Link Mobility Group
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| Company type | Aksjeselskap |
|---|---|
| LINK.OL | |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 19 December 2001 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Key people | Guillaume Van Gaver (CEO) |
| Revenue |  NOK 3.539 billion |
| NOK 391 million | |
Number of employees | 450 |
| Website | linkmobility.com |
LINK Mobility Group AS is a is a Norwegian cloud communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company based in Oslo, Norway. Link Mobility allows customers to send and receive phone calls, SMS, MMS, RCS and eMails through their API. LINK is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. In 2017, LINK Mobility had a total turnover of 1,294 million NOK, increasing to NOK 3,539 billion in 2020.[1] With 24 offices across 17 countries[2] including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Poland, France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy LINK is the largest CPaaS provider in Europe.[3]
History
LINK Mobility was founded in 2001 by Jens Rugseth with headquarters in Oslo, Norway.[4] The company was originally called EMEMESS (an abbreviation for MMS messages), becoming LINK Mobility in 2007 after acquiring a Swedish CPaaS operator.[5]
LINK's first major customer was Norwegian Air, where LINK provided SMS services such as boarding alerts and flight delay alerts.
LINK was first publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the early 2010s before being privatised by Abry Partners of Boston in mid 2018 for NOK 3.4 billion (USD 416 million).[6] In December 2020, Abry chose to again list LINK on the OSE, with a list price of NOK 47 per share, rising 19% on it's first trading day. After the listing LINK had a market value of NOK 12.6 billion (USD 1.5 billion).[7]
References
- ^ "LINK Mobility 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). 26 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "About Us". LINK Mobility International. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Annual Reports - LINK Mobility Investor Relations". LINK Mobility Investor Relations. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ^ MarketScreener. "Jens Rugseth - Biography". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Founder Jens Rugseth and LINK Mobility: 20 Years Later". LINK Mobility International. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Chopping, Dominic. "Abry Partners Makes $416 Million Takeover Bid for Norway's Link Mobility". www.penews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Bloomberg News: Link Mobility Becomes Europe's Newest Unicorn Startup". 21 October 2020.
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