kirusa : customers

The customer base of Kirusa today is spread across mobile operators and other service providers spanning multiple countries. The company has over thirty mobile carriers as customers, with over 325 million subscribers, sending millions of messages every day.

	The Aircel group is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited, whose current shareholders are the Reddy family of Apollo Hospitals Group of India, with Maxis Communications holding a majority stake of 74%. Aircel commenced operations in 1999 and became the leading mobile operator in Tamil Nadu within 18 months. In December 2003, it launched commercially in Chennai and quickly established itself as a market leader – a position it has held since. For more information, go to www.aircel.com
	Airtel Ghana: Airtel is the new brand name for the 16 Zain operations across Africa which were acquired by Airtel International in June 2010. Airtel is driven by the vision of providing affordable and innovative mobile services to all. Airtel has African operations in: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Airtel International is a Bharti Airtel company. For more information, please visit www.airtel.com
	Bankinter is a multichannel bank that provides a broad range of relation and financial operation possibilities to its customers. In Spain, it pioneered the use of alternative channels such as telephone, internet and more recently, mobile handsets, for remote banking services and has established itself as the market leader through its service quality, the constant innovation in products and channels, and state of the art technology. http://www.ebankinter.com
	Bayan Telecommunications (Bayan), a member of the Lopez Group of Companies and one of the top companies in the Philippines in terms of gross revenues, is a major provider of a wide range of voice and Internet applications to residential customers nationwide. The company is also a leading provider of data communications services, such as dedicated domestic and international leased lines, frame relay and Internet access, to companies in strategic industries such as banks, manufacturing, business process outsourcing, among others. More information at www.bayan.com.ph
	Established in 1994, Bouygues Telecom passed the 8 million customer mark (5.4 million contract customers) at the beginning of 2006, 10 years after its commercial launch. Its ambition is to become the "preferred brand of mobile services" which has been delivered through a menu of innovative service introductions, ranging from highly competitive ‘talk plans’, national broadband Edge network covering over 90% of the population providing music downloads (in partnership with Universal Music, instant messaging, free and unlimited e-mail to swap messages for imode customers, to name a few. http://www.bouyguestelecom.fr
	CLARO in Peru is 100% subsidiary of America Movil, SAB de CV [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX]. [NASDAQ: AMOV] [LATIBEX: XAMXL], the leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in Latin America with operations in 18 countries in the Americas and more than 206 million mobile users. For more information, go to www.claro.com.pe
	Eagle Mobile is the youngest mobile operator in Albania. It was established on 23rd October 2003 by the Albanian government as a company owned by Alb Telecom. Eagle Mobile broke a record by entering the Albanian telecommunication market on 12 March 2008. The limits of speed were broken with the company reaching full coverage of the territory in 6 months. Eagle Mobile as on 31st December 2008 covered 97% of the population and 90.7 % of the territory by sending its services all around the country. One year after entering the market, in its first anniversary, Eagle Mobile has reached 380 thousand subscribers. ‘Proring’ and ‘Riniring’ tariffs resulted in a big success for the company. For the first time prepaid and post-paid numbers were integrated in the same tariff group. Something like this was never seen before in Albania. Very soon Eagle Mobile brought for the first time the Edge Technology, internet to the mobile phone. Via USB Modem everyone can have access to internet in its desktop or laptop wherever there is an Eagle Mobile signal. In a record time Eagle Mobile achieved full roaming service. Eagle Mobile is roaming in 200 countries with nearly 400 operators. And lastly Eagle Mobile is ready for the technology of the third generation 3G, which will bring speed and possibilities never thought before in communication, video calling and speed in processing information on mobile phones.
