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Allirajah Subaskaran, founder and majority owner of Lyca Group, has stepped down as a director following months of escalating financial, legal and governance challenges that culminated in board-level changes.
MVNO Lyca Mobile and Sim Local have teamed up to now offer Lyca’s data eSIM plans across the UK, France, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the USA. Sim Local’s platform offers eSIMs to international global travellers which connect to data packages from regional providers The partnership with Sim Local is Lyca’s first e-commerce retail
EE MVNO Lycamobile UK says it has been wrongly hit with a winding-up petition from HMRC and that the amounts claimed have already been paid. The company says a winding up order from HMRC was issued in error and is not connected with the recent ruling of a tribunal that it must pay £51 million
Major MVNO Lyca Mobile has lost a £51 million VAT appeal over the sale of its voice, text, and data bundles between 2012 and 2019. A 55-page judgment by the First Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber disagreed with Lyca’s argument that VAT only became payable when the bundle data was used. Lyca had claimed that VAT
Vodafone Customer Marketing VP Frank Wiemann has joined Lyca Mobile as the Chief Marketing Officer. Wiemann will work on branding development across Lyca Mobile’s global footprint. He has around two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry and has held various senior leadership roles at E.ON, o.tel.o communications, and Vodafone in Germany, Spain, and the
MVNO Lyca Mobile has hired ex-Vodafone Group executive Nikos Paraskevopoulos (main pic left) as its new group chief financial officer and ex-BT and Plusnet executive Ketan Hindocha (right) as group director of customer care. These appointments are part of Lyca Mobile’s recent efforts by CEO Richard Schäfer to strengthen its executive team, which also saw
Lyca Mobile has appointed Lawrence Corbett (main pic left) as the new Group Chief Operating Officer and James McQuillan as the UK and Ireland Country Manager. Their arrival follows the appointment of Richard Schafer as Group CEO last June. “We are poised to challenge established operators. Lawrence and James, with their impressive backgrounds, are invaluable
MVNO Lyca Mobile has extended its 10-year partnership with West Ham United and now includes the club’s Women’s Team in its sponsored activities. Lyca’s activities with West Ham Mobile Cup will include the West Ham United Foundation girls’ tournament. Also, West Ham United fans will be able to purchase Lyca Mobile ‘Fan Plans’ which will
Lyca Mobile has moved from O2 to BT Wholesale giving customers access to EE. The deal will see Lyca’s entire customer base move across to EE following a new agreement with BT Wholesale. which sells MVNO’s airtime on the EE network. Lyca Mobile’s UK customers in the UK customer experience will get future access to
Lyca Mobile, which claims to be the world’s largest MVNO, has launched an eSIM service in the UK.