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Lycamobile and West Ham United: an unbeatable team

October 31, 2012

This week, Lycamobile, the largest global provider of low cost international mobile calls, is proud to announce its role as the official mobile partner of West Ham United football club.

With a strong heritage in sports sponsorship – most notably in cricketing events – this new venture sees Lycamobile expand into the exciting world of premiership football for the first time. Over the past six years, the organisation has invested over £1 million in consumer and sporting occasions and this partnership with a top flight football club provides a valuable platform for Lycamobile to further extend its reach into the community.

Lycamobile wins two silver medal Stevie awards in 2012 international business awards

October 29, 2012

Lycamobile, the largest global provider of low cost international mobile calls, continues to boost its award-winning streak by taking home two silver medal awards at the Stevie Awards for ‘Company of the Year’ and ‘Chairman of the Year’.

The International Business Awards are the world’s premier business awards programme. Lycamobile was selected by more than 300 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process this year. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards were presented to winners at a gala awards banquet at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on 15 October 2012.

Lycatel ranked as Britain's 38th leading mid-market private company

October 16, 2012

The Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table ranks Lycatel group as one of Britain's top 50 mid-market private companies with the biggest sales.

The Lycatel group is renowned for its flagship brand Lycamobile the largest global provider of low cost international mobile calls, made its second appearance in the Top Track 250 league table of mid-market private companies published in the Sunday Times Fast Track on 14^th October 2012.

The Top Track 250 identifies those companies that are rising to the challenging market conditions – the research identifies firms that are leading the recovery by only including those that have increased their revenues or, where sales have decreased, have boosted their operating profits according to their latest available accounts. The Top Track 250 is compiled by Fast Track and featured in the Sunday Times with sponsorship from Grant Thornton.

Lycamobile is ranked 38^th out of a total of 250 companies on the report with sales of £444.3m and the report highlighted the Lycamobile operating profit of £9.5m in the financial year end February 2011.

Subaskaran Allirajah, Chairman and Founder of the Lycatel Group commented,
“I am delighted that Lycatel has once again been acknowledged for its success as one of Britain’s top 50 mid-market private companies by the Sunday Times Top Track 250. This is a fantastic recognition for the hard work, commitment and entrepreneurial spirit of the team.
The news is especially rewarding alongside our triumph in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 in September. We are looking forward to another extremely strong year of continued growth for Lycamobile in 2013.”

Milind Kangle, Lycatel Group Chief Executive added:
“Congratulations to the Lycamobile team on this significant achievement. I am confident that the team will drive the Group forward to greater success in 2013 with the accelerating growth that we are seeing in our existing 15 markets along with the imminent launch of Lycamobile in North America.”

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Lycamobile seeking more MVNO deals to expand low-cost international service

October 16, 2012

After just six years Lycamobile has signed up 20 million users in 15 countries for its low-cost international mobile call services. Now, says company chairman Subaskaran Allirajah, it is negotiating MVNO relationships in another 10 countries. Co-sponsored feature: Lycamobile

Lycamobile, an international mobile virtual network operator, has just announced its fifteenth country and it plans to have 25 within the next few years.
“We’ve just announced our service in Portugal and we go live in September,” says Subaskaran Allirajah, the company’s chairman.
He and his colleagues are already talking to mobile network operators in some of the countries on Lycamobile’s expansion plan. “We’re looking at eastern Europe, Africa, and North America,” says Allirajah.
A service in the US in already in his schedule, though no formal announcements have been made yet, and Canada is at an earlier stage.
The offer in all its countries is essentially the same: a pay-as-you-go SIM-only mobile service offering low international call rates around the world, including to places in Africa, Asia, Europe or the Americas.
So far Lycamobile’s heartland is in western Europe, plus Australia, and it has acquired more than 20 million customers in the six years since it started up. But across all its territories the company operates in two distinct business models, says Liveing.
“We have people on business trips or on holiday, students, and so on, who may use the service for a few months. And then we have more established customers who are long-term users.”
Lycamobile works closely with the operators that provide the infrastructure in each of the 15 countries in which it operates. But what value does an MVNO arrangement bring to those operators? “We have a very well honed international calling proposition, mainly to expatriate ethnic communities,” says Allirajah. “We are absolutely complementary to each operator’s own market proposition.”
In other words, Lycamobile has identified a market sector where most operators are — they would admit it themselves — relatively weak. “Many operators have tried to get into that market but they haven’t been successful.”

Lycamobile expands into US and Canada - By Daniel Thomas in London

September 27, 2012

Lycamobile will open a telecoms business in the US and Canada next month as part of a plan to double revenues at Europe's largest mobile phone virtual network by revenue.

Lycamobile provides mobile services to more than 20m customers in 16 countries that allow international calls without roaming charges, a service that has proved popular with expatriate workers and their families ringing home in particular.

Lycamobile celebrates 2nd place in the Tech Track 100

October 11, 2012	Lycamobile, the largest global provider of low cost international mobile calls, is today celebrating its first appearance in the Tech Track 100, published on September 16^th 2012 in The Sunday Times, with sponsors including Hiscox and Barclays. Read more
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Lycamobile launches in Portugal

September 24, 2012

Lycamobile the largest global provider of international mobile calls today announces the launch of its high quality affordable services in Portugal.

The launch will take place this week carrying a special offer including free domestic Lycamobile to Lycamobile calls and 3 cents a minute to landlines in Brazil.

The addition of Germany and Ireland to its portfolio earlier this year ensured Lycamobile has greater coverage of the European population than any other mobile operator. The move into Portugal will embed Lycamobile’s footprint across Europe covering over 85% of the EU population and gives customers access to a network which provides high quality affordable international calls.

Lycamobile announced as National Business Awards Finalist

August 13, 2012

- Up against Berwin Leighton Paisner and Pall-Ex Group Ltd for The BlackBerry Growth Strategy of the Year Award –

Lycamobile has been shortlisted for The BlackBerry Growth Strategy of the Year Award at this year’s National Business Awards in partnership with Orange. Headquartered in London, Lycamobile is a prepaid mobile SIM card provider that provides low-cost, high-quality international and national calls and has successfully accomplished its milestone acquiring 20 million customers in over 15 countries.

Going up against the likes of Baringa Partners and MVF Global Ltd, they will battle it out for the prestigious award, with the winner being revealed at the National Business Awards gala dinner held on 13^th November in London.

Lycamobile announces partnership with the Tall Ships Races 2012

October 11, 2012	Lycamobile, the largest global provider of low cost international mobile calls, today announces a new partnership with The Tall Ships Races, the longstanding initiative to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing. The deal will see Lycamobile become an Official Event Partner to the iconic events across Europe throughout the summer. Read more
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Lycamobile UK gets the larger piece of the international mobile calls pie.

August 06, 2012

Lycamobile, the global leader for low cost international mobile calls, affirms its position as the most used MVNO in the UK leading the way in brand awareness and usage according to research. Sample research conducted by YouGov revealed Lycamobile as the number one consumer brand for international mobile calls across the globe. In the research study conducted for Lycamobile it was established that over 50% of respondents made international calls and in the category "International calls with a separate mobile phone" Lycamobile scored highest for awareness and usage.

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