	Etisalat has been the telecommunications service provider in the United Arab Emirates since 1976. Since then, it has built up state-of-the-art telecom infrastructure and taken a leadership position of innovation and reliability among regional and international operators. Etisalat’s mobile phone service penetration in the UAE has crossed 150 per cent of the population. With 6.3 million subscribers, Internet and broadband penetration in the UAE has reached 60 per cent, a significant achievement by Etisalat compared to regional average. In addition to being the UAE’s telecom provider, Etisalat has now expanded to manage and operate telecom companies in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan, Tanzania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Togo, Republic of Central Africa, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Afghanistan. With shares in Sudan’s ‘Sudatel’, Qatar’s Q-Tel and Thuraya, the satellite telephone service provider, Etisalat is a key regional player that lends its expertise and resources towards the betterment of information and communication technology. http://www.etisalat.ae
	France Telecom is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, with over 145 million customers in 220 countries or territories, and consolidated revenues of €49 billion for 2005. Through its major international brands, including Orange, Wanadoo, Equant and GlobeCast, France Telecom provides businesses, consumers and other carriers with a complete portfolio of solutions that spans local, long-distance and international telephony, wireless, Internet, multimedia, data, broadcast and cable TV services. France Telecom is the second-largest wireless operator and the number three Internet access provider in Europe, and a world leader in telecommunications solutions for multinational corporations. http://www.francetelecom.com/en/
	Globacom Limited is Africa's fastest growing telecommunications company. Owned by the Mike Adenuga Group, Globacom is the market leading mobile service provider in Nigeria. Globacom also operates in the Republic of Benin and has recently acquired licenses to operate in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. It has a reputation as one of the fastest growing mobile service providers in the world. Globacom Limited aims to be recognized as the biggest and best mobile network in Africa.
	GrameenPhone Ltd. is the largest telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh offering the largest network coverage, and has grown to more than 8.5 million subscribers. Since introducing its service in March 1997, GrameenPhone remains committed to providing the best service to its customers, as well as launching innovative new products and services. GrameenPhone is a joint venture between Telenor ASA, the largest telecommunications company in Norway, and Grameen Telecom Corporation, a subsidiary of the micro-credit pioneer Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. http://www.grameenphone.com
	As India's leading GSM Mobile Services operator, IDEA Cellular has licenses to operate in 11 circles. With a customer base of over 10 million, IDEA Cellular has operations in Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP-West, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. IDEA Cellular's footprint currently covers approximately 45% of India's population and over 50% of the potential telecom-market. More about IDEA Cellular Ltd. at http://www.ideacellular.com
	Having started its services in 1995, Loop Mobile, earlier known as BPL Mobile, currently operates in Mumbai, India. Loop Mobile serves over 1 million premium and high ARPU, happy and satisfied subscribers. Loop Mobile recently became the only operator in the country to be voted India's best mobile service twice in the nationwide survey conducted, across GSM & CDMA Service providers, by Voice and Data Magazine in January, 2006. Another report by AC Nielsen-ORG Marg published in The Economic Times Brand Equity has also rated Loop Mobile amongst the top five admired and trusted telecom brands in the country. http://www.loopmobile.in
	Launched in 1994, the MTN Group is a multinational telecommunications group, operating in 21 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The MTN Group is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in South Africa under the share code: "MTN". As at 31 December 2008, MTN recorded 90,7 million subscribers across its operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Republic, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia. The MTN Group is a global sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ and has exclusive mobile content rights for Africa and the Middle East. http://www.mtn.com/
	The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited is an Indian Government owned telephone service provider in the cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai in India. The company was a monopoly till 2000 when telecom sector was thrown open to other service providers. MTNL provides fixed line telephones, cellular connection of both GSM - Dolphin (Postpaid) and Trump (prepaid) and WLL (CDMA) - Garuda-FW and Garuda-Mobile and internet services through dialup and DSL - Broadband internet TriBand. MTNL has also started Games on demand, video on demand and IPTV services in India through its Broadband Internet service called Triband. Phone numbers belonging to MTNL start with the prefix 2. MTNL also provides other services such as VPN and leased lines through BSNL and VSNL. The cellular base of MTNL has approx. 2.7 million subscribers. http://www.mtnl.net.in
	Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India's leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the Tata Indicom brand, and uses the latest technology platform(s) for its wireless network. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 7,500 towns across 22 circles—Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Delhi NCR, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (E), Uttar Pradesh (W), Kolkata, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, RoWB, Assam, North Eastern States and Jammu & Kashmir. Tata Indicom has a customer base of nearly 32 million. For more information, log on to www.tataindicom.com
	Transdev is an international company operating 100 networks in more than 70 cities worldwide, with a reputation for delivering high quality local public and heavy rail transport. Their expertise is applicable to a range of urban environments and transit modes, from pioneering a new tram system in Nottingham and coaches in Paris, ski services in the Alps and buses in Sydney, to school transport and airport ground transportation. Transdev carries more than three million passengers a day. http://www.transdev.fr (or http://www.transdevplc.co.uk for English)
	Ufone GSM is a Pakistan GSM cellular service provider. The company is one of six GSM Mobile companies in Pakistan, and is a subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunication Company. Ufone has network coverage in more than 750 cities, towns and across all major highways of Pakistan. Ufone is increasing usage and exploring new revenue streams on value added services, market visibility through various market initiatives to fulfill subscribers’ satisfaction and demand and above all to increase the value of investment for the shareholders. http://www.ufone.com
	Uganda Telecom is Uganda’s leading telecommunications innovator. Uganda telecom provides voice and data communication solutions that include fixed telephony, mobile telephony, ISP and data communications. Uganda Telecom reached the 1M subscribers mark in January 2008. Uganda telecom has the largest fixed line network and is also the largest ISP in the country. For more information, visit Uganda telecom at http://www.utl.co.ug
	Vinaphone is a Vietnamese major mobile network operator headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Founded on June 26, 1996, Vinaphone is the third largest telecommunications provider in Vietnam, contributing 20% to the total mobile communicationmarket. For more information, log on to www.vinaphone.com.vn
	Visafone Communications Limited is a wholly owned Nigerian telecommunications company. The company was incorporated in Nigeria on June 20, 2007 following the acquisition of Cellcom. Visafone received its Unified Access Service Licence as a telecom operator from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on August 1, 2007. For more information, visit Visafone at http://www.visafone.com.ng
	In March 2007 Trilogy Dominicana, subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners LLC (TIP), acquired the operations of All America Cables & Radio / Centennial Dominicana, which has implemented an intensive restructuring of the company, and the construction of a new GSM Network complemented its CDMA network, launched its brand VIVA, in April 2008. VIVA, which in a few months will complete its two years of operations in the Dominican Republic, has positioned itself as a strong competitor with a young, dynamic, simple and innovative brand representing the spirit of its services and technology it uses. In a short period of time VIVA has launched innovative products and value added services, characterized by pioneering the market of the Dominican Republic to introduce concepts that link the needs of their customers to new and advanced technologies and was the first in democratizing telecommunications services in DR with convenient plans and tariffs. Viva has made a strong distribution network and continues to capture a large number of customers every day. For more information, go to www.viva.com.do
	In order to promote the development of telecommunications in Bolivia, VIVA began operations in late 1999, bringing the country's first GSM technology, designed to give the Bolivians the ability to communicate as never before, the technology platform most advanced and powerful in the world. A revolution in the market that defined our corporate culture: efficient, transparent and committed to our customers. Since then, VIVA has become the company's largest and fastest growing sector, consolidating the mobile phone network (GSM) the country's largest, with more than 1 million active subscribers, and the public telephone network and wider the greatest social impact of Bolivia. For more information, go to www.nuevatel.com
	Vodafone Essar in India is a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc and commenced operations in 1994 when its predecessor Hutchison Telecom acquired the cellular license for Mumbai. Vodafone Essar now has operations in 21 circles with over 56.70 million customers. Over the years, Vodafone Essar, under the Hutch brand, has been named the ‘Most Respected Telecom Company’, the ‘Best Mobile Service in the country’ and the ‘Most Creative and Most Effective Advertiser of the Year’. Vodafone is the world’s leading international mobile communications company. It now has operations in 25 countries across 5 continents and 40 partner networks with over 269 million customers worldwide. Vodafone has partnered with the Essar Group as its principal joint venture partner for the Indian market. Essar Global Limited (EGL) is a diversified business group spanning the manufacturing and services sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping & Logistics, and Projects. The group has operations and investments in India, Canada, USA, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and South East Asia and employs 30,000 people worldwide. Figures from Cellular Operators Association of India, October 31, 2008
