Infobip

Infobip Ltd
Private
Industry Mobile Communications Telecommunications
Cloud Solutions
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Zagreb, Croatia
Pula, Croatia
Area served
 Worldwide
Products SMS API
2-factor authentication
mGate
2-way SMS
Number validation
Push notifications
OTT messaging
Multi-channel messaging
Number of employees
 c. 700 (2015)[1]
Website www.infobip.com

Infobip is an international IT and telecommunications company specialised in cloud-based mobile services for businesses, with its portfolio including professional SMS messaging solutions, push notifications and carrier billing. As a B2B company, it serves both mobile network operators and enterprises, notably banks, social networks and corporations.[2][3] Among Infobip's clients are different kinds of non-profit organisations and public institutions.[4]

While its headquarters are in London, Zagreb and Pula, the company also has offices in metropolises like Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Vancouver, Dubai, Belgrade, Moscow and Mumbai.[5] In 2014 and 2015, the company saw further consolidation of its operations in Latin America and Asia-Pacific.[6][7][8]

According to Croatian Chamber of Economy, Infobip is one of the world's largest providers of SMS-based services.[9] Since 2009, the company has grown internationally, establishing offices and operations in global business hubs.[10] In November 2014, the company announced €1.8 million investment in security, infrastructure and data protection.[11]

It is regularly exhibiting at the industry events worldwide, particularly those specialising in mobile solutions and mobile payments.[12]

Infobip is a member of GSM Association,[13] trade groups like Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Mobile Marketing Association and Mobey Forum, and holds the PCI DSS certificate, a confirmation of compliance of its messaging system with payment cards industry standards for handling sensitive financial information, like credit card PINs.[14]

Since 2015, the company has been hosting Infobip Dev Days, an annual developers conference for 300 participants, both its own developers and guest delegates. Conference topics include continuous delivery, distributed systems, principles and methodologies of agile development etc.[15] [16]

History

Infobip's global growth is linked to an entrepreneurial incubator for start-ups, established in the Croatian town of Pula during 2005, whereas the business itself was started by a group of friends in the nearby Vodnjan during 2002.[17]

Research and Development

The company employs 130 developers divided into 25 dev teams in 5 R&D centers, and operates on a principle of continuous deployment, handling over 400 services on 6 globally distributed data centers. [18] The company exposes its REST API allowing developers to add telco-grade functionalities into their IT systems, mobile apps and web services.

Awards and Recognitions

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.poslovni.hr/tehnologija/s-japanskim-operaterom-softbankom-razvili-smo-virtualnu-valutu-ycoin-297526
  2. ↑ Regional newspaper article by Paulo Gregorović, April 2006
  3. ↑ http://www.infobip.com/about/
  4. ↑ Regional newspaper article by Paulo Gregorović, April 2006
  5. ↑ Crunchbase entry
  6. ↑ http://www.mobiletime.com.br/29/06/2015/infobip-gigante-croata-de-sms-monta-estrutura-no-brasil/415068/news.aspx
  7. ↑ http://science.china.com.cn/2015-12/02/content_8420252.htm
  8. ↑ http://newsbytes.ph/2015/11/22/british-telecom-firms-seek-expanded-trade-ties-with-ph/
  9. ↑ IT companies presenting solutions to CIS market Croatian Chamber of Economy, May 2012
  10. ↑ Infobip opens two offices in Latin America National business daily Poslovni dnevnik, September 2011
  11. ↑ http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/infobip-reaches-new-data-security-milestone/
  12. ↑ IT companies expanding globally National business daily Poslovni dnevnik, February 2012
  13. ↑ http://www.gsma.com/membership/who-are-our-gsma-members/associate-membership/
  14. ↑ http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/2014/04/14/376136-infobip-credited-with-pci-dss-compliance-certification.htm
  15. ↑ http://www.netokracija.com/dev-days-infobip-mario-zagar-marko-stipanov-117060
  16. ↑ http://www.infobip.com/en/dev-days
  17. ↑ Entrepreneurial incubator helps start-ups grow Istrian Development Agency, April 2006
  18. ↑ http://www.poslovni.hr/tehnologija/s-japanskim-operaterom-softbankom-razvili-smo-virtualnu-valutu-ycoin-297526
  19. ↑ http://www.capacityconferences.com/Messaging-SMS-Awards.html
  20. ↑ http://www.mbeawards.com/gallery15_01.php
  21. ↑ http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/total-telecom-africa-awards/attend.stm
  22. ↑ http://www.bankingtech.com/225122/citi-names-finalists-for-latin-america-mobile-challenge-2014/
  23. ↑ http://www.unizg.hr/nc/vijest/article/svecano-dodijeljene-nagrade-zlatni-indeks-za-2013-godinu/

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