven service cannot still be active.
What happened to Cloven customers?
No source says where Cloven customers went. No successor carrier is named. Former customers would have needed to move their number to another carrier before the service ended.
Why can’t I find anything about Cloven online?
Cloven appears to have been a very small brand. Searches for it return unrelated results. The only record BestCellular.com found is its row in the Wikipedia list of US virtual operators.
Sources
Checked October 14, 2026.
- Wikipedia: List of mobile virtual network operators in the United States: Row lists Cloven as defunct: Personal market, host Sprint, CDMA and LTE, no end date, no notes, no reference. Checked October 14, 2026.
Best Cellular. “Cloven: Appears to Be Shut Down,” BestCellular.com. https://bestcellular.com/cloven/
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