	Communication Cellulaire D’Haïti S.A. (ComCEL) is a leading mobile telecommunications operator in Haiti, providing high-quality affordable wireless service under the Voilà brand name. ComCEL directly employs more than 500 local staff and provides indirect employment to more than 15,000 Haitians. Since its inception ten years ago, ComCEL has invested over US$200 million in Haiti. ComCEL is a subsidiary of Trilogy International Partners LLC (Trilogy), based in Bellevue, Washington, which operates mobile communications companies in Bolivia, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and New Zealand. Additional information about ComCEL can be found at www.comcelhaiti.com and www.FamilyInThe509.com
	United Arab Emirates' Warid Telecom became the sixth operator in Bangladesh's mobile phone market in December 2005. Warid Telecom has aggressive plans to reach the entire Bangladesh population within one year and is aiming to make the mobile communication even more affordable for the masses of Bangladesh. Warid Telecom (Pvt) Ltd. is owned and supported by the Abu Dhabi Consortium led by His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan. More about Warid Telecom at http://www.waridtel.com.bd
	Warid Telecom is owned by the Abu Dhabi Group, led by His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan. The Abu Dhabi Group has other successful investments in Pakistan, namely Bank Alfalah, United Bank Limited, Taavun & Wateen Telecom, Raseen and the new rollout of mobile networks in Bangladesh, Republic of Congo and Uganda. The Abu Dhabi Group also has other international investments in the finance, hospitality, property, oil exploration and supplies, and automobile-related industries. Warid Telecom is the fastest growing and third largest GSM mobile company in Pakistan with over 7 million subscribers in the short span of less than two years of operations. For more information about the company, please visit www.waridtel.com
	Warid Congo offers an opportunity to access products and services more exciting and innovative than each other! Subscribers can download music; send multimedia messages from their mobile phone tother than the traditional services that offer a network of mobile telephony: Call, send SMS, call waiting, conference call, missed call alerts etc. Warid Congo is the third GSM operator to move to Congo after Celtel & MTN. It is in this competitive environment it will be necessary to conquer the Congolese market. Warid Congo is the point of view of the group, the second GSM operator Warid Telecom International of Africa after Uganda. The group intends to continue its aggressive expansion in Africa, a new license was awarded to Warid International in Cote d'Ivoire where Warid Telecom International has acquired 76% share in Cellcom.
	Essar Telecom Business Group has significant interests in telecommunications services, spanning mobile telephony, telecom tower infrastructure, telecom retail and IT/telecom enabled services. Essar holds a 33% interest in Vodafone Essar, which is a joint venture with the Vodafone Group, and is one of India’s largest cellular service providers, with over 115 million subscribers Essar Telecom Kenya has within the past year launched Kenya’s fourth mobile cellular network under the brand “yu”. "The Mobile Store", a pioneering telecom retail initiative from the Group, is India's largest national retail chain of mobile phone stores with over 1300 stores spread across 200 cities.
	Zain is a leading emerging markets player in the field of telecommunications aiming to become one of the top ten mobile operators in the world by 2011. Zain was established in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator. Since 2003, it has grown significantly becoming the 4th largest mobile network in the world in terms of geographic presence with a footprint in 22 countries spread across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services to 56.3 million active customers (as on 30 September 2008). Zain operates in the following countries: Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In Lebanon, the company manages the network on behalf of the government operating as mtc-touch. The company’s mobile operations in Ghana will begin by the end of 2008. The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). The company had a market capitalization of over US$ 23.4 billion on 30 September, 2008.
	China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak) is a 100% subsidiary of China Mobile. The pioneering overseas set up of China Mobile came through acquisition of a license from Millicom to operate a GSM network in Pakistan. So far CMPak has invested more than US$ 700 million in the telecom sector in Pakistan and an additional US$ 800 million will be invested till the end of year 2008. CMPak is geared to offer neatly packaged VAS products that will benefit the individuals, corporates as well as small businesses. Led by a team of professionals from the field of cellular communication, CMPak is determined to make its mark in the Pakistani market and to change the way people communicate. ZONG is the first International brand of China Mobile launched in Pakistan. The core essence of ZONG is to allow people to communicate at will, without worrying about tariffs, network coverage, capacity issues or congestion. ZONG is supported by ground breaking communications, trend setting customer service and an unmatched product offering which will redefine rules of the game and establish ZONG as a serious contender for the number one spot. http://www.zong.com.pk