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Jippii
Jippii was an international mobile and web portal. The service was opened in 1999 as a web portal of Saunalahti Group with the name ''Saunalahti.fi''. Saunalahti Group and its web portal was renamed ''Jippii'' in late 2000 (Jippii Group Oyj) and it grew during the dot-com bubble to an international web service. During the early 2000s the Finnish Jippii-portal was the biggest or second biggest Finnish web medium. Jippii Group reverted its name back to Saunalahti Group in 2003 and corporatized its mobile entertainment / web portal activities into Jippii Mobile Entertainment Oy. In July 2004 Saunalahti Group sold the aforementioned company and Jippii portal to the British ''Itouch'' company. In 2007 Itouch itself was bought by Buongiorno, an Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saunalahti Group
Saunalahti (previously Jippii) was a Finnish mobile phone operator and an internet service provider. History The company was founded in 1996 when three middle-sized internet operators merged. In 2009 the Helsinki Court of Appeal An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to Hearing (law), hear a Legal case, case upon appeal from a trial court or other ... convicted Jippii leadership of using inside information when selling its own shares, accounting mistakes and too good information of the company finance to public in 2001. The case was brought back to the court in 2012 and all 26 convictions were overturned. The Finnish state was obliged to pay 4 million euros from the trial. In 2005 Saunalahti merged with Elisa Oyj, Elisa. Icelandic-led Novator Partners, Novator acquired a large share of the company in 2005. Subsequently Elisa acquired all stock and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |