founded 2000 headquarters 49 51 quai de dion bouton 92806 puteaux cedex la d fense france key people jacques bonifay founder & ceo bertrand salomon co founder & deputy ceo products mvno mvne mvna machine to machine internet of things number of employees 180 2016 website www.transatel.com transatel is a french telecom corporation headquartered in paris la d fense . the organization is privately owned and led by the founders jacques bonifay ceo and bertrand salomon deputy ceo . contents 1 overview 2 management 2.1 jacques bonifay 2.2 bertrand salomon 3 activities 3.1 enabler of mobile services btob activities 3.1.1 mvne 3.1.1.1 mvna 3.1.2 machine to machine connectivity 3.1.3 internet of things 3.2 provider of mobile services btoc activities 3.2.1 mvno 4 research & development 4.1 french r & d 4.2 european r & d 4.3 partnerships 5 operations 6 timeline for mvno launches 7 awards & recognition 8 references 9 external links overview edit founded in 2000 transatel provides cellular mobile services as a mobile virtual network enabler mvne a and provider mvno . 1 the company operates globally with a cloud based technical infrastructure in france in the uk 2 and in the usa . 3 transatel is active in three main market segments mobile telephony since 2000 as an mvno mobile virtual network operator 4 mvne enabler or mvna aggregator machine to machine m2m connectivity since 2011 5 the internet of things iot since 2014 with a focus on cellular embedded connectivity for consumer devices 6 it is profitable company with 70 % of revenues generated outside of france . management edit jacques bonifay edit ceo and founder of transatel is head of the company s general management as well as shareholder relationships . in november 2009 bonifay became president of alternative mobile the french mvno association made up of the country s largest mvnos where he leads the association s interests in relation to the french government and telecom regulatory authorities . 7 bonifay was elected president of eafm the european association of full mvnos in october 2012 . now renamed mvno europe the group includes major european operators such as liberty global telenet postemobile cyta hellas voiceworks and el telecom nrj mobile . jacques guides their european lobbying efforts . 8 before founding transatel bonifay had a career in the space industry at airbus group and afterwards as a consultant for mckinsey & co. at the paris office . jacques later headed strategy & business development for the professional & consumer division of alcatel where he initiated new businesses based on fixed mobile convergence and e commerce with several operators . jacques holds an mba degree from insead and an engineering degree from enserg inpg ecole nationale sup rieure d electronique et de radio lectricit de grenoble . bertrand salomon edit bertrand salomon leads the design of the mvne platform and the product development roadmap . he also manages transatel s relationships with mobile network operators worldwide as well as the delivery of customized solutions for mvno or machine to machine customers . prior to founding transatel salomon was at bouygues telecom france first as the manager for new products & services then as director of the mobile internet activity . before that he worked for sagem france in technical development and project management . salomon holds an engineering degree from the polytechnic school of lausanne switzerland and a mba degree from insead france . activities edit transatel enables mobile services btob as an mvne a or m2m enabler and provides mobile services btoc through its own mvnos . enabler of mobile services btob activities edit mvne edit in europe transatel enables access to the following mno networks for voice sms and data services orange france france ee formerly orange uk united kingdom 9 salt formerly orange ch switzerland 10 mobistar orange belgium tango luxembourg in addition transatel delivers added value services around provisioning prepaid and post paid billing as well as fixed mobile convergence . the enabler activity follows two different business models according to clients needs the pure enabler model mvne and the aggregator model mvna for companies wishing to launch and monetize a mobile offer under their brand be it prepaid or post paid . when an mvno wishes to purchase airtime directly from an mobile network operator mno transatel acts as the mvne mvno enabler the technical provider servicing either the mno or the mvno . transatel s mvne references include life mobile post office mobile now mobile colruyt mobile or ortel . mvna edit as an mvna mvno aggregator transatel purchases mobile airtime in bulk from a partner mobile operator adding the value of its service platform and wholesales this airtime to multiple mvnos . each mvno in turn sells the mobile service to consumers or companies . the mvna activity is concentrated in europe particularly france the uk and switzerland . major clients include the people s operator tpo china telecom europe sewan paritel and netcom . machine to machine connectivity edit in 2011 transatel entered the machine to machine m2m arena using its existing mvne infrastructure across europe to provide m2m services along similar business models . transatel enables m2m players to include airtime connectivity to their services as well as a range of applications such as fleet and asset tracking vehicle telematics smart metering entertainment telehealth . today transatel manages over 1 million sim cards related to its m2m activity . 