Amtel
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{{Infobox company
| name = Amtel, Inc.
| logo = Amtel Logo.jpg
| type = Private company
| traded_as =
| foundation = 2004
| location = Santa Clara, California
United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Enterprise mobility management, Mobile device management, Telecom expense management
| num_employees =
| products = Mobile device security and apps management (MDM), Telecom expense management (TEM)
| homepage =
}}
Amtel, Inc. is a telecommunications management company based in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 2004, the company provides cloud-based mobile device security and expense-management products.
Operations
Amtel primarily focuses on providing integrated enterprise mobility management,[http://www.informationweek.com/byte/news/personal-tech/tablets/232700046 Bill Shock Coming to New iPad Owners – Byte Magazine] telecom expense management (TEM),[https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/03/22/the-new-ipad-could-create-high-speed-headaches-for-cios/ The New iPad Could Create High-Speed Headaches for CIOs – Wall Street Journal] and secure messaging software as a service for enterprises. Amtel's cloud-based solutions are secured with SSAE 16 Type II-compliant hosting, offering the highest level of data security and reliability compared to other mobile device management (MDM) and TEM vendors.{{Cite web |title=Amtel (now part of NetPlus) |url=https://www.safelogic.com/our-customers/amtel |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.safelogic.com |language=en}}
Amtel’s SaaS product for managing smart mobile devices allows organizations to manage mobile device security, mobile apps, and fixed telecom services from a web-based console.[http://financial.tmcnet.com//topics/expense-management/articles/276798-amtels-saas-assists-businesses-using-new-ipads-stay.htm Amtel's SaaS Assists Businesses Using New iPads to Stay Within Budget – TMCNet.com][http://www.informationweek.com/news/206901678 Amtel Breaks Out Biz, Personal Calls – InformationWeek]
History
Amtel originally developed and marketed an integrated SaaS product for telecom and mobile life cycle management.[http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/415281/free_service_offers_basic_enterprise_mobile_management/ Free Service Offers Basic Enterprise Mobile Management – Computerworld Magazine]
The company’s MDM product for iOS (iPhone, iPad), Android (Smartphones, Tablets), Blackberry and Windows devices was launched in 2010. With this program, Amtel combined mobile device security management with mobile apps management into a telecom information management system (TIMS) platform.
The components of the system - [mobile device management], mobile expense management, and telecom expense management could be set up separately or managed together from a single Web based console.
On 16 April 2016, the business was acquired by Netplus,{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Gina |date=11 April 2016 |title=Telecom company NetPlus buys mobile management startup Amtel |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/techflash/2016/04/telecom-company-netplus-buys-mobile-management.html |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} before being acquired later on by StoneCalibre.{{Cite web |date=2014-10-21 |title=StoneCalibre Acquires Telecom Infrastructure Management Solutions Provider NetPlus |url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stonecalibre-acquires-telecom-infrastructure-management-130000105.html |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}