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Tangoe, Inc. and Vodafone Announce Agreement for Strategic Partnership
[April 06, 2016]

Tangoe, Inc. and Vodafone Announce Agreement for Strategic Partnership


Tangoe, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNGO), a leading global provider of IT Expense Management (ITEM), which includes Telecom Expense Management (TEM), Managed Mobility Services (MMS), and Cloud Expense Management, today announced that it has entered into an agreement for a strategic partnership with Vodafone.

Tangoe (News - Alert) plans to acquire ownership of Vodafone's existing TEM technology and transfer a majority of Vodafone's TEM employees. Vodafone plans to use Tangoe to service its existing TEM customers and to deliver Tangoe's solutions as its preferred provider. The transactions are subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and are expected to close within 60 days.

"We are very excited about the synergy this strategic partnership can bring to current and future clients, as the Vodafone TEM business fits particularly well within the core of Tangoe's broader solution suite," said Al Subbloie (News - Alert), president and CEO of Tangoe. "We see tremendous potential to deliver additional value to Vodafone's global base of enterprise customers through Matrix, which helps clients gain visibility, control, and financial management of critical IT assets, services, and usage."

Vodafone (News - Alert) Global Enterprise Chief Executive Jan Geldmacher said, "Telecom expense management is an important element in Vodafone's total communications strategy. All parties stand to gain as Vodafone and Tangoe combine their reach and epertise to deliver world-leading TEM services to enterprise customers."



About Tangoe

Tangoe (NASDAQ:TNGO) is a leading global provider of IT Expense Management, which includes Telecom Expense Management (TEM), Managed Mobility Services (MMS), and Cloud Expense Management software and services to a wide range of global enterprises and service providers. Matrix is Tangoe's technology and services platform designed to help companies transform the management of IT assets, services, expenses and usage to create business value, increase efficiency and deliver a positive impact to the bottom line.


Tangoe is a registered trademark of Tangoe, Inc.

About Vodafone Group

Vodafone (LSE:VOD) is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone has mobile operations in 26 countries, partners with mobile networks in 57 more, and fixed broadband operations in 17 markets. As of 31 December 2015, Vodafone had 461 million mobile customers and 13 million fixed broadband customers.

Forward-looking statements

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