key people ralph eric kunz cofounder chairman thorsten trapp cofounder cto jochen dose ceo number of employees 100 website www.tyntec.com tyntec is a global mobile messaging operator and cloud communications provider founded on the isle of man . its main offices are in munich and dortmund germany . it operates offices in london singapore san francisco and on the isle of man . its core competency is to enable the easy integration of three key telco services sms voice and mobile numbers . 1 contents 1 history 2 funding 3 technology 4 awards 5 competitors 6 external links 7 references history edit former logo tyntec was founded by entrepreneurs dr. ralph eric kunz and thorsten trapp in 2002 . 2 funding edit in june 2008 tyntec received a non disclosed investment sum from harbourvest an independent global alternative investment firm . in december 2010 tyntec received further investment from iris capital a pan european growth fund specializing in technology media and telecommunications . 3 technology edit tyntec has built and developed a scalable proprietary patent protected technology infrastructure that is installed at the operator level which gives it direct operator level connectivity to the gsm network . the signal routing and delivery platform housed in the technical operations center in dortmund is the core of tyntec s messaging platform . it is designed to be scalable and to handle high volumes of traffic without service degradation . it also provides several interfaces which are available across all networks . tyntec s direct access into the global mobile network through its agreements with operators means that the company can directly reach the subscribers handset . this is particularly important in crisis situations when networks are often overloaded or go down . 4 awards edit in 2010 tyntec was awarded the red herring magazine 100 europe award . in 2011 it was awarded the red herring magazine global 100 award for its tt.one solution . in the same year it also won the internet telephony product of the year award . 5 competitors edit competitors are clickatell ericsson ipx infobip sybase with sybase 365 mblox netsize mach twilio external links edit official website references edit crunchbase entry crunchbase silicon valley s assault on mobile s gated kingdom the register february 28 2012 iris capital invests in tyntec entrepreneur country december 14 2010 global warning system gws selects tyntec for international safety alerts mobilitytechzone october 29 2012 tyntec awards awards 2010 and 2011 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tyntec & oldid 727315609 categories mobile telecommunication serviceshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 june 2016 at 04 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view