M&A Deal Summary

Link Mobility Acquires Global Messaging Solutions SL

On January 22, 2017, Link Mobility acquired communications company Global Messaging Solutions SL for 11M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Link Mobility’s 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Link Mobility’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Link Mobility’s 2nd transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-22
Target Global Messaging Solutions SL
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Link Mobility
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 11M EUR

Target

Global Messaging Solutions SL

Madrid, Spain
Global Messaging Solutions SL is a providers of B2C mobile messaging services.

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Buyer

Link Mobility

Oslo, Norway

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Communications
Revenue 362M NOK (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Link Mobility is a provider of mobile communications, specializing in messaging, digital services and data intelligence. LINK offers a wide range of innovative and scalable solutions across industries and sectors, creating valuable digital convergence between businesses and customers, platforms and users. Link Mobility was founded in 2000 and is based in Oslo, Norway.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 17
Sector: Communications M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 14
Country: Spain M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 10
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-12 Didimo

Madrid, Spain

Didimo is a provider of B2C mobile messaging services. Didimo has a strong position in the Spanish market for mobile messaging services. Didimo has a solid customer portfolio of large companies and SMEs. The company has a strong relationship with the telecom operators; it has direct connections to all the main operators in the Spanish market, and is running the solutions portfolio for Orange and Telefonica in Spain.

Buy €7M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-24 Sendega AS

Oslo, Norway

Sendega AS offers bulk text-message services to humanitarian aid organizations. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Oslo, Norway

Buy -