mobile marketing and entertainment founded athens greece 2000 headquarters london united kingdom key people panagiotis dimitropoulos chief executive officer & founder products mobidialog akazoo minimob kanzaroo services mobile marketing mobile entertainment mobile payments revenue 104.42 million 2013 1 operating income 9.14 million 2013 1 net income 8.74 million 2013 1 total assets 111.89 million 2013 1 total equity 81.93 million 2013 1 number of employees 150 q1 2014 website www.internetq.com internetq is a technology company that develops and markets mobile related services through software platforms . its main services include a social music streaming service akazoo which sells digital content through mobile payment and a performance based advertising network minimob through which app developers and publishers promote their apps . 1 internetq is a publicly traded company listed on the aim market of the london stock exchange under the symbol intq . 2 as of april 2014 the company run 24 offices and generated revenues in europe 36 % asia 26 % middle east and africa 29 % and latin america 9 % . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 early days 1.2 product development and launches 1.3 aim listing and expansion 1.4 investments and acquisitions 2 partnerships and geographies 3 business areas and products 3.1 mobile entertainment 3.2 mobile advertising 4 controversial practices in poland facebook marketing and the polish lottery case 5 financial results 6 references history edit early days edit internetq was founded in 2000 by their current chief executive officer panagiotis dimitropoulos as a website design and development company . it later began offering mobile marketing services . 3 in 2005 it received investment from nbgi private equity and established internetq uk . the company also opened offices in new york in the united states and warsaw poland in 2006 . its expansion continued elsewhere in europe including to various cis countries . 4 in 2010 the company was listed on the london s aim stock exchange and further expanded its operations into latin america middle east and africa . product development and launches edit akazoo was internetq s first social media and social networking product . it was developed in 2007 and launched in 2008 . it allowed users to share text photos and videos to chat and play games together . 5 at the mobile world congress in february 2012 internetq launched akazoo social music platform for operators . 6 an expansion on its previous platform akazoo 2.0 included functions to allow users to play download share and access local and international music . 7 before the mobile world congress in 2013 internetq launched a new product called minimob.com targeted to developers and publishers of applications . 8 aim listing and expansion edit on december 10 2010 the company was listed on the london s aim stock exchange . it was listed with a market cap of 31 million and ended up raising 6.8 million during its initial offering . 9 the company also further expanded its operations into latin america the middle east and africa . 10 internetq is a member of the mef global trade association and has an international board of directors . 11 12 investments and acquisitions edit in 2011 internetq announced the acquisition of ipop networks pte a singapore based mobile and media services business that serves mobile network operators fmcg companies creative agencies and traditional media companies expanding internetq s footprint in the southeast asia region . in 2012 internetq announced an investment in aventurine sa a digital game development company specializing in online multiplayer role playing games like darkfall and casual games for both online and mobile use . 13 internetq started 2013 with the acquisition of atlas interactive deutschland gmbh . this move increased the company s reach with mobile network operators in eastern western and central europe . 14 the company further expanded into latin american markets at the beginning of 2014 entering an agreement to acquire interacel holdings llc a mobile service provider in the region 15 and upmobile a mobile marketing and interactive tv and radio content provider in mexico . 16 17 partnerships and geographies edit internetq partners with mobile network operators internet service providers mobile device manufacturers and app stores and runs campaigns on traditional media text and voice services smartphones and tablets . sony reached a deal with internetq in 2013 with the tech giant agreeing to pre load akazoo onto new smartphones it sells in malaysia and to provide users with three months of free music streaming . 18 this deal came on the heels of a similar agreement with samsung earlier in 2013 with samsung agreeing to load akazoo onto its various smartphones and tablets throughout greece . 19 in the summer of 2013 orange reached a bundle agreement and launched its muzyka tu i tam service with akazoo during the orange warsaw music festival . 20 21 22 business areas and products edit mobile entertainment edit akazoo is internetq s social music streaming platform . it allows for payment via mobile platforms cutting out the need for a credit card in places where banking infrastructures are less established . 23 akazoo is sold direct to consumers or can be white labelled by mobile operators brands and device manufacturers . mobile advertising edit one of internetq s original products was mobidialog a mobile marketing platform through which third party advertisers could submit messages to users and track interactions . advertisements are delivered via sms and include polling surveys sweepstakes coupons mobile games and mobile music . in 2013 internetq launched minimob.com . this platform was developed specially for application developers and publishers who use it for mobile advertising to promote their apps . controversial practices in poland facebook marketing and the polish lottery case edit polish news sources report that internetq subsidiary mobile dialogue engaged in controversial marketing practices aimed at subscribing users to paid services . this activity took place mostly through facebook . news items were placed into users feeds . when a user attempted to view these items they were prompted for their cellphone number and a pin . according to polish news reports users were then led to into subscribing to the paid services . 24 25 26 27 in november 2011 internetq was sued in polish courts over an sms lottery they had been conducting . the plaintiffs argued that they received an sms claiming that they had won 20 000 pln approx 4 700 eur and all they had to do was reply with a blank sms . while they were charged for sending the sms they received no payout . the court initially found for the plaintiff and awarded damages of 60 000 pln approx 14 000 eur but this was overturned on appeal . the case brought discussion about the structure of polish anti spam laws which did not successfully prevent such situations . 28 29 30 31 32 33 as of 2011 claims against internetq in poland related to their mobile marketing practices totaled 432 000 . 34 financial results edit for the year ended 31 december 2013 internetq reported 104.42 million in revenue a 42 % increase over 2012 . profit before tax was 9.01 million and total assets accounted for 111.89 million . 35 references edit a b c d e f g internetq plc annual report and accounts 2013 pdf . internetq.com . intq internetq plc . london stock exchange . dead link internetq plc . bloomberg businessweek . new polish offices for internetq . nbgi private equity . case study akazoo.gr pdf . diyomi soft ltd. internetq launches akazoo music service . mobile europe . internetq debuts akazoo social music platform for operators at mobile world congress . cision . internetq plc launches new product . reuters . lunden ingrid . internetq uk ipo pegs mobile marketing company at 50 million . gigaom . internetq lists with a 31m market cap . stockkmarketwire.com . mef member internetq . mefmobile . mef asia board . investment in aventurine . internetq acquires atlas interactive deutschland . venture capital post . internetq plc acquires interacel to accelerate latin american expansion . reuters . internetq acquires upmobile its second latin american acquisition in 2014 . portada online . internetq plc acquisition of upmobile . bloomberg . ashcroft jamie . internetq akazoo s sony tie up is a major endorsement . . samsung and akazoo going for a song . internetq . aktywuj i s uchaj swojej ulubionej muzyki dzi ki us udze muzyka tu i tam . orange . muzyka tu i tam . orange . muzyka tu i tam . google play . akazoo description go live time territories how they sell your music pay rate . tunecore . uwaga na kolejny scam na facebooku tragiczny wypadek w centrum dwie osoby nie yj . . polscy facebookowicze znowu dali si nabra na scam . aktualizacja oszust spamuje smsami i namawia ofiary do zapisania si w p atnej subskrypcji . nowe oszustwo na facebooku nie daj si nabra nie p a sms za dost p do filmu opisuj cego fikcyjny wypadek . polish competition watchdog fines internetq . decision no . rpz 30 2010 . poland uokik investigates text message lotteries . price less sms activities of uokik and uke . civil law case vi c 143 11 . nieuczciwy marketing mobilny w ostatnich decyzjach prezes uokik polish . 2011 annual report pdf . internetq plc annual report and accounts 2013 pdf . internetq.com . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title internetq & oldid 724011987 categories companies of greecemarketing companies of the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016 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 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