LotusFlare
{{notability|1=Companies|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = LotusFlare
| logo = Lotusflare logo.svg
| industry = Telecommunications
| founded = {{Start date and age|2014|06}}
| website = {{URL|www.lotusflare.com}}
}}
LotusFlare is a software development company focused on creating products for the telecommunications industry and providing SaaS products to enterprises.{{Cite web |last=Fried |first=Ina |date=2015-09-01 |title=LotusFlare Gets $6 Million to Fund Quest to Bring Mobile Data to Emerging Markets |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/9/1/11618196/lotusflare-gets-6-million-to-fund-quest-to-bring-mobile-data-to |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kosoff |first=Maya |title=Ex-Facebookers raise $6 million to bring internet to more people around the world |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lotusflare-launches-to-bring-internet-to-emerging-markets-2015-9 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Yeung |first=Ken |date=2015-09-01 |title=LotusFlare gets $6M from Social+Capital, others to make mobile Internet more accessible |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/lotusflare-gets-6m-from-socialcapital-others-to-make-mobile-internet-more-accessible/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Lotusflare Inc – Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1313111D:US |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}
Background
LotusFlare was founded in June 2014 by former Facebook engineers Sam Gadodia, Terry Guo, and Shao Xia.{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Sarah |date=2015-09-01 |title=LotusFlare Raises $6 Million To Help Emerging Markets Access The Mobile Internet |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/01/lotusflare-raises-6-million-to-help-emerging-markets-access-the-mobile-internet/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}
The company raised a $4 million seed investment from Social Capital, Google Ventures, and Metamorphic Ventures. In September 2015, the company raised a $6 million Series A investment led by Chamath Palihapitiya's firm Social Capital.{{Cite web |title=Chamath Palihapitiya – Chairman at LotusFlare |url=https://theorg.com/org/lotusflare/org-chart/chamath-palihapitiya |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=THE ORG |language=en}} He is the chairman of the board.
Products
=Nomad =
Nomad is a mobile app and website that allows users to purchase eSIM products.{{cite web |website=LotusFlare|title=Nomad eSIM |url=https://lotusflare.com/nomad-esim/}}
=Digital Network Operator Cloud (DNO Cloud)=
DNO Cloud is a cloud-based business support system that is designed to serve telecommunications and media service providers.{{Cite web|url=https://lotusflare.com/offerings/lotusflare-dno-cloud/|title=LotusFlare DNO Cloud|website=LotusFlare}} DNO is based on TM Forum standards, and is Gold-level certified for a number of its APIs.{{cite web |title=TM Forum Open API Conformance Overview |url=https://www.tmforum.org/conformance-certification/open-api-conformance/ |website=TM Forum |access-date=26 July 2024}}{{cite web |date=2024-04-16|title=LotusFlare Achieves Gold-Level Certification for TM Forum V5 Open APIs |website=LotusFlare|url=https://lotusflare.com/news/lotusflare-achieves-gold-level-certification-for-tm-forum-v5-open-apis/ |access-date=26 July 2024}}
==Users==
Some notable users of DNO Cloud include: {{bulleted list |Deutsche Telekom{{cite web |date=2024-07-01|website=NewsWire|title=Deutsche Telekom Selects LotusFlare for its Magenta API Capability Exposure (MACE) Platform |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/deutsche-telekom-selects-lotusflare-for-its-magenta-api-capability-exposure-mace-platform-896140360.html}}{{cite web |date=2024-07-01|website=TelecomTV|title=What’s up with… Proximus, DT & LotusFlare, Telecom Egypt & 4iG Group|url=https://www.telecomtv.com/content/digital-platforms-services/what-s-up-with-proximus-dt-lotusflare-telecom-egypt-4ig-group-50724/}}|
Globe Telecom{{cite web |date=2023-09-05|website=NewsWire|title=Deutsche Telekom Selects LotusFlare for its Magenta API Capability Exposure (MACE) Platform |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/globe-gomo-goes-live-on-lotusflare-dno-cloud-842826702.html}}|
A1 Telekom Austria Group{{cite web |title=A1 Group re:do trial exposes raw truth about human nature|date=2023-03-16|website=Mobile Europe|url=https://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/lotusflare-ai-group-redo-trial-exposes-shocking-truth-about-human-nature/}}
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Category:Telecommunications companies
Category:Internet service providers
Category:Telecommunications companies of the United States
Category:Software distribution
Category:Software companies based in California
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