Hutchison Whampoa Launches Global MVNE

Posted April 17, 2015

In Business Model, Internet Access, Mobile

Hutchison Whampoa launched “Hue,” a wholesale platform supporting mobile virtual network operators across Europe and Asia.

Hue provides “a simple and efficient means of building an international MVNO,” Hutchison Whampoa says, after signing Google as a customer.

Hue’s Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) platform offers a wide range of services, including mobile network access, customer relationship management, billing and provisioning as well as interfaces to credit management agencies and logistics partners.

Hutchison Whampoa operates in Austria, Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland, Macau, Sri Lanka, Sweden, UK and Vietnam.

For MVNOs wanting to launch their service in countries outside of Hutchison Whampoa’s current footprint, Hue will negotiate with local operators in order to provide connectivity.

Gary Kim

Gary Kim is a communications industry analyst of 30 years, ranked second globally among power influencers in mobile and among the top 10 telecom thought leaders. He currently works as a telecom/Internet conference content developer and speaker. He recently founded the Spectrum Futures conference for the Pacific Telecommunications Council, and acts as a conference advisor for PTC. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top 2 percent.