Yahoo Mobile no longer exists. Verizon ran it as a prepaid, app-based service on its own network, and it ended in 2021.
Yahoo Mobile is gone
Customers were emailed on June 17, 2021. Service ended no later than August 31, 2021, after Verizon sold Yahoo (Verizon Media) to Apollo.
If you had a Yahoo Mobile line
Customers had service through the billing cycle plus one optional extra month, and were pointed to Visible. Number transfers out were available through the website or app. Visible required a physical SIM at the time.
How Yahoo Mobile ended
- March 2020: Yahoo Mobile launched.
- June 17, 2021: Customers were emailed about the shutdown.
- August 31, 2021: The latest date for service to end.
The history of Yahoo Mobile
Yahoo Mobile sold a ZTE Blade A3Y phone and plans built on Visible’s service, so it behaved like a Visible plan with a Yahoo name. When Verizon sold Yahoo to Apollo, Yahoo Mobile was dropped. Wave7 saw no retail or advertising presence for it, and Verizon did not disclose a subscriber count.
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 Yahoo 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 Yahoo 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. Yahoo Mobile counts in our tracked total, not in our active total, so it does not appear in tools built for live carriers.
Questions about Yahoo Mobile
Is Yahoo Mobile still available?
No. Service ended no later than August 31, 2021.
Which network did Yahoo Mobile use?
Verizon’s network.
Why did Yahoo Mobile shut down?
Verizon sold Yahoo (Verizon Media) to Apollo, and Yahoo Mobile was dropped.
Where were customers sent?
To Visible, which required a physical SIM at the time.
Does BestCellular.com list Yahoo Mobile as an active carrier?
No. We track Yahoo 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:
- Fierce: Yahoo Mobile shuts down: the shutdown.
- XDA Developers: Yahoo Mobile shut down, switch to Visible: the Visible switch.
- RV Mobile Internet: Yahoo Mobile announces shut down: the August 31, 2021 end date.
Best Cellular. “Yahoo Mobile: What Happened,” BestCellular.com. https://bestcellular.com/yahoo-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
Visible is the live service Yahoo Mobile customers were pointed to.