former type private industry consumer electronics founded 2007 defunct 2014 headquarters san diego california united states area served worldwide key people mike yuen ceo products zeebo system website archived homepage zeebo inc. was an american consumer electronics company and creator of the zeebo entertainment and education system . designed for emerging markets in countries such as brazil mexico india and china the zeebo system or zeebo runs videogames and other interactive content delivered via wireless 3g digital distribution . 1 2 this approach is intended to thwart piracy and reduce the cost of content . 3 the system also enables wireless internet access for web browsing email and social networking . 4 5 the zeebo was sold throughout brazil and mexico and the company has discussed the possibility of future product introductions elsewhere in latin america in india china and russia . 6 contents 1 founding 2 product launch 3 organization and partnerships 4 references 5 external links founding edit by the company s own account the initial idea for the zeebo system occurred independently to reinaldo normand who was then at tectoy mobile a division of the brazilian consumer electronics company tectoy and mike yuen senior director of games and services at qualcomm . 7 8 normand sought backers for the project in the united states and helped formed a small u.s. based division of tectoy called tectoy of america in 2007 . he then met yuen and the two discovered that they were pursuing similar concepts . qualcomm decided to fund the project and tectoy of america became zeebo inc. in march 2008 . normand joined the executive staff and was given responsibility for worldwide special projects . yuen left qualcomm and was named zeebo s senior vice president of content and services in august 2009 . he served as president and ceo . 9 product launch edit the company introduced the zeebo in limited quantities in rio de janeiro brazil on june 1 2009 with manufacturing and distribution provided by tectoy . the system went on sale nationwide in brazil in november the same year . in december 2009 the zeebo went on sale nationwide in mexico . 7 10 organization and partnerships edit zeebo inc. had its headquarters in san diego california with offices in s o paulo brazil mexico city mexico and shanghai china . zeebo marketing and development in brazil are carried out by zeebo brasil zeebo inc. s brazilian subsidiary . marketing and development in mexico was carried out by the mexican subsidiary zeebo mexico . manufacturing and distribution were provided by regional partners such as tectoy in brazil . wireless bandwidth was provided by telecommunications partners such as claro in brazil and telcel in mexico . 11 zeebo also announced an agreement with at & t in march 2010 . the company has stated that the agreement gives us access to at & t s international roaming network allowing us to carry out rapid trials of the zeebo platform in new geographic areas as we establish longer term agreements with local carriers for deployment of the system . it will also give us a chance to explore opportunities in the us market in the future . 12 in june 2010 it was reported that zeebo inc. raised 13.5 million in its latest round of venture funding . 13 references edit zeebo takes wireless gaming to emerging markets . businessweek . invisible network concept helping zeebo make a serious business out of wireless games . telecoms.com . the zeebo game console why it matters . cnet news . zeebo partners with opera to bring the internet caf into emerging market living rooms pdf . opera and zeebo bring more internet options to mexico . ip communications in latin america . corporate fact sheet pdf . a b zeebo history in brief . zeebo company page . zeebo website management page . zeebo 3g wireless console ships to retailers in brazil . bizsandiego . zeebo partners . zeebo and att agreement reaching out to new markets . zeebo expands funding to 13.5 m . 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