MobiSystems

MobiSystems was founded in 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria by Stanislav Minchev and Dimitar Mitev.{{Cite web |last=BG |first=OneWeb |title=МobiSystems: българският конкурент на Microsoft |url=https://hicomm.bg/softuer/mobi-systems-bylgarska-kompanija-kojato-uspeshno-konkurira-microsoft.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=hicomm.bg |language=bg}}

In 2003, Nikolay Kussovski and Stoyan Gogov joined the company as founding members.{{Cite web |title=What is it like to be a Microsoft competitor? |url=https://en.bia-bg.com/magazine/view/31752/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Bulgarian Industrial Association}} As a result, MobiSystems opened an office in San Diego, USA. The same year, MobiSystems reached a licensing agreement with Oxford University Press for the development of dictionary apps using language content from Oxford University Press.

In 2004, MobiSystems released the first version of its OfficeSuite office pack, initially for Palm OS, followed by a version for the Symbian mobile operating system in 2005.

In 2009, the company reached an agreement with Sony for the development of Android versions of MobiSystems’ OfficeSuite and File Commander apps, and their preload to Sony’s Xperia series of smartphones and tablets.{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Alex Dobie last |date=2013-03-12 |title=Sony Xperia Z review |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/sony-xperia-z-review |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Android Central |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sony Xperia Z1s (T-Mobile) Review |url=https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/sony-xperia-z1s-t-mobile |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=PCMAG |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sony Xperia Tablet Z Review - Android Tablet Reviews by MobileTechReview |url=https://www.mobiletechreview.com/tablets/Sony-Xperia-Tablet-Z.htm |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.mobiletechreview.com}}

In 2013, MobiSystems released the first version of OfficeSuite for iOS devices.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-12 |title=OfficeSuite: A Look at The Top Mobile Office Suite Application |url=https://cellularnews.com/mobile-apps/officesuite-a-look-at-the-top-mobile-office-suite-application/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=CellularNews |language=en-US}}

In 2016, the company launched a desktop version of OfficeSuite for Microsoft Windows, making it their debut product for computers.{{Cite web |author1=Dan Thorp-Lancaster |date=2016-11-07 |title=MobiSystems' OfficeSuite makes the jump to Windows PC |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/mobisystems-officesuite-makes-jump-windows-pc |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Windows Central |language=en}}

• MobiOffice - Cross-platform software suite available for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows and Mac operating systems. OfficeSuite has been installed over 300 million times and includes a word processor (MobiDocs), spreadsheet editor (MobiSheets) and a presentation program (MobiSlides).{{Cite web |last=Team |first=DealPost |title=This top-rated Microsoft Office alternative is on sale now |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2052529/this-top-rated-microsoft-office-alternative-is-on-sale-now.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=PCWorld |language=en}}

• MobiPDF - PDF editor, reader, and converter available for Android, iOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.{{Cite web |title=MobiSystems, Inc. – PDF Association |url=https://pdfa.org/member/mobisystems-inc/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en-US}}

• Oxford Dictionary - Dictionary app containing 13 bilingual Oxford University Press dictionaries and 2 thesauruses. MobiSystems develops the app under a licensing agreement with Oxford University Press.

• MobiDrive - Cross-platform cloud storage service available for Android, iOS, and Microsoft Windows.

• File Commander - File manager app available for Android. File Commander has been preloaded onto Sony’s Xperia series devices.  

In 2018, MobiSystems’ OfficeSuite was selected as an Android Excellence app by Google Play.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-06 |title=Discover the best apps and games with Google's Android Excellence April 2018 update |url=https://betanews.com/2018/04/06/android-excellence-april-2018/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=BetaNews |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gangwar |first=Akshay |date=2018-04-06 |title=Here are Google's Picks for Android Excellence Apps for Q2 2018 |url=https://beebom.com/here-are-googles-picks-for-android-excellence-apps-for-q2-2018/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Beebom |language=en-US}}

In 2019, MobiSystems’ OfficeSuite was awarded the Best Mobile App of 2019 award by Best Mobile App Awards.{{Cite web |title=OfficeSuite Mobile App {{!}} The Best Mobile App Awards |url=https://bestmobileappawards.com/app-submission/officesuite |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=bestmobileappawards.com |language=en}}

