Wiko
French phone manufacturer
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WIKO (/ˈwɪkoʊ/ WIK-oh) is a French company,[1] and a fully owned subsidiary of Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Tinno Mobile.[2]
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| Industry | Wholesale (intercompany trade) of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts |
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| Founded | 3 February 2011 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | France Africa Caribbean Central America Middle East Southeast Asia Bangladesh Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Greece Hungary India Italy Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Turkey Thailand United Kingdom |
Key people | Laurent Dahan |
| Parent | Tinno Mobile |
| Website | wikomobile.com |
History
Wiko was established in February 2011, by French businessman Laurent Dahan.[2] Its head office, design and marketing teams are based in Marseille, France.[2]
Wiko shipped 2.6 million devices overall in 2013, mostly dual-SIM Android smartphones.[2] That year, it sold 1.7 million smartphones in France,[3] i.e. 7 % of the French market[2][4] and it was the country's second largest selling smartphone firm after Samsung.[5]
In 2014 Wiko entered the British market.[citation needed]
In 2018 Wiko was present in more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and had around 30 million users, twice the number of two years earlier.
Privacy data collection
In November 2017, it is revealed that pre-installed application within phones from Wiko (a Tinno Mobile subsidiary) would transmit technical data monthly to Tinno without customer consent. The company confirmed the existence of such information collection system and said updated version of those applications will no longer collect geographical information of devices.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
