Founded in 2000 by
Israeli developers Dr. Ophir Holder (CEO), Yoad Gidron (CTO) and Haim Teichholtz (VP Engineering), the company provides wireless carriers with software platforms for management and delivery of
mobile content services, including
mobile-phone games,
ringtones, wallpapers, audio and
streaming video. Its customer-base includes wireless carriers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, such as
Vodafone,
T-Mobile,
Telecom Italia,
Orange and
Hong Kong Telecom (
CSL), to name a few. Mobilitec’s mPower platform was the first product of its kind to be commercially deployed in 2001, and as of 2006, is the most commercially deployed product of its kind in the industry. In addition to the
United States, Mobilitec currently has global offices in
Israel (
Haifa),
Singapore, and the
United Kingdom. Most of its
engineering organization (R&D, delivery, and technical support) is based in
Haifa,
Israel, account management and sales at the worldwide offices, and the majority of its management team is based in
California. Among its investors and shareholders prior to its acquisition were
AIG,
Canaan Partners,
Sun Microsystems,
Lucent Technologies,
Singapore Telecom, and a group of
Microsoft executives. ==See also==