Victorvox
| Victorvox GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1985 |
| resolution | January 6, 2009 |
| Reason for dissolution | Merger with McSIM Mobilfunk GmbH |
| Seat | Krefeld |
| management | Paschalis Choulidis, Vlasios Choulidis |
| Number of employees | 293 (2002) |
| sales | 297 million euros (2002) |
| Branch | Cellular provider |
| Website | www.drillisch-telecom.de |
The Victorvox GmbH (own notation: "VICTORVOX") was an in Krefeld -based mobile service provider and from 2003 subsidiary of Drillisch AG. Victorvox appeared mainly as a service provider for various cell phone companies. The legal form was recently a limited liability company , previously a public limited company (AG). On January 6, 2009, Victorvox GmbH, Telco Services GmbH and Alphatel Kommunikationstechnik GmbH were merged into McSIM Mobilfunk GmbH and the company was renamed Drillisch Telecom GmbH.
Personal details
In January 2008 the Drillisch board members Paschalis Choulidis and his brother Vlasios are managing directors of Victorvox GmbH. Hartmut Schenk is the chairman of the supervisory board. The company's data protection officer is - in addition to her work as a lecturer at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf - lawyer Katrin Hammerich.
Strategic partnerships
- 2000 Victorvox cooperates with CTS EVENTIM AG (marketing of tickets for concerts, theater and sporting events).
- 2001 Victorvox and the Bochum-based car accessories franchiser D&W enter into a strategic partnership. D&W offers mobile phone contracts for various networks.
- 2007 Cooperation with the Bietigheim-Bissinger RadiCens GmbH. Since April 2007, a mobile data flat rate has been offered under the brand name "MoobiCent" in cooperation between the two companies.
history
- 1985 Foundation in Krefeld as "autoradioland"
- 1988 Entry into the mobile communications industry
- 1995 Renaming to Victorvox
- 1999 Victorvox becomes a stock corporation (total turnover according to own information: approx. 259 million DM)
- 2000 Total turnover in the business year 2000 (according to own information, see above) approx. 610 million DM
- 2001 Victorvox becomes a DSL provider. (Total sales (according to own information, see above) approx. 725 million DM (370 million euros))
- 2002 Victorvox employs 293 people. The company has a turnover of 297 million euros
- 2002 CFO and company founder Olaf Hagelkruys was released from his duties at his own request. Helmfrid Fülling becomes the new CFO
- 2003 Drillisch AG takes over the majority (71.9%) in Victorvox AG. Vlasios and Paschalis Choulidis become Victorvox directors.
- 2005 Stefan Sartor resigns from the Executive Board of Victorvox AG. The board of directors is reduced to two members. From now on, Mr. Sator's duties will be taken over by the Choulidis brothers.
- 2006 conversion into a GmbH
- January 6, 2009 Merger with McSIM Mobilfunk GmbH , today Drillisch Telecom GmbH
Victorvox and consumer protection
In the past, Victorvox made a name for itself with its idiosyncratic appearance towards customers and consumer advocates. Essentially, Victorvox has become noticeable with three major incidents in recent years:
- illegal deactivation fee (2001)
- the faircom affair (2003)
- the MoobiCent throttles (2007)
In 2001 the consumer advice center had to declare a deactivation fee to be inadmissible before the Düsseldorf Regional Court and the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court . The company had previously received several warnings on this matter. Before the Federal Court of Justice , the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations also received the right in a different procedure. With a judgment of April 18, 2002, it was decided that the clause on the deactivation fee is inadmissible if the mobile phone contract is terminated in accordance with the contract. Furthermore, a proxy lawsuit was won for repayment of the deactivation fee.
In 2003, Victorvox was noticed in connection with the insolvent broker Faircom. This involved coupling transactions between Premiere subscriptions and Victorvox mobile phone contracts. Faircom's idea was to broker mobile phone contracts and Premiere subscriptions at the same time. Part of the commission for the placement of the telephone contract was passed on to the customers (for the purpose of settling the monthly basic fees). After Faircom went bankrupt, payment defaults occurred, so that the basic fees due had to be paid by the customer himself. In their distress, some customers then terminated their contracts. While Premiere released the Faircom victims from their contracts without hesitation, Victorvox was less insightful. According to the WDR, Victorvox expressed the following in a letter: “Please note that the lack of basic fee exemptions that you have complained about cannot be taken over by Victorvox AG. Regrettably, we are also unable to comply with a termination issued by you in this context. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Ad hoc announcement from Drillisch AG of December 4, 2008
- ↑ www.aktiencheck.de
- ↑ Company homepage
- ↑ heise.de: VictorVox wants to offer DSL flat rate from May
- ↑ a b golem.de Drillisch takes over majority in Victorvox
- ↑ Board member resigns
- ↑ OLG Düsseldorf, judgment of July 11, 2001 , Az. 12 O 506/00, full text.
- ↑ OLG Düsseldorf, judgment of July 18, 2002 , Az. I-6 U 218/01, full text.
- ^ Lawsuit against Victorvox successful .
- ^ BGH, judgment of April 18, 2002 , Az. III ZR 199/01, full text.
- ↑ a b Consumer Center Hamburg eV ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2007 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.
- ↑ Krefeld District Court, judgment of April 11, 2003, Az. 72 C 158/03.
- ↑ WDR.de ( Memento from December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ "Please note that the lack of basic fee exemptions that you have complained about cannot be taken over by Victorvox AG. Regrettably , we are also unable to comply with a termination issued by you in this context. " Www.wdr.de ( Memento of December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
