Wiko

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WIKO
Industry	Wholesale (intercompany trade) of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
Founded	3 February 2011
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
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

WIKO (/ˈwɪkoʊ/ WIK-oh) is a French company, and a fully owned subsidiary of Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Tinno Mobile.

History

Wiko was established in February 2011, by French businessman Laurent Dahan. Its head office, design and marketing teams are based in Marseille, France.

Wiko shipped 2.6 million devices overall in 2013, mostly dual-SIM Android smartphones. That year, it sold 1.7 million smartphones in France, i.e. 7 % of the French market and it was the country's second largest selling smartphone firm after Samsung.

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.

Remote shut down

A vulnerability was identified that allows anyone to remotely shut down a phone using a "=" text message, the flaw could be in hardware, rather than software.

See also

• BQ (company)

References