Flickswitch

Flickswitch is a telecommunications provider that provides carrier services to cellular IoT devices and service providers in Africa. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cape Town with sales offices and Service Operation Centre's in Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and the Netherlands. Flickswitch provides SIM card data management, cellular connectivity, managed private APN services, and IoT data  roaming.

Flickswitch
Flickswitch
TypePTY
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2007
Headquarters
Cape Town
,
South Africa
Area served
Africa
Products
  • Business Prepaid
  • Business Top-Up
  • Managed APN
  • Global Roaming
Brands
  • Vodacom
  • MTN
  • Telkom
  • Cell-C
  • BICS
  • FloLive
  • Safaricom
Website
  • www.flickswitch.co.za
  • www.simcontrol.co.za

History

In May 2016, Flickswitch launched its SIM management service "SIMcontrol" in Kenya through the telecom provider Airtel.[1][2][3] During February 2017, Mobile Telecommunications Limited Namibia reached an Agreement with Flickswitch to develop and launch a business SIM management service in Namibia.[4]

In September 2019, the company partnered with BICS, an African mobile network service provider on the development of Internet of Things(IoT) in Africa.[5][6] Flickswitch entered in a partnership with Vodacom Tanzania in September 2019 to launch a its sim management system in Tanzania.[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. "Airtel partners with Flickswitch in SIM management services in Kenya | Balancing Act - Africa". www.balancingact-africa.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  2. "Airtel bolsters its M2M connectivity with Flickswitch partnership – TechMoran". Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. Kangethe, Kennedy (2016-05-12). "Airtel partners with Flickswitch in sim management services in Kenya". Capital Business. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. Staff Writer. "Flickswitch to deliver Enterprise SIM management on MTC Namibia - IT News Africa - Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports". Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  5. Sharma, Ray. "BICS, Flickswitch Team Up to Accelerate Deployment of IoT in Africa". www.thefastmode.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  6. "BICS and Flickswitch partner to accelerate IoT connectivity in Africa". Totaltelecom. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  7. "Flickswitch & Vodacom Partner on SIM Management Service in Tanzania". Connecting Africa. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  8. Staff Writer (2019-09-02). "Vodacom and Flickswitch Introduce Sim Management Services in Tanzania". TechFinancials. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  9. Staff Writer (2019-09-02). "Vodacom Tanzania, Flickswitch launch a regional first". ITWeb Africa. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  10. Staff Writer. "Flickswitch making SIM management easy". Retrieved 2021-09-30.


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