MobiSystems has won multiple awards from the Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies’ yearly BAIT Awards. In 2016, the company won the ‘Mobile Application’ award for their Oxford Dictionary application.{{Cite web |title=Най-добрите в IT сектора (СНИМКИ) |url=https://fakti.bg/biznes/174618-nai-dobrite-v-it-sektora-snimki |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Fakti.bg - Да извадим фактите наяве |language=bg}} In 2018, Eva Maydell MEP awarded MobiSystems the ‘Company with the largest contribution to promoting the image of the Bulgarian ICT industry worldwide’ award, as well as the ‘Successful Bulgarian ICT Product’ award for OfficeSuite.{{Cite web |title=Новини |url=https://bait-awards.bg/News/Izvestni-sa-pobeditelite-v-konkursa-%E2%80%9ENagradite-na-BAIT%E2%80%9C-za-2018-g/62/?fbclid=IwAR22a3i9lTzST7Gx-ZeKIMy7FqHcjHmnY-HxMgXUJM2tbyXmKEN-DSkY-gU |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=bait-awards.bg}}{{Cite web |title=На официална церемония бяха отличени победителите в конкурса "Наградите на БАИТ" за 2018 г. |url=https://www.bcci.bg/news/15870 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=БЪЛГАРСКА ТЪРГОВСКО-ПРОМИШЛЕНА ПАЛАТА |language=bg}}{{Cite web |title=БАИТ връчи годишните си награди за 8-а поредна година - Economy.bg |url=https://www.economy.bg/economy/view/34536/BAIT-vrychi-godishnite-si-nagradi-za-8-a-poredna-godina |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.economy.bg}}{{Cite web |last=Арнаудов |first=Юлиян |date=2019-02-28 |title=Ucha.se и "Мобайл системс" са големите победители в ежегодните награди на БАИТ |url=https://www.techtrends.bg/2019/02/28/ucha-se-i-mobi-systems-bait-awards/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=TechTrends България |language=bg-BG}}

In 2015, MobiSystems began offering free courses for competitive programming, applied programming, and programming for mobile applications to 5-12th grade high school students at ‘First Private Mathematic High School’ in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite web |last=Бонева-Благоева |first=Йорданка |date=2015-11-05 |title=Къде в София учениците могат да се научат да програмират? - Danybon.com |url=https://danybon.com/hlapeta/sofia-uchenici-programirane/,%20https://danybon.com/hlapeta/sofia-uchenici-programirane/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=bg-BG}}

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, MobiSystems participated in the Italian Ministry for Technological Innovation & Digitization’s Digital Solidarity (Solidarietà Digitale) initiative by donating licenses for OfficeSuite, PDF Extra, as well as providing cloud storage via their MobiDrive cloud service. The Digital Solidarity initiative was created with the aim to digitize Italian businesses in an effort to mitigate difficulties imposed by the health emergency.{{Cite web |title=Solidarietà Digitale: MobiSystems offre OfficeSuite, PDF Extra e cloud |url=https://www.punto-informatico.it/solidarieta-digitale-mobisystems-officesuite/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.punto-informatico.it}}{{Cite web |last=Bonofiglio |first=Ludovica |date=2020-03-27 |title=Solidarietà digitale: quando Internet unisce e non divide |url=https://www.juliainrete.it/?p=2126 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Julia in Rete |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |title=Solidarietà Digitale |url=https://innovazione.gov.it/progetti/solidarieta-digitale/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Dipartimento per la trasformazione digitale |language=it}}

During the same period, MobiSystems donated BGN 100,000 to Aleksandrovska University Hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria for the purchase of ventilators and medical supplies.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-03 |title=Хроника на доброто. Дарителите по време на пандемия |url=https://www.svobodnaevropa.bg/a/30497388.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Свободна Европа |language=bg}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Софтуерната компания MobiSystems дарява 100 000 лв. за животоспасяваща техника и консумативи |url=https://offnews.bg/obshtestvo/softuernata-kompania-mobisystems-dariava-100-000-lv-za-zhivotospasiav-725129.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Offnews}}{{Cite web |title="Бизнес герои": Дарителите по време на пандемия |url=https://btvnovinite.bg/bulgaria/biznes-geroi-daritelite-po-vreme-na-pandemija.html# |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=bTV Новините |language=bg}}

In 2023, MobiSystems became a member of the charity organization unconnected.org. The organization’s goal is to provide students, refugees, women, and underserved communities internet access.{{Cite web |title=A community connecting 1 billion people to the internet |url=https://unconnected.org/ |website=Unconnected}}

In 2016 the app version of the American Heritage Dictionary developed by MobiSystems, under license from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was criticized by visually impaired users for the dictionary’s lack of VoiceOver accessibility options.{{Cite web |title=Good things might not last: American Heritage Dictionary is no longer accessible at all {{!}} AppleVis |url=https://www.applevis.com/blog/good-things-might-not-last-american-heritage-dictionary-no-longer-accessible-all |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.applevis.com}}{{Cite web |title=American Heritage Dictionary just became more accessible, but usability concerns remain {{!}} AppleVis |url=https://www.applevis.com/blog/american-heritage-dictionary-just-became-more-accessible-usability-concerns-remain |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.applevis.com}}

• [https://mobisystems.com/v3/ Official website]
• [https://www.officesuite.com/en Official OfficeSuite website]

Category:2003 establishments in California

Category:Bulgarian companies established in 2001

Category:Companies based in Sofia