Huawei Mobile Money Platform is awarded Champion in ICT Applications
[Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, 2019] At the recent ITU World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2019, Huawei Mobile Money Platform has been awarded ‘Champion of WSIS Prize 2019 for the Category 8 ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — e-Business’.
This award marks Huawei contribution in implementing Mobile Money solutions with service providers throughout the world that has created significant positive social impact and contributed to financial inclusions and digitalization. Huawei Mobile Money helps telecoms companies, banks and payment service providers implement mobile financial services which capitalize on Mobile technologies.
The ITU WSIS (World Summit on Information Society) Prizes aim to recognize private or public organization for their outstanding success in implementing development oriented strategies that leverage the power of ICTs as an enabler of the development. The contest was held for the first time in 2012, and rapidly gained attention and popularity within the ICT for Development (ICT4D) community. Building upon the outcomes of the United Nations General Assembly Overall Review on WSIS as well as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the WSIS Prizes 2019 reflect close linkages with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Left: Zhao Houlin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union
Right: Ian Ravenscroft, Vice President of BSS Business Solutions, Huawei
"It is a great honor for Huawei to receive this award in recognition of Huawei’s relentless efforts to drive digital & financial inclusion through the development and implementation of mobile money solutions globally from our first projects back in 2011. Huawei recognizes Mobile Money will continue to be a cornerstone for the continued growth of the digital economy and fundamental to the inclusion of the nearly 2 Billion of the world population who are currently digitally excluded.” Mr. Ian Ravenscroft of Huawei Technologies upon receiving this award at the ITU prizes award ceremony.
Huawei Mobile Money is recognized as the leading solution for telecommunication companies rolling out Mobile Financial Services. It provides a whole range of services from e-money digital wallet, bill payments, on-line and off-line merchant payments, saving and loans products to over 192 million subscribers. Huawei has also developed Mobile Payment Platform and Financials Platform that allow Service Providers to innovate and connects with eco-system partners. Huawei continues to invest in Mobile Money by leveraging leading technologies to help service provider rolling out new services in a more secure and efficient operating environments. Huawei has a vision to help service providers to server the 2 Billion unbanked populations globally and help nations in their national digitalization programs.
Mobile money is one of the innovative solutions in Huawei Services and Software Business Unit. As part of the Business to Consumer (B2C) offering, Huawei Mobile Money compliments Huawei unique value propositions in rural coverage, affordable smartphone that help operators in developing the Mobile Broad Band (MBB) user adoptions, promote traffic and aspire traffic value to energize operators’ new growth in B2C market. Huawei is committed to invest more in the personal mobile field, and work with carriers and partners to provide high-quality products and services for individual mobile users and ultimately build a fully connected, intelligent world.
