Wholesale - About Three

An award-winning network built for the future.

The UK’s fastest-growing network is built for the modern era. It’s designed to support data-rich services and advanced features like high definition (HD) voice. It’s no coincidence that nearly half (43%) of the UK’s mobile data traffic is carried by Three*.

Over the last two years, our network has consistently won independent industry awards across iPhone, smartphone, tablet and mobile broadband categories. To see the verdicts in detail, visit our awards page.

However, the strength of our network is only half the story. What sets us apart is our collaborative approach – to us, a partnership is about being flexible and reliable. The Three way is open and transparent. We minimise bureaucracy, and our flat organisational structure means we’re approachable and responsive.

For mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) looking to capitalise on the rapidly growing mobile market, we can offer solutions tailored to your requirements, size and business. For machine-to-machine (M2M) partners, our new M2M platform significantly reduces start-up costs and time to market. Perhaps it’s no surprise that Three Wholesale is undergoing rapid expansion, with 100% growth predicted year on year over the next three years.

Three is part of the global conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) – the UK’s biggest inward investor and a business with a global track record in telecommunications, property, retail, energy and critical infrastructure. With £billions invested in expanding our network and increasing capacity, Three Wholesale is ideally placed to satisfy the ever-growing demands of the mobile market.

*Enders Analysis, June 2012.

Welcome to Three Wholesale.

Our partners.

Three already supports over 30 MVNO brands in areas such as:

• Machine-to-machine (M2M)

• Embedded devices

• Brand affinity

• International roaming solutions

• Business

• Retail

The Three way is open and transparent. Bureaucracy isn’t for us, and our flat organisational structure means we’re approachable and responsive. We tailor our approach as required, and smaller partners can count on high-quality solutions thanks to our network of experienced aggregators.

M2M services.

Our new cloud-based platform opens up our network to the M2M, embedded connectivity and mobile broadband markets. MVNOs in the M2M market can now have their own branded services up and running in just three weeks (a significantly shorter start-up time than is typically offered by other operators). And as timescales are reduced, so are our partners’ costs.

We can simultaneously launch multiple MVNOs with bespoke data packages and requirements. The M2M sector is expected to grow substantially over the next few years, and as it does so, we expect more MVNOs to take advantage of the power that our network and platform offers.

Platform features include:

• Partner-branded online management portal

• Online management and provisioning of SIMs

• Activation, deactivation and suspension of SIMs

• Allocation of private IP addresses

• Private APNs

• Data alerts and capping per SIM(s)

• Real-time trace and trigger notifications

Could you be our ideal partner?

With a dedicated infrastructure in place and aggressive growth targets, we intend to push further into specialised and rapidly growing wholesale markets. If your company has an innovative proposition and you’d like to talk about maximising the potential of the UK’s fastest-growing network, please get in touch: wholesale@three.co.uk

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