Disney Mobile no longer exists. It was an MVNO on Sprint’s network, built around a Family Center with parental controls, and Disney closed it on December 31, 2007.
Disney Mobile is gone
Disney announced in September 2007 that it would close Disney Mobile, calling the MVNO model “a difficult proposition in the hyper-competitive” US market. Service and support ran through December 31, 2007.
If you had a Disney Mobile line
Disney offered a reimbursement program for handsets, accessories and content bought directly from Disney Mobile. The sources we found do not say whether customers could keep their numbers.
How Disney Mobile ended
- April 2006: Disney announced Disney Mobile.
- June 2006: Sales began.
- September 2007: Disney announced it would close the service.
- December 31, 2007: Service and support ended.
The history of Disney Mobile
Disney Mobile sold co-branded Pantech and LG phones with a Family Center for parental controls and GPS. It ran on Sprint Nextel’s CDMA EV-DO network. Disney said it would explore bringing the Family Center product to a major carrier instead. Press reports put Disney’s combined spend on Disney Mobile and ESPN’s phone service at about $150 million.
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 Disney Mobile
Best Cellular tracks active carriers and defunct ones. We keep both, because people still search for brands that no longer exist. Every fact on this Disney Mobile page comes from at least two independent 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. Disney Mobile counts in our tracked total, not in our active total, so it does not appear in tools built for live carriers.
Questions about Disney Mobile
Is Disney Mobile still available?
No. Disney closed Disney Mobile on December 31, 2007.
Which network did Disney Mobile use?
Sprint Nextel’s CDMA EV-DO network. Disney Mobile was an MVNO.
Why did Disney close Disney Mobile?
Disney called the MVNO model a difficult proposition in the hyper-competitive US market.
Did Disney keep any part of it?
Disney said it would explore bringing its Family Center product to a major carrier.
Does BestCellular.com list Disney Mobile as an active carrier?
No. We track Disney Mobile as a defunct carrier. It counts toward our tracked total but not our active total.
Sources and verification
Facts checked October 11, 2026 against at least two independent sources:
- RCR Wireless: Mousetrapped: the September 2007 closure.
- Converge Digest: Disney Mobile to cease operations: the December 31, 2007 end date.
- RCR Wireless: Mickey strides into wireless: the 2006 launch.
- TV Technology: Shutdown of Mobile ESPN shakes nascent industry: industry context.
Best Cellular. “Disney Mobile: What Happened,” BestCellular.com. https://bestcellular.com/disney-mobile/
Free to reuse with credit. Licence, sources and the full dataset. All defunct carriers are listed on carriers that shut down.
Live carriers to look at instead
Disney Mobile ran on Sprint’s network. Sprint’s customers are now T-Mobile’s.