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Profile
Zamano is a publicly-listed internet and mobile technology company based in Dublin that provides online and mobile services to a variety of businesses and organisations. Established in 2000, the company concentrates on enabling businesses to harness the reach of mobile with platforms for mobile commerce, marketing and customer relationship management. Zamano targets customers across the globe through partnerships in the web and mobile marketing arenas, monetizing content and improving customer contact.

The business is split into three divisions:
 * Zamano Solutions, an entity that enables partners to communicate with mobile users via text and internet.
 * Everneo, focusing on partnering with worldwide brands to give their users mobile content, games and apps.
 * Newsworthie, bringing together publishers and advertisers seeking to produce contextualised campaigns.

The company currently has a presence in four markets: Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States. Zamano has been listed on the alternative investment market (AIM) in London since 2006 and the Irish Enterprise Exchange (IEX) since 2007. The IPO coincided with further acquisitions for the company including Red Circle Technologies Ltd.

Products
Zamano Solutions offers product solutions for mobile messaging, mPayments and mobile advertising.

Along with offering solutions for the above mentioned products Zamano also acts as a direct operation connection in Ireland and the UK and has a suite of self-managed, off-the-shelf products and services available including:
 * Web service API; facilitates SMS sending and receiving and offers control, variety, high capacity and quick integration time.
 * Self Service Mobile Application Suite; allows clients to control subscription messaging, broadcast SMS and mobile site publishing while also providing access to reports produced from the interface.
 * ‘Off the Shelf’ products; bulk/wholesale SMS with highly-competitive rates, shared and dedicated shortcodes, keyword setup, SMS voting, SMS to email, SMS chat and Tarot, SMS chat and tarot with credit card billing and 24/7 live operator customer care.

Zamano Solutions is the biggest purchaser of mobile internet advertising inventory in Ireland and offers a fully-managed service to clients. The company also offers mobile video publishing via the NEOVideo Platform which allows customers to publish and distribute any video content to any device with minutes of action taking place.

Everneo is the entity of Zamano Ltd that offers the following products :
 * Mobile and cloud video
 * Video clubs
 * Mobile games
 * Apps
 * Funzoo [http//:www.funzoo.co.uk Funzoo]
 * Entertainment portals
 * Ringtones
 * Wallpapers
 * Screensavers
 * SMS services
 * IVR lines IVR lines

Newsworthie provides a solution for companies with high-quality online content seeking to increase their revenues and a solution for companies seeking to promote their products in a highly-contextualised manner.

History
Zamano was established in 2000 and finalised its first deal with Irish network operators in 2001 before making initial deals with operators in the UK and the Netherlands later the same year.

In 2002 Zamano merged with M-iSphere and secured additional funding from the Powerscourt Venture Capital. The acquisition of Avoca (UK) was an expansion made in order to offer value-added services in the UK market. The results of these actions resulted in a 200% growth in revenues in 2003.

Zamano acquired Enabletel and became profitable the following year, recording an 81% growth rate from 2003-5 with strong levels of profitability.

2006 saw Zamano enter the Australian market and complete flotation on the AIM (Alternative Investment Market). This was following with flotation on IEX (Irish Enterprise Exchange) in early 2007.

Further developments in 2007 saw the acquisition of Eirborne text promotions and a reverse takeover of Red Circle Technologies Ltd. Subsequently Zamano entered the Spanish market and recorded profitable growth in the US market.

The company moved into B2B and D2C and launched its first iPhone Applications in 2009. In 2010 Zamano launched a video goals service in association with Setanta Sports.

Awards/Nominations
Zamano appeared in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 from 2006-9. This followed from coming second in the Rising Star Category in 2005.

Deloitte Technology Fast 50
 * 2006 5th
 * 2007 2nd
 * 2008 2nd
 * 2009 9th

In 2004 Zamano won the award for Best Wireless Content at the O2 DMI Awards.

Zamano was also nominated for an Annual Global Mobile Award, in the Best Mobile Internet Application category for its TxT Manager.

Service launches
In 2001 Zamano provided the application for Europe's first live 3G network, based on the Isle of Man.

In 2011 TCM announced a partnership with Zamano to power SMS alerts on Breakingnews.ie. This was followed by an agreement with Setanta Sports to provide mobile video of every Premier League goal scored within minutes of it happening.

In 2011 Zamano revealed a new structure to the company comprising of Zamano Solutions, Everneo and Newsworthie.

Charity
In 2006 the Childline HelpText Service was launched by Zamano. The company also worked with the [www.jackandjill.ie/ Jack and Jill Foundation], supporting the charity’s text appeal in 2011.

Acquisitions and new business
In 2002 Zamano, following a merger with m-iSphere in July, Zamano partnered with RTE Interactive to launch a wireless SMS-based game called Showdown. Earlier that year the group had already released a number of games on the O2 mobile network. .

In late 2002 the company acquired Avoca’s interactive SMS business. This gave the company a foothold in the UK market as it provided 10 premium rate SMS short codes covering four UK mobile networks. .

In 2007 Zamano completed the acquisitions of Red Circle and Eirborne followed up by a video-messaging partnership with Bebo. In 2011 Everneo, launched some social media initiatives with its partner WWE. By August they were reporting over 10,000 fans on the Facebook page launched earlier that year Facebook WWE page.