Link Mobility Group

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LINK Mobility Group AS
Type Aksjeselskap
OSE: LINK
Industry Telecommunication
Founded19 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
RevenueIncrease2.svg NOK 3.539 billion
Increase2.svg NOK 391 million
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 700
Subsidiaries Altria
Message Broadcast
Netsize
Xenioo

LINK Mobility Group AS is a cloud communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company headquartered 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 28 offices across 18 countries [2] including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Poland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and the United States. LINK is the largest CPaaS provider in Europe. [3]

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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.

Listings and delistings

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 its first trading day. After the listing, LINK had a market value of NOK 12.6 billion (USD 1.56 billion). [7] LINK was named a Unicorn IPO by Bloomberg News and the 3rd largest European Technology IPO of 2020 by UK Tech News. [8]

Mergers and acquisitions

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