SEVEN Networks

SEVEN Networks, Inc. is a privately funded American corporation founded in 2000 with headquarters in San Carlos, California. The company has research and development centers in California and Finland. It had about 265 employees in 2010.

SEVEN mobile messaging products are turnkey multi-device, multi-service computer software for operators and device manufacturers. The company claims its products have a desktop-like experience for core messaging applications like email, instant messagings and social networking.

History

The company was formerly known as Leap Corporation and changed its name to SEVEN Networks, Inc. in December 2000. In 2004 the company was selected for FierceWireless' list of 15 promising and innovative wireless startups of the year. By 2005, CEO Bill Nguyen had left to start another company. In 2006, the company announced Sprint as a customer.

Since then, the company expanded its products to support email services, added mobile instant messaging applications, analytics and social networking. In 2010, the company announced it was selected by Samsung Electronics to provide push technology for Samsung Social Hub, a social networking and integrated messaging service available on several of the company’s handsets. In January 2010, the company claimed in a press release to have more than eight million accounts actively synchronized on mobile devices using its software. In early 2011, the company announced Verizon Wireless as a customer and also announced Open Channel.