11 its largest client is ee in the uk . internet of things edit in 2014 transatel launched the concept of global embedded connectivity for consumer electronics with the sim 901 concept . transatel helps consumer device manufacturers deliver global 3g lte connectivity through the use of a universal reprogrammable sim card that can be embedded at manufacturing stage . this sim card provides connectivity for laptops and tablets at local conditions in 38 countries to date . the service is based on the non geographic mobile network code mnc 901 37 and made possible through agreements signed in each country with local mnos . new agreements are signed every month and should bring the global transatel footprint to over 60 countries by the end of 2016 . sim 901 gives the end user of the device uninterrupted cellular access to the internet when residing or traveling in affiliated countries . for the manufacturer sim 901 generates new revenue streams and up markets the device . to date transatel has signed agreements with three of the top ten worldwide laptop tablet oems with commercial soft launches planned in q1 2016 with windows 10 12 targeting the consumer and sme segments . 13 provider of mobile services btoc activities edit mvno edit precursor to the eurotariff 14 and the digital single market strategy 15 transatel has paved the way for low cost transnational mobile communications by being the first operator to offer calls to and from other countries within the european union . transatel mobile was created in 2000 for border dwellers and frequent travelers to solve problems associated with roaming charges applied in france switzerland and the benelux union . the influx of workers commuting between these geographic locations paired with their obligation to stay connected created a need for a mobile connectivity solution . by offering a multi number sim card that allows cross border commuters to place calls at local rates and receive calls for free in four countries transatel is able to contribute to the facilitation of trade and the circulation of workers across european borders schengen . in 2010 transatel decided to address foreign travelers visiting france and later the european union by developing lefrenchmobile . the creation of the new mobile phone service that allowed transatel to provide mobile communications on a larger scale by giving students workers and tourists from around the world the ability to contact their original country while in france or in the european union . in regards to transnational communications international travelers have begun to depend on mobile applications such as tripadvisor uber and facebook instead of using their mobile devices for just placing calls . due to this behavioral change travelers now live by one rule which is to constantly stay connected the internet . 16 in april 2015 transatel decided to respond to this global demand by creating transatel datasim . the brand exclusively offers mobile internet access and allows users to connect to 3g 4g networks in 43 countries to date at local rates . 17 unlike transatel s previous offers transatel datasim was designed to be used throughout the world . to reach the goal of providing global connectivity the french sme signs new agreements every month with national mobile operators around the world . research & development edit the following are examples of research & development partnerships that transatel has developed in recent years french r & d edit mobisip ims architecture for mvnos solidore smartphone tablet security exoticus ims experimentation services mobemo nfc services for corporate markets european r & d edit seimonet transparent mobility between wimax and 3g expeshare multimedia expert community partnerships edit manufacturers alcatel lucent gemalto nokia nxp laboratories france telecom r & d fraunhofer telecom sud paris telef nica r & d university of rome smes brieftec deveryware ingelys kutalab operations edit transatel s offices around the world either host local teams 160 people in total or enable the relationship with consumers in compliance with local tax and legal rules . transatel s infrastructure is deployed in several hosting centers two in paris one in london and since october 2015 one in new york city 18 in order to address north american device manufacturers and data mvnos . timeline for mvno launches edit 2006 launch of ten mobile on the orange france network 2006 launch of telenet mobile on belgian network mobistar and calao mobile and belsim prepaid offers on base 2007 launch of prepaid offer idt mobile on the orange uk network 2007 start of wholesale packaged offers sold to medium size mvno targeting french companies 2007 2008 launch of ethnic prepaid offers on french bouygues telecom network mobiho budget mobile phenix mobile mankono horizon mobile zemobile avantaje ; 2008 launch of globalcell on the orange uk network ; 2010 launch of econet wireless prepaid on the orange uk network 2011 launch of m2m enabler 2013 life mobile launch 2015 provides service for post office mobile 19 awards & recognition edit 2015 received best mvna award at the mvno world congress for three consecutive years 20 2011 selected as one of ten winners of the champions du p le an award designated for medium sized paris based companies 21 2007 ranked one of the 50 fastest growing companies in france by oseo deloitte 22 references edit garner purkis zak 11 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