Comviva
Telecommunications company
Comviva (formerly known as Mahindra Comviva) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, with additional offices in Bangalore and Mumbai. It also has offices in Johannesburg, Kenya, Abidjan, Nigeria, Dubai, Indonesia, Australia, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Colombia, and the United States.
History and acquisitions
Founded in 1999 in New Delhi, Comviva was incorporated as Bharti Telesoft Limited. In April 2009, it was renamed Comviva Technologies Limited. Comviva merged with CellCloud Technologies Limited, a Bangalore headquartered company, offering "electronic top-up solutions", in December 2002. In December 2007, Comviva acquired Jataayu Software Limited, a Bangalore-based provider of "value added telecom solutions".
In September 2012, Tech Mahindra acquired a 51 percent stake in the Gurgaon-based mobile application firm Comviva from Bharti Group. In February 2013, Comviva was re-branded as Mahindra Comviva. In February 2014, it partnered with Bharti Airtel to deploy its enterprise communications platform in 16 countries across Africa.
In January 2016, the company acquired a controlling stake in Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS), a leading provider of mobility solutions to the telecom industry in Latin America to strengthen its in-region presence.
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