Wiko
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in français. (September 2025) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Wiko (/ˈwɪkoʊ/ WIK-oh) is a French company,[1] and a fully owned subsidiary of Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Tinno Mobile.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Wiko was established in February 2011, by French businessman Laurent Dahan.[2] Its head office, design and marketing teams are based in Marseille, France.[2]
Wiko shipped 2.6 million devices overall in 2013, mostly dual-SIM Android smartphones.[2] That year, it sold 1.7 million smartphones in France,[3] i.e. 7 % of the French market[2][4] and it was the country's second largest selling smartphone firm after Samsung.[5]
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
[edit | edit source]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.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Remote shut down
[edit | edit source]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.[13][14][15]
See also
[edit | edit source]Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Articles needing translation from foreign-language Wikipedias
- 2017 mergers and acquisitions
- Companies based in Marseille
- Electronics companies of France
- French brands
- French companies established in 2011
- French subsidiaries of foreign companies
- Mobile phone manufacturers
- Telecommunication equipment companies of China