Timico
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Timico is an independent internet service provider
in the United Kingdom
, supplying a range of business IP and communications solutions.
Timico gained a top 10 place in The Sunday Times Tech Track Fastest Growing Companies list , and in 2009 were ranked 7th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Timico was founded by Tim Radford who previously ran Project Telecom, a mobile service provider which was sold to Vodafone
in 2003 for £162m.
The company moved into purpose built offices in Newark-on-Trent
, Nottinghamshire
, in January 2007, from the Chairman's family barns, which previously housed the company. Work began in 2011 to build a £7M combined office and data centre to cope with business expansion and new virtualised hosting services.
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, supplying a range of business IP and communications solutions.
Timico gained a top 10 place in The Sunday Times Tech Track Fastest Growing Companies list , and in 2009 were ranked 7th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Timico was founded by Tim Radford who previously ran Project Telecom, a mobile service provider which was sold to Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
in 2003 for £162m.
The company moved into purpose built offices in Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 , and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, in January 2007, from the Chairman's family barns, which previously housed the company. Work began in 2011 to build a £7M combined office and data centre to cope with business expansion and new virtualised hosting services.
Acquisition history
Timico has acquired six smaller companies including five business ISPs and a mobile applications specialist.- 2004 - Atlas Internet which has been consolidated into Timico
- 2009 - KeConnect and Twang which have been consolidated. Twang was acquired at £1,625,000
- 2010 - NewNet which continues to operate under its own brand - Acquired for £2,350,000 and Handheld PCs which has been relaunched as Timico Mobile Services - a business which was acquired for £400,000
- 2011 - Most recently Powernet which will continue to operate under its own brand