Route Mobile (formerly Routesms Solutions Ltd) is an Indian

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platform as a service (CPaaS) company. Started in 2004 and headquartered in

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, the company has presence in more than 15 locations across Asia-Pacific,

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and

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History

Route Mobile was started in

in May 2004 as a

platform provider for over the top (OTT) and

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(MNO). It partnered with companies including

Idea Cellular Idea Cellular was an Indian telecommunications company based at Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was an integrated GSM operator and had 220.00 million subscribers as of June 2018. In 2018 Idea Cellular merged with Vodafone India into Vodafone ...

Lanka Bell Lanka Bell () was the largest fixed wireless operator and the 3rd largest fixed phone operator with an island wide digital wireless network in Sri Lanka. Lanka Bell was formed in 1997 as the single largest BOI Company in Sri Lanka with an inves ...

, and Arab Financials Services for providing messaging services in

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, Middle East and North Africa region. In May 2017, Route Mobile acquired Call 2 Connect, an ITES provider based out of India. In the same year, Route Mobile acquired 365squared, a SMS

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company based out of

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. In July 2023, it was announced that Belgian telecommunications company

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would be taking a majority stake in Route Mobile through its daughter holding Opal. On May 8, 2024, it was announced that this transaction had been completed.

Recognition

* 2019: The Best Messaging Innovation – Consumer Solution Award at Messaging and SMS Global Awards,

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. * 2019: The Fastest Growing Indian Technology and Telecom Company Award in UK at

Meets Britain Tracker 2019. * 2020: Among the most fastest growing companies in

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& Telecom sector and overall 2nd in the UK's top fastest growing Indian companies in the

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2020. * 2019: The Best Governed Company in the unlisted segment (Emerging Category) award at the 19th ICSI National Award for

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References

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External links

Official WebsiteSMS Gateway
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