2022年7月21日

Toss收购移动通信运营商“Viva Republica”的创始人兼CEO李承健(音)在2019年3月举行的记者招待会上发表了讲话。朴托斯收购了以降低零售价格向消费者提供无线通信服务的移动虚拟网络运营商(MVNO) Merchant Korea。三星电子26日表示，与韩国Merchant Korea签订了收购100%股份的股份收购协议。成立于1998年的Merchant Korea一直在提供MVNO服务，以批发价格从国内三大电信网络运营商租赁无线容量，然后以自己的“MyWorld”品牌低价转售给消费者。收购完成后，Toss的目标是在其金融科技应用中引入新的搜索和订阅功能，为客户提供最佳的MVNO服务计划。该公司表示，新功能将创新并简化消费者的MVNO订阅流程，同时使他们能够削减电信费用。自2011年该服务在该国推出以来，约有70家MVNO企业注册。截至去年，MVNO无线网络用户超过1000万人。托斯的相关人士表示:“就像托斯的金融服务创造了节省时间和费用的社会效益一样，移动应用程序的目标是消除MVNO订阅过程中的不便，降低通信费用。”虽然自2011年以来MVNO企业数量有所增加，但去年家庭的月平均通信费用与2010年相比仅减少了10%。 The decrease is somewhat disappointing when compared with global peer countries. According to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), the U.S. experienced a 61 percent cut during the five years following the adoption of the business model there, while the U.K. experienced a 45 percent fall and Denmark witnessed a 50 percent decline. Meanwhile, Viva Republica ― the operator of Toss ― also announced Thursday that it had succeeded in attracting 300 billion won ($229 million) in investments. The company's corporate value is estimated at 8.5 trillion won, which has increased slightly from the previous investment round held in June last year when the firm's value was assessed at 8.2 trillion won. The fintech firm explained that institutional investors view the super mobile app's growth potential highly. The investment deal is slated to be closed next month. Toss expects to turn a net profit with it by early next year.