A London-based mobile and eSIM company, founded in 2006, that provides SIM cards, SIM software and a platform for putting phone plans onto devices over the air.
Truphone describes itself as a technology company that builds SIM software, management platforms and global connectivity, with a focus on eSIM. An eSIM is a SIM card built into a phone, watch or tablet, so you can switch phone plans without swapping a plastic card. Truphone also sells SIM-based mobile services to businesses and individuals, with bundles of minutes, texts and data across many countries, and call and text recording for firms in regulated industries such as finance. It runs its own network core, the central systems that connect calls and data, with points of presence on four continents.
The company was founded in 2006 by James Tagg, Alexander Straub and Alistair Campbell. It started with a phone app that used Wi-Fi to make cheap calls where mobile signal was weak, and moved over the years into SIMs, eSIM and remote SIM management. In 2018 it launched what it called the first carrier eSIM app on Apple's App Store, and by a later milestone it said it had provisioned 10 million eSIM profiles. In its own words, "connectivity can be easier, smarter and more efficient", and its chief executive, Ralph Steffens, said "We know the eSIM revolution is here." In 2023 most of its assets and subsidiaries were sold to a new UK company, TP Global Operations Limited, which trades as 1GLOBAL.
Truphone has been based in London. A company news release calls it a London-based tech company with 15 offices across four continents, and Wikipedia says it was headquartered in London. We did not find a list of other UK offices, and since the 2023 sale the UK entity and name have changed, so check what 1GLOBAL and Truphone now call their London sites. Companies House holds a record for Truphone Limited (company number 04187081), which we only saw in a search result.
Wikipedia reported about 500 staff in 2021, spread across several countries. We did not find culture material or staff stories. The company's own releases talk about customers who include mobile operators, big electronics makers and consumer brands, which suggests a business where people work closely with technical customers around the world. Please treat this as an outline from public news rather than a view from inside.
People in a business like this work on core network engineering, software that talks to phone operators, eSIM platform development, security, customer support for operators and businesses, product management and commercial teams who agree deals with phone companies. Telecoms and software engineering suit people who like networks and devices, while partnership, finance and legal roles suit those who prefer working with people and contracts.
Website: www.truphone.com
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