CALLUP is a global telecommunications company.[2] Headquartered in Israel, CALLUP is a subsidiary of publicly traded One1 Group TASEONE.[1]

CALLUP
TASEONE (parent company)
IndustryValue-Added Service
Mobile Device Management
Generic Access Network
Roaming
Founded1999
Headquarters,
Area served
International
Key people
Alon Roth, CEO[1]
ParentOne1 Group
Websitewww.callup.net

History

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CALLUP was founded in 1999.[3] The company began by providing services to telecom providers such as voicemail services. In 2000, it partnered with Unefón, Mexico's largest mobile phone operator. By 2003, CALLUP had entered into agreement with Unefón to supply 1.3 million of that company's subscribers with instant messaging service, a deal valued at $2.7 million.[4] In 2005, CALLUP purchased Mediagate from Telrad Networks.[5] The purchase expanded CALLUP's UMS, MMS, and SMS customers to approximately 5 million worldwide.[6] Mediagate is recognized as the inventor of unified messaging and was one of CALLUP's main competitors prior to the purchase.[6] In 2006, it earned one of its largest projects when it partnered with the German conglomerate Siemens.[7]

CALLUP expanded to approximately 20 employees in 2008 with earnings of approximately $3 million.[8][9] The same year, it purchased Vimatix, a provider for mobile.[10] The purchase allowed CALLUP to expand its mobile operations using Vimatix's platforms including multimedia content delivery in 2.5G and 3G networks.[10]

In 2012, CALLUP added former VocalTec and Comverse Technology executive Alon Roth to its executive team. [11] In 2014, the company launched CanVAS in the Cloud, a set of cloud-based value added services for mobile providers.[2] In the same year, CALLUP entered into an agreement with Hot Mobile and YouPhone [12] to provide its over the air technology through its SIM OTA platform.[13] In 2015 it was also selected by a major cellular operator in a European country.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Putting VAS into SaaS: Callup". Telecoms.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Swamy, Mini (1 April 2014). "CALLUP Paints the Cloud with Value Added Services". TMCnet. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ^ Horvath, Brian (30 January 2015). "Value Added Services Have Added Up Big For Some Companies". Business 2 Community. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  4. ^ Landau, Efi (4 September 2003). "Start-up Callup Net sells instant messaging system for $2.7m". Globes. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ^ Levy, Ofer (27 June 2005). "מדיה-גייט נמכרת לקולאפ נט ב-100 אלף דולר בלבד" (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b Leyden, Joel (9 July 2005). "CallUp Introduces SMS, VMS, UMS Messaging Services at VAS India". Israel News Agency.
  7. ^ Shelah, Shmulik (24 May 2006). "יו"ר קולאפ: "אנו רוצים שיתוף פעולה עם גוף גדול"" (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  8. ^ "מערכת שפותחה ע"י 'CallUp Net' הישראלית הותקנה אצל ספקית התקשורת 'Kiev-Star' באוקראינה (System developed by 'CallUp Net Net' was installed in the Israeli telecommunications provider, Kiev-Star, Ukraine)" (in Hebrew). Bizportal. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. ^ Brandon, Herb (9 October 2008). "Messaging Software Provider CallUp Implements On-Q Increasing TeleCom, Mobile Reveneu". Israel News Agency.
  10. ^ a b Garcia, Yigal (20 February 2008). "קול אפ נט מקבוצת One1 קונה את פעילות Vimatix ב- 300 אלף דולר (Nat Cole up One1 group buying activity Vimatix 300 thousand dollars)" (in Hebrew). Yedatech. Retrieved 26 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Junquera, Rafael A. (11 April 2014). "Servicios de valor agregado en la nube ¿desde Amazon y que el operador abona con PayPal? (Value-added services in the cloud Since Amazon and the operator pays with PayPal?)" (in Spanish). Tele Semana. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. ^ Cryderman, Jesse (17 November 2014). "YouPhone Gains Remote File and Applet Management Capability with CALLUP System". Pipeline. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Один из израильский операторов сотовой связи Hot Mobile выбрал платформу SIM OTA, разработанную компанией CALLUP, предназначенную для удалённого управления SIM-картами" (in Russian). Comnews. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Major European cellular operator selects CALLUP's SIM OTA platform to manage remotely more than 20m SIM cards". Vanilla+. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.