Why LEBARA Mobile won the Newcomer Award? - Ratheesan Yoganathan , Baskaran Kandiah (Karan) , Ranjith Leon

Why LEBARA Mobile won the Newcomer Award? - Ratheesan Yoganathan , Baskaran Kandiah (Karan) , Ranjith Leon
Lebara Mobile
Company profile
Lebara is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) offering low-price international calls. The company's target market is the UK's immigrant community as well as other parts of the population that frequently make international calls. Lebara offers a Sim-only solution on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Management:
CEO and founder: Yoganathan Ratheesan
Director and co-founder: Baskaran Kandiah
Director and co-founder: Leon Rasiah
UK manager: Robert Gaskin

Milestones:
September 2001 Lebara founded
May 2004 Lebara launches in Holland
March 2005 Lebara launches in Norway
June 2005 Lebara launches in Denmark
September 2005 Lebara launches in Sweden
February 2007 Lebara launches in Spain
March 2007 Lebara launches in Switzerland
October 2007 Lebara launches in the UK

Financials:
2007 group revenue £128m (projected)
2006 group revenue £109m

Headcount:
300 staff in Europe

UK head office:
100 Leman Street, London E1 8EU

Customer base:
Over 700,000 subscribers across Europe. Internationally, the company carries over 100 million minutes per month.

UK network partner:
Vodafone

Retail partners:
Over 90,000 UK retail partners including Phones 4u, The Post Office, Fonehouse, Esso, Texaco, Total, BP, Welcome Break, Nisa, Booker, Fishers, Tesco, Londis, Spar, Costcutter, Budgens, RBS, Streamline, Travelex, Sainsbury’s and independent shops.
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