modu
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | 1 January 2007  |
| Founder | Dov Moran |
| Headquarters | Kfar Saba, Israel |
Area served | Israel and worldwide |
| Services | Mobile phone services |
Number of employees | 130+ |
| Website | www |
Modu was an Israeli mobile phone company that was founded in 2007 by Dov Moran. Modu company holds the record for the world’s lightest mobile phone. The Modu phone enables users to personalize their mobile's looks and features in a simple way by inserting it into a range of unique phone enclosures, known as Modu jackets.
Modu was headquartered in Kfar-Saba, Israel, and had over 130 employees, most of whom are suing the company to receive back pay. On January 14, 2011, Engadget reported that Modu would cease operations in February 2011 as it attempts to pay back debts and salaries owed to its workers.[1] In mid May 2011 Google acquired several patents of Modu Mobile for 4.9 million $[2]
Core: The modu 1 Phone
The Modu 1 phone contains 2GB of internal memory and a music player.
Notes
- ^ "Modu closing up shop in February". Engadget. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Google acquires Modu". cnet. Retrieved 2011-05-20.