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Millicom is an international telecommunications and media company. It offers a range of digital services to over 56 million customers primarily under the Tigo brand in fourteen markets in Africa and Hispanic America. Its online partnerships are active in 41 markets. Millicom was founded in 1990 and has been instrumental in bringing mobile telephony to millions of people around the globe. Since the 1990s, the firm's revenue has been driven mainly by mobile phone services but also offers cable, satellite, broadband, e-commerce and other media. In March 2013 the company announced a new strategy to double annual revenue to $9 billion in 2017. In 2014 its revenue reached $6.39 billion and it forecast this to grow to over $7 billion in 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Millicom's Q4 and FY 2014 Results )〕 Millicom employs 16,000 people, has corporate offices in Stockholm, London, Miami and Luxembourg, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the symbol MIC_SDB. In March 2015 it was announced that Mauricio Ramos, formerly of Liberty Global, would become the company's new Chief Executive from 1 April 2015. ==History== Millicom originated as a company set up by Jan Stenbeck to operate voice and data distribution networks via cellular radio. In Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.〔Forester, Tom, "The Information Technology Revolution," MIT Press, page 142.〕 it received one of three of the first cellular development licenses awarded by the FCC. After two years of planning, the company began operations when the founders completed a $131,000 share purchase in May 1982. The firm took over paging company, Meta Systems in October 1982 and then raised $9 million in its first round of financing, managed by Chief Executive Officer, Orhan Sadik-Khan and Kevin Kimberlin.〔Cuff, Daniel F., "Millicom Continues Management Growth," The New York Times, November 4, 1982, http://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/04/business/business-people-millicom-continues-management-growth.html〕〔(Orhan Sadik-Khan interview ), August 1995〕 Since 92% of the world population had no phone service at the time, Millicom promoted mobile technology on a global basis.〔Millicom Incorporated, Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, September 20, 1982〕 To do this, Millicom created joint-ventures with local and strategic partners. On December 13, 1982, a joint-venture with Racal Electronics was awarded a cellular license for Great Britain. To enable Millicom to earn its 10% royalty from Racal-Millicom, a controlling shareholder, Stenbeck commissioned a start up with two employees, Technophone, to develop the world’s first pocket-sized mobile phone.〔Hultén, Stephan and Mölleryd, Bengt, "Entrepreneurs, Innovations and Market Processes in the Evolution of the Swedish Mobile Telecommunications Industry," Paper presented at the Eighth International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, 28 June – 1 July 2000. http://www.privateline.com/PCS/NMT.pdf〕 Highlighting its plans to offer the Voice and Data phone (predecessor to the smart phone), his Racal-Millicom joint-venture was renamed Vodafone.〔Merriden, Trevor, "Rollercoaster, the Turbulent Life and Times of Vodafone and Chris Gent," Capstone Publishing, 2003. page 21.〕 On October 12, 1983, Millicom Inc. created China Telecom Systems (HK), a joint-venture with partners China Resources Ltd. and Comvik, a Swedish mobile firm also controlled by John Stenbeck.〔Baran, Paul, "China Telecom Joint Venture with the PRC Put On Hold," Hong Kong Standard, October 30, 1985, page 1.〕 China Telecom held the first cellular telephone contract in China, making its service available to the public on May 20, 1985.〔Robinson, Peter; "Mobile Cellular Radio Phones to be Introduced," New China Morning Post, May 20, 1985, page 2.〕 In December 1989, Millicom set up Microtel Communications Ltd. by teaming up with Pacific Telesis and British Aerospace (later bought out by Hutchinson Telecom.)〔"History of Cellular Services". licensing.ofcom.org.uk.〕 Microtel was awarded a personal communication network (PCN) license to compete with Vodafone in Great Britain, a service launched in April 28, 1994 under its brand name, Orange.〔"The Facts : 2004". na.baesystems.com. p. 107.〕 This venture was acquired in October 1999, at which time Orange and its new parent, Mannesmann, were in turn both taken over by Vodafone. At a value of $202 billion,〔"Vodafone seals Mannesmann merger". BBC. February 11, 2000.〕 the takeover of Mannesmann by Vodafone was the largest transaction in corporate history.〔Monaghan, Angela; "The 10 biggest deals: how Vodafone's sale of its Verizon stake would compare." The Guardian, September 2, 2013.〕〔Holliday, Katie: "The 10 largest M&A deals of all time" Investment Week, February 8, 2012〕 Orange (formerly Microtel) was then sold to France Telecom, which subsequently changed its corporate name to Orange.〔"France Telecom buys Orange for $37 bn". The Financial Express. 30 May 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2012.〕〔"France Telecom clinches Orange deal". BBC. 30 May 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2012.〕 To better manage their respective mobile interests, Millicom Inc. combined with Comvik’s international cellular operations to become Millicom International Cellular SA in 1990, which now operates under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】page=21 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Millicom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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