A provider of free and low-cost mobile communication, that allows users to place cheap calls, and to send voice messages in multiple forms. The Amivox services can be accessed from mobile phones, tablet PCs, computers and landline phones. The name Amivox comes from the two latin words "amicus" and "vox". Amivox claims to help users to speak instead of typing their mobile messages.

Amivox is privately held by its 3 founders. It is currently based in three locations: Reykjavik, Iceland, Glasgow, United Kingdom and Kolding, Denmark.

History

• Amivox was legally registered in Iceland in 2006 by Arnar Gestsson, Birkir Marteinsson and Eric Figueras. Operations, however, did not start till 1Q2007.

• The office in Kolding (Denmark) opened in March 2007

• The office in Glasgow (UK) opened in July 2007

• The company's SMS Global reach started in August 2007

• The Amivox JME client was released in February 2008

• www.amivox.com opened in October 2008

• The mobile web service http://m.amivox.com for cheap international calls and SMS was launched in August 2009

• The mark "AMIVOX" obtained trade mark protection of classes 9, 38, 42 and 45 in multiple countries across all continents

• The web site http://www.amivox.com for cheap calls and voice messaging was launched in March 2010

• The Blackberry app was launched in August 2010

• The first Android application was made available in February 2011

Patents

Amivox has filed the following patent applications:

• United States Patent Application Ser. No. 12/425,447, filed 17 April 2009, published as US Patent Publication No. 20090265429, and entitled “Communications Framework Using Hand Held Devices”. This application claims priority of US Provisional Application Ser. Nos. 61/046,976 (filed 22 April 2008) and 61/152,452 (filed 13 February 2009). http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090265429

• European Patent Application No. 09158236.1, filed April 20, 2009, and entitled “Communications Framework Using Hand Held Devices”. This application is based on US Ser. Nos. 12/425,447, 61/046,976 and 61/152,452.

• United States Patent Application Ser. No. 12/704,851, filed 17 April 2009, published as US Patent Publication No. 20100205539, and entitled “Instant Messaging And Telephone Value Added Services”. This application claims priority of US Provisional Application Ser. Nos. 61/152,134 (filed 12 April 2009). http://www.sumobrain.com/patents/wipo/Instant-messaging-telephony-value-added/WO2010092492.html

• PCT Patent Application No. PCT/IB2010/000897, filed 12 February 2010, entitled “Instant Messaging And Telephony Value Added Services”. This application is based on US Ser. No. 61/152,134.

External links

• Amivox main site
• Amivox mobile site