Type | Aksjeselskap |
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OSE: LINK | |
Industry | Telecommunication |
Founded | 19 December 2001 |
Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Area served | Europe North America Asia Oceania South America United States |
Key people | André Christensen (Chairman) Thomas Berge (Interim CEO) Morten Løken Edvardsen (Interim CFO) Ketil Opdah l (Interim CTO) |
Products | Voice SMS MMS RCS |
Revenue | NOK 3.539 billion |
NOK 391 million | |
Number of employees | 700 |
Subsidiaries | Altria Message Broadcast Netsize Xenioo |
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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.
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