Dial-a-Phone Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1995

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 300

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Buyout/​LBO

  • Financing Rounds
  • 2

Dial-a-Phone General Information

Description

Retailer of mobile phones in the United Kingdom. The company is a retailer of contract mobile phones. It also provides Internet and fulfillment services to third party mobile phone retailers using its own infrastructure.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 53 - 79 Highgate Road
  • London NW5 1TL
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 020 0000 0000
Primary Industry
Specialty Retail
Other Industries
Wireless Communications Equipment
Acquirer
Vertical(s)
TMT, Mobile
Corporate Office
  • 53 - 79 Highgate Road
  • London NW5 1TL
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 020 0000 0000

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Dial-a-Phone Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA
Post-Val Status Debt

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Dial-a-Phone Patents

Dial-a-Phone Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
FR-1331058-A Charger for automatic telephone number calling devices Inactive 09-Aug-1962 000000000
GB-949534-A Tape magazine for automatic telephone dialer Inactive 26-Jul-1962 000000000
AU-1961162-A Magnetic storage automatic telephone dialer Inactive 04-Jul-1962
AU-272265-B2 Magnetic storage automatic telephone dialer Inactive 04-Jul-1962

Dial-a-Phone Executive Team (2)

Name Title Board Seat
Thomas Shorten Director, Operations
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Dial-a-Phone Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Dial-a-Phone Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Dial-a-Phone FAQs

  • When was Dial-a-Phone founded?

    Dial-a-Phone was founded in 1995.

  • Where is Dial-a-Phone headquartered?

    Dial-a-Phone is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

  • What is the size of Dial-a-Phone?

    Dial-a-Phone has 300 total employees.

  • What industry is Dial-a-Phone in?

    Dial-a-Phone’s primary industry is Specialty Retail.

  • Is Dial-a-Phone a private or public company?

    Dial-a-Phone is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Dial-a-Phone?

    The current valuation of Dial-a-Phone is 000.00.

  • What is Dial-a-Phone’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Dial-a-Phone is 000000.

  • Who are Dial-a-Phone’s investors?

    Equistone Partners Europe has invested in Dial-a-Phone.

  • When was Dial-a-Phone acquired?

    Dial-a-Phone was acquired on 29-Feb-2008.

  • Who acquired Dial-a-Phone?

    Dial-a-Phone was acquired by Phones 4U.

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