Estonian start-up stories by Toivo Tänavsuu
When someone asks about the most successful Estonian Internet business, the answer would probably be Skype, with over 400 million subscribers. But how about start-ups? Fortumo, Edicy and UDC stand out as most promising ones. Let’s take a look at these companies and compare them in a subjective way.
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21 Sep 2009Fortumo, an Estonian developer of mobile phone services, is planning a penetration into Asia, targeting China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and other countries. In order to achieve success there, a Taiwanese sales team has been recruited to work in Tartu. Fortumo – create your own SMS service in five minutes and earn money! – is one [...]
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13 Aug 2009TigerBriefs: Estonian start-up Fortumo, that offers possibilities to create your own mobile service in 5 minutes and earn money with it, is expanding rapidly. Thus far the service has been very popular in Nordic countries, Eastern Europe and Asia. But now Fortumo “fever” is drifting towards Western Europe. The company has entered French, Spanish and [...]
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17 Sep 2008Starting your own mobile service is now as easy and free as creating a blog or a homepage. There’s no startup fee, no monthly fee and you don’t need any skills. You can start earning revenue with SMS services in just five minutes, without any technical skills. With Fortumo. Estonian startup Fortumo is one of [...]