Gigs CEO on the business of building a multitude of MVNOs

The CEO of Gigs says the company provides the components for organizations to launch their own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Gigs is an OS for companies, such as banks, to start their own MVNO in a few minutes.

At a Glance

  • How Gigs differs from the 'classic MVNO' (08:01)
  • How Gigs provides the infrastructure to 'create an MVNO in 6 minutes' (15:23)
  • What's on the horizon for Gigs? (23:07)

Hermann Frank, co-founder and CEO of Gigs, joins the podcast to discuss how his company is building the infrastructure for software companies to imbed connectivity from service providers. 

Gigs provides the components for organizations to launch their own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Frank describes Gigs as an operating system (OS) for companies, such as banks, to start their own MVNO in a few minutes. 

In addition to explaining how Gigs differs from a traditional MVNO, Frank explains which markets Gigs operates in, who its investors are and what's next for the company. 

Click on the caption button for a lightly edited transcript. 

Here are a few topics we cover:

  • Background on Frank and his role at Gigs (03:17)

  • Background on Dennis Bauer, co-founder and president of Gigs (06:57)

  • How Gigs differs from the 'classic MVNO' (08:01)

  • Banks and other types of companies interested in launching a MVNO (11:17)

  • How Gigs provides the infrastructure to 'create an MVNO in 6 minutes' (15:23)

  • How the company generates revenue from its MVNO platform (20:05)

  • Gigs operates in the US and Europe and hopes to enter the Canadian market soon (21:25) 

  • Background on Gigs' investors (22:05)

  • What's on the horizon for Gigs? (23:07)

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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