{"id":643315,"date":"2013-02-21T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T17:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=612706"},"modified":"2013-02-21T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T17:12:01","slug":"nexmo-raises-3m-to-link-apps-to-old-school-carrier-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/643315","title":{"rendered":"Nexmo raises $3M to link apps to old-school carrier networks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nexmo already handles the international SMS and push messaging for companies like AirBnB<\/a>, Zendesk<\/a> and Viber<\/a>, but now it wants to expand its horizons. It\u2019s launching new application programming interfaces (APIs) that connect to other mobile carrier services. To accomplish that it\u2019s raised $3 million from Intel Capital, NHN Investment Corporation and Initial Capital.<\/p>\n

At first glance Nexmo isn\u2019t exactly what you\u2019d think of as a next-generation technology company. It traffics in old-school telecom signaling protocols like SS7<\/a>, but in doing so it\u2019s able to link the app-centric world of IP communications with mobile networks — no matter how old — around the world. Like its competitor Twilio<\/a>, Nexmo can give developers access to services like SMS that would normally be locked inside carriers\u2019 labyrinth networks, and through its network of relationships with the carriers it can streamline the transaction process.<\/p>\n

Based jointly in San Francisco and London, Nexmo says its current SMS API can reach 5 billion mobile devices or connections around the world. That\u2019s only about 900 million short of the total number of non-machine-to-machine subscriptions<\/a> in the world, according to the GSM Association.<\/p>\n

The company said its next step is to expand its catalog of telco APIs, but it didn\u2019t give any specific examples. You can bet that VoIP is probably in the mix though. Being able to establish an in-app VoIP call that can connect to any mobile phone number in the world would be a very attractive service to customers like Zendesk or AirBnB.<\/p>\n

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