Call4care

Infobox_Company
company_name = call4care
company_
ownership = Encircle Foundation Ltd
company_type = Private company
company_slogan = "You can make it Count"
foundation = Encircle, Ireland (2002)
location = Dublin, Ireland
key_people = Declan Conway, Chairman
Magnus Odelius, CEO, Pieter Oonk VP Business Development
industry = Communications Services
products = Cellular Telephony
Fixed-Line Telephony

homepage = [http://www.call4care.com www.call4care.com]

History

call4care is a global MVNO that began in the Netherlands in 2003 as a joint product of Stichting Call4Care foundation and Dutch MVNE MEC Solutions BV, using the Telfort (and later KPN) mobile network. In 2006, legal ownership of call4care was transferred to Encircle Foundation Ltd, of Ireland. The MVNO generates 100% of its profits for charity in partnership with global charities including the Red Cross, Amnesty International and the Heart Foundation. All surpluses are deployed to helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals and 10% of revenues are directed to our partner charities, in US Many call4care licensees are large corporates such as Rabobank that use the MVNO as the basis for CSR programs [http://www.telecompaper.com/research/mvnos/index.aspx?cc=151] . call4care is one of many 4care products supporting charities and is one of the List of United States mobile phone companies and in the US has access to GSM airtime from a number of providers.

Charities

Some of the charities that are involved in these programs include Red Cross, Amnesty International, Heart Foundation and Barretstown. Note that some of these charities are represented only by country specific chapters.

Operations

call4care is the charitable MVNO brand of Encircle Foundation Ltd. Call4care operates in the Netherlands, with trials ongoing in Ireland, France, Hong Kong, UK, Russia, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and US and provides services using a variety of GSM providers.

Industry Initiatives

It is worthwhile noting that last year, to support charitable operator initiatives like call4care, a request was submitted [http://www.atis.org/inc/inc92.asp] for an Easily Recognisable Code for Charitable use to the Industry Numbering Committee (part of ATIS [http://www.atis.org/] ,),(discussed at INC 92 [http://66.102.7.147/search?q=cache:xTPvMXoxSmwJ:www.atis.org/inc/Docs/iss/iss532.doc+call4care&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6] ).

External links

* [http://call4care.mediaxplosion.nl/?lang=en_EN Call4Care website (English)]
* [http://www.call4care.nl Call4Care Dutch website]