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OptiCaller Secures growth financing
OptiCaller Software, a quickly growing, Swedish telecom company with software products for mobile exchanges with unique call optimization for mobile phones has now secured financing from Tedfelt & Co, Almi and Västra Götalands Regionen.
OptiCaller Software, a quickly growing, Swedish telecom company with software products for mobile exchanges with unique call optimization for mobile phones has now secured financing from Tedfelt & Co, Almi and Västra Götalands Regionen.
The entrepreneurs Mattias Hansson (founder of OptiMobile, worlds leader in mobile VoIP and winner of the award Guldmobilen 2006) and Jörgen Steijer have since 2005 developed the product OptiCaller. Initially they also took part of Stockholm Innovations & Growth Incubator.
OptiCaller is, in short, software (witch is pushed on the phone or used as a cloud service via the mobiles web browser) for mobile exchanges and works with any exchange platform on the market. OptiCaller offers:
- Halving of call costs with unique, patented, call optimization witch in average reduces the cost of mobile calls both nationally and abroad.
- Exchange functions directly through the phone(put through, in/out of groups, start a conference call and more) without hard-to-remember *# codes.
- Independent of mobile operators OneNumber solution where mobile calls shows the fixed extension number.
Amongst OptiCaller Software’s customers is today:
- IP Centrex operator, Sting Telecom, which during 2009 released the service, Sting One based on OptiCaller.
- Samsung, which has improved the mobility of their exchanges with OptiCaller http://www.telekomidag.se/nyheter/artikel.php?id=30404
- Ibidium, which offers Centrex and exchange solutions based on Asterisk with customers such as Oslo University, Bank of Norway, Pizza Hut 20+ municipalities. http://www.telekomidag.se/nyheter/artikel.php?id=32004
Technical Manager, Are Casilla described OptiCaller in the following way:
“Thank you for the Nokia Client, it is working great! To be honest, this is the best software that I’ve ever laid my hands on in a very long time. You guys have done an excellent job.”
“I think it’s exciting every time I do this, the combination of our PBX/ibiX and OptiCaller is nothing but fantastic!”
Michael Tegstam, partner at Tedfelt & Co is impressed by the OptiCaller team and the market interest the product show. The fact that their core technology, call optimization and the possibility to call from a web-browser, is patented is a major advantage.
Mattias Hansson is very happy with Tedfelt & Co’s work which has added a great value, in form of capital and competence from experienced entrepreneurs/business angels. With financing from business angels, Almi and Västra Götalands Regionen, OptiCaller Software will develop their products for all types of mobile platforms and sales on the Nordic market and via partners globally. We have also set a budget for patenting our products withing mobile call optimization and the possibility to set up a call from a website.
