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Tanla Platforms Ltd, previously known as Tanla Solutions Ltd, is an Indian multinational communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company based in
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. The company provides
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in the
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space. Tanla has more than 600 employees across its offices, including two overseas locations–
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and
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. The company is listed on BSE and
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in India.


History

Tanla was founded by Dasari Uday Kumar Reddy in May 1999 during the
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. In December 2006, Tanla was listed on BSE and NSE after its
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. Tanla acquired
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-based
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company OpenBit Oy (now called Tanla Oy) in 2008. In June 2008, Tanla picked up 85% in the company, followed by an acquisition of 5% in June 2009 and the remaining 10% in April 2010. Tanla Platforms, in August 2018, acquired 100% of Karix Mobile (formerly known as mGage India) and its wholly owned subsidiary Unicel from GSO Capital Partners, a Blackstone company, at an enterprise value of 340 crore. The closure of this acquisition was announced in April 2019. In 2023, Tanla acquired 100% stake in ValueFirst Group from
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for $42 million (346 crore).


Services

Tanla Platforms Limited initially started as a Bulk SMS provider in Hyderabad catering to
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. As the team grew, the company evolved into a Cloud communication provider with services and products with aggregators and Telcos across the globe.


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