{"id":5512,"date":"2016-04-14T15:08:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2018-06-06T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T09:59:32","slug":"ibasis-agrees-to-sell-sms-business-to-messagebird-and-partner-on-future-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=5512","title":{"rendered":"iBasis Agrees to Sell SMS Business to MessageBird and Partner on Future Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iBasis, a KPN company, and MessageBird today announced a definitive agreement to sell the iBasis A2P &#038; P2P SMS hubbing business to MessageBird, an innovative communications services company based in Amsterdam. The agreement also establishes a partnership for future business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer of iBasis\u2019 SMS business, including customer and vendor relationships, expands MessageBirds\u2019 global reach in the messaging landscape. iBasis, a leading international provider of wholesale voice and mobile data services, has over the last two years increased its focus on emerging 4G services such as LTE roaming and VoLTE. <\/p>\n<p>Robert Vis, CEO of MessageBird said: \u201cThis accelerates our already rapid growth and strengthens our strategic position in global messaging. We are excited to offer iBasis\u2019 customers our cloud-based messaging solutions, through which we provide scalability and global deliverability to over 10,000 existing customers in 60 countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to be able to find a strong partner to ensure continuous high-quality service for existing and future SMS customers, while enhancing our focus on the development of new mobile value added services,\u201d said Feddo Hazewindus, CEO of iBasis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iBasis, a KPN company, and MessageBird today announced a definitive agreement to sell the iBasis A2P &#038; P2P SMS hubbing business to MessageBird, an innovative communications services company based in Amsterdam. The agreement also establishes a partnership for future business &#8230; <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=5512\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1826,1823,1824,1825],"class_list":["post-5512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-feddo-hazewindus","tag-ibasis","tag-messagebird","tag-robert-vis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5513,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512\/revisions\/5513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}