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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS
A global network for IoT devices that has
been brought to life for having no limits
Things Mobile, a global mobile operator specialized in Clearly, the 40-year old Italian
the Internet of Things, is the brainchild of Manuel Zanel- businessman’s esprit and suc-
la, the inventor of the pioneering Things Mobile SIM cess is rooted in the decade-long
card. experience in international roam-
ing and in the TLC market.
“Things Mobile was created with a crucial goal in mind:
upgrading the technology of objects connected to the While ChatSim was an evolution
Internet, making it more user-friendly, faster and more of Zeromobile in voice, chat and
convenient,” Zanella explains. “Since most devices ex- text messaging, Things Mobile is
change very few kilobytes, our rate guarantees very low the evolution in the field of data Manuel Zanella
connection costs and no management fees for devices”, exchange, the company explained,
he added. just that this time, Manuel Zanella tapped the ChatSim
experience for this new product. Anyway, besides Zero-
Things Mobile is an evolution of Zeromobile, the first low mobile as the majority shareholder, the investment
cost roaming mobile operator, which Zanella founded company Angelsim Sarl, (already investor in ChatSim,)
and leads as CEO. He is as well the founder and CEO of and Juan de la Coba, ChatSim’s co-founder, are part of
ChatSim, the SIM card designed to chat free of charge the project team.
and without limits with WhatsApp and other Instant Mes-
saging Apps.
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