Docomo Digital Germany
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | October 9, 2000 |
| Seat | Dusseldorf , Germany |
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| Number of employees | 216 (2015) |
| sales | 117.5 million euros (2015) |
| Branch | Mobile business , mobile payment , multimedia services , alternative payment |
| Website | www.docomodigital.com |
The Docomo Digital Germany GmbH , headquartered in Dusseldorf is an international company leading mobile and interactive value added services and payment solutions. It operated under the name net mobile AG until December 27, 2016 .
Docomo Digital Germany GmbH has been an 87 percent subsidiary of the Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo since 2009 . With Net-m Privatbank 1891 , Docomo Digital has its own bank.
Business activity
The business of Docomo Digital Germany GmbH is aimed exclusively at business customers. It is therefore a pure business-to-business provider. The company sees itself as a “leading full-service provider for payment solutions and mobile value-added services” and provides “direct carrier billing”, mobile payment and mobile TV services.
History of Net Mobile AG
The first entry under the name Net Mobile AG was made on October 9, 2000 at the Chamber of Commerce in Cologne ; in the same year the headquarters were relocated to Düsseldorf . In 2001, Net Mobile AG took over SMS Infowelt. The business area initially consisted of classic info SMS and the associated services . At the same time, Net Mobile AG set up a smart download platform. In January 2002 there was the first successful WAP application with moving pictures. In 2003, Net Mobile AG started marketing ring tones . In 2004 she brought video downloads for cell phones and thus moving entertainment onto the market. In February 2004 the branch in Shanghai ( China ) was opened. On June 27, 2005, Net Mobile AG announced that it would go public in July 2005 as part of an IPO .
In September 2009, the leading Japanese wireless operator NTT Docomo made a voluntary public takeover offer for Net Mobile AG. At the end of the acceptance period for the public takeover offer to the shareholders of Net Mobile AG on Monday, November 9, 2009, Docomo Deutschland GmbH, a wholly owned mobile communications company owned by NTT Docomo, held around 72 percent of the share capital and voting rights of Net Mobile AG.
In November 2013, Net Mobile announced that the two board members Frank Hartmann (CFO) and Edgar Schnorpfeil (COO) were leaving the company. In March 2014, the company announced its separation from CEO Theodor Niehues. Edgar Schnorpfeil returned to the company as the new CEO. In April 2015 Simone Wittstruck succeeded Imran Khan as the new CFO, Khan took over parts of the operational business as Chief Operating Officer . At the end of June 2016, Imran Khan left the company as Chief Operating Officer.
As part of a squeeze-out process, Docomo Digital GmbH acquired all of the outstanding shares of the minority shareholders of net mobile AG. The listing ended in September 2016.
Net Mobile AG has been operating under the name Docomo Digital Germany GmbH since December 27, 2016.
Sales development
| Sales development of Net Mobile AG | |
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| Fiscal year | Sales in € million |
| October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005 | 32.70 |
| 2005/2006 | 50.03 |
| 2006/2007 | 59.70 |
| 2007/2008 | 59.40 |
| 2008/2009 | 91.97 |
| 2009/2010 | 92.59 |
| Short fiscal year October 1 to December 31, 2010 | 27.12 |
| 2011 | 106.65 |
| 2012 | 124.76 |
| 2013 | 130.49 |
| 2014 | 122.15 |
| 2015 | 117.5 |
criticism
Around July 2002 the Focus reported in connection with overpriced chargeable value-added services (0190 numbers) about "a complex network of relationships between network operators, agents and service providers", in which Net Mobile AG was also involved. Consumers could hardly understand the "carefully nested business relationships".
In April 2004, the Düsseldorf public prosecutor searched the offices of Net Mobile AG and its sales partners Logoland and Logoplanet on suspicion of copyright infringement and accounting fraud in connection with ring tones.
In June 2011, blogger Wolfgang Osinski published an open letter on the GoPAY subscription service from Net Mobile on the Düsseldorf blog , which “surprises” many customers with incomprehensible bills. The Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office had confirmed that there were “a number of reports”. In January 2012, the lawyer Frauke Andresen reported on WAP - subscription traps for smartphones - on her specialist blog Von Due Warning . Providers such as Net Mobile offer supposedly free SMS, which, coupled with a subscription, lead to ongoing costs.
