Lycamobile

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Lycamobile UK Ltd.

logo
legal form Limited
founding 2006
Seat London , UK
management Christopher Tooley ( CEO )
Subaskaran Allirajah ( Chairman )
Number of employees 5,000
sales 1.21 billion euros (2014)
Branch Cellular
Website www.lycamobile.de

Lycamobile is a UK telecommunications company based in London with operations in 18 countries.

history

Lycamobile was founded in 2006 by a native of Sri Lankan Subaskaran Allirajah. Lycamobile is aimed at the so-called ethnic target group that lives far from their home. A predecessor company had been present with 10 employees since 2001. The Lycamobile brand is owned by the Portuguese holding company Hastings Trading e Serviços Lda. £ 150 million has been invested in the company. At the end of 2014, Lycamobile had 12 million customers worldwide.

Milind Kangle was CEO of the company until February 14, 2014, and has been Christopher Tooley since then.

Countries and partner networks

country Partner network
AustriaAustria Austria A1 Telekom Austria
AustraliaAustralia Australia Telstra
BelgiumBelgium Belgium Mobistar
DenmarkDenmark Denmark TDC
FranceFrance France Bouygues Telecom
GermanyGermany Germany Vodafone
IrelandIreland Ireland Three
ItalyItaly Italy Vodafone
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands KPN
NorwayNorway Norway Telia Company
PolandPoland Poland Polkomtel
PortugalPortugal Portugal Vodafone
SpainSpain Spain Telefónica
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia Tunisia Telecom
RomaniaRomania Romania Telekom Romania
IrelandIreland Ireland Three
SwedenSweden Sweden Telenor
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Swisscom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom o2
United StatesUnited States United States T-Mobile

Entry into the media area

In early 2014, Lycamobile took over the insolvent British radio station Sunrise Radio , which broadcasts for the Asian population of London . However, they did not want to stick to the previous name and renamed the station in February 2014 to 1458 AM (based on the main frequency in the medium wave band 1458 kHz). The station was later renamed to its final name, Lyca Radio 1458. Lycamobile also operates the Lyca Dilse Radio 1035, Time 106.6 FM and Time 107.5 FM stations.

Data

Lycamobile currently employs around 5,000 people and achieved sales of 1 billion euros in the 2012/2013 financial year. Around 14 million customers are supplied worldwide.

Other business areas

In addition to the mobile telephony business area, the Lyca brand is represented in other business areas:

Lycatel

The subsidiary Lycatel, founded in 2001, offers telephone cards that wholesalers can sell under their own brand names. Lycatel operates in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Lycatel's best-known brand names are Africa Tel , Cobra , Eurocity , One + One , Spicy Tel , Supertel , Unitel , Viper and World Call .

Lycaworld

A tariff is offered under the name Lycaworld which - apart from a connection fee - enables free calls to customers in other Lycamobile countries.

Lycatalk

Calling cards with low tariffs abroad are offered under the name Lycatalk. Lycatalk is active in Italy, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Lycafly

Flights to Asian countries such as Sri Lanka and India have been offered under the Lycafly brand since 2007 .

Lycamoney

Lycamoney is a prepaid credit card .

Lycaremite

Lycaremit is a wire transfer service that can be used to process payments abroad.

LycaRadio

In 2013 the British radio station Sunrise Radio was taken over. In addition to LycaRadio , another Lyca Dilse program is offered, which (partly due to regulatory requirements) has essentially retained the previous program structure. The target audience are the South Asian communities.

LycaTV

LycaTV is an online streaming service

Lyca Productions

Lyca Productions is a film production company based in India.

GT Mobile

GT Mobile is a separate tariff subsidiary of Lycamobile and is marketed in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In Germany, the brand was discontinued at the end of 2013 due to lack of success, and customers were migrated to Lycamobile.

Lycamobile in German-speaking countries

Berlin late purchase with Lycamobile advertising

Lycamobile in Germany

On June 1, 2011 Lycamobile started its offer in Germany. For this purpose, a cooperation was entered into with Vodafone and the area code 01521 is used . As in other countries, Lycamobile is a virtual network operator (MVNO) in Germany, which means that you operate your own mobile communications network and your own server and only use the Vodafone network. At the head of Lycamobile Ltd. In Germany, Dietmar Görlach was employed as Country Manager and Osman Talip as National Key Account Manager and Business Development Manager.

Lycamobile in Austria

Lycamobile was launched in Austria on November 8, 2013 and uses the network of A1, a subsidiary of Telekom Austria .

Lycamobile in Switzerland

First, on July 3, 2008, Lycamobile started in Switzerland and uses the Swisscom network there. Since August 5, 2014, a credit that has been booked expires after three months (see GTC 4.6).

Individual evidence

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  28. ↑ LycaTV
  29. ↑ Mobilfunk Talk: GT Mobile discontinued - Existing customers will be migrated to Lycamobile. January 1, 2014, accessed April 25, 2014 .
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