In August 2012, the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung reported on the case of a ten-year-old girl who fell into a subscription trap in 2009. The Heidelberg law firm Seiler & Kollegen is trying to sue its father for the amounts invoiced by Net Mobile AG. The newspaper refers to numerous entries on the Internet about similar problems with the law firm in question or with Net Mobile. According to the Bottrop consumer advice center , the name Net Mobile keeps falling in connection with subscription traps on cell phones , reported the WAZ in November 2013. The editorial team of inside-handy.de reported extensively on such subscription traps .
In 2014, new cases became known in which hidden or seemingly harmless advertising banners in smartphone apps such as WhatsApp triggered subscription traps that lead to excessive bills. The payment processing of these subscription traps via WAP billing runs through Net Mobile AG. Also in 2016, consumer advocates warned against subscription traps, the payment of which was processed via Net Mobile.
Net-m private bank 1891
Net-m Privatbank 1891 AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Docomo Digital Germany GmbH. For details see there.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 4, 2016.
- ↑ [Information in the commercial register of the Düsseldorf District Court under HRB 79487 or 48022]
- ↑ net mobile AG at a glance . Net Mobile website, accessed March 27, 2014.
- ^ Company homepage , accessed January 30, 2015
- ↑ net mobile AG . Firmenwissen.de, accessed on October 7, 2011.
- ↑ net AG wants to take over SMS-infowelt AG . Golem.de, accessed on October 7, 2011.
- ↑ CeBIT 2002 - the mobile future at "Net Mobile AG" accessed on October 7, 2011
- ↑ Net Mobile introduces Master Ringtones, accessed October 7, 2011
- ↑ Net Mobile AG shows the current “mobile entertainment trends” for the new generation of mobile phones at CeBIT in Hanover ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 7, 2011
- ↑ Net Mobile AG successfully starts services in China with its new branch in Shanghai ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 7, 2011
- ↑ NTT Docomo wants to buy Düsseldorfer Net Mobile AG accessed on October 12, 2011
- ↑ NTT Docomo Secures 79.59 percent of net mobile shares accessed on October 12, 2011
- ↑ Deficit net mobile AG surprisingly loses two board members called on March 27, 2014
- ↑ net mobile: Personnel back and forth in the board - old board returns , it-times.de, March 20, 2014, accessed on March 27, 2014
- ↑ Net Mobile says Simone Wittstruck appointed as CFO . Reuters , April 1, 2015.
- ↑ Change in the management board of net mobile AG . DGAP.de , July 1, 2016.
- ↑ net mobile AG: Entry of the squeeze-out decision in the commercial register , press release on dgap.de, September 13, 2016.
- ^ Docomo Digital Germany GmbH . Moneyhouse Deutschland AG website, accessed January 3, 2017.
- ↑ Annual report 2004/2005 to consolidated annual financial statements for the short financial year 2010 ( memento of the original from July 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 12, 2011
- ↑ 0190: Do not call! In: Focus , July 22, 2002.
- ↑ Justice is targeting ringtone providers ( memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Financial Times Deutschland , April 7, 2004.
- ↑ Cell Phones: The Big Beep Show . In: Der Spiegel , May 24, 2004.
- ↑ “Net Mobile AG”, “Go Pay” - rip off from the media harbor? Düsseldorf Blog, June 3, 2011
- ↑ Smartphone subscription traps . Blog of the lawyer Frauke Andresen, January 23, 2012.
- ↑ Jörg Sanders: Ten-year-old Hilteran falls into a subscription trap on the Internet . In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , August 7, 2012.
- ↑ Tim Schulze: Subscription trap snaps to cell phone . In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , November 15, 2013.
- ↑ Subscription rip-off: The lousy tricks from third-party providers and what you can do about them , inside-handy.de , July 15, 2016
- ↑ Smartphone: subscription trap . ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. WDR , November 4, 2014.
- ↑ Smartphone annoyance: subscription rip-off out of nowhere . shz.de , October 15, 2014.
- ↑ Jessica Balleer: Protection from being ripped off by smartphone , Rheinische Post , March 16, 2016
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