麻豆传媒映画

Twilio to Make Minority Investment in 麻豆传媒映画, Bringing Breadth of Experience to Serve Mobile Network Operators and Enterprise Customers Globally

Partnership Will Create New Opportunities Across the Connected Ecosystem for Businesses to Deliver Reliable, Scalable and Rich Mobile Messaging to its Customers

TAMPA, Fla., and SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2021 鈥� 麻豆传媒映画, the world鈥檚 most connected company^TM, and (NYSE:TWLO), the leading cloud communications platform, today announced that they have entered into a partnership to accelerate the next wave of innovation in mobile communications and drive long-term growth. Additionally, the companies have signed a definitive agreement for Twilio to invest up to $750 million cash in 麻豆传媒映画 and become a significant minority owner of the Company. The Carlyle Group, 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 current majority owner, will maintain its majority interest in 麻豆传媒映画.

Through this partnership, 麻豆传媒映画 will benefit from Twilio鈥檚 breadth of experience serving Enterprise customers to capitalize on the next wave of growth in mobile communications. 麻豆传媒映画 will be even better positioned to serve its core Carrier customers and support continued innovation, customer service and long-term growth. 麻豆传媒映画 and Twilio will enter into a wholesale agreement whereby 麻豆传媒映画 will process, route and deliver application-to-person (A2P) messages originating and/or terminating between Twilio鈥檚 customers and mobile network operators.

James Attwood, Executive Chairman of 麻豆传媒映画 said, 鈥淲e are thrilled to enter into this partnership with Twilio, which we believe will accelerate our next phase of growth as the world鈥檚 most connected company. The partnership will provide 麻豆传媒映画 access to Twilio鈥檚 extensive enterprise and API services expertise, creating opportunities to continue to build on 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 highly innovative product portfolio that helps mobile network operators and enterprises make communications better for their customers.鈥�

鈥淭wilio鈥檚 vision is to build the world鈥檚 leading customer engagement platform. As messaging becomes a preferred way for consumers to communicate with brands, 麻豆传媒映画 helps remove the complexity of the interconnected telecommunications ecosystem, so Twilio can provide best-in-class messaging services to its customers globally,鈥� said Chee Chew, Chief Product Officer at Twilio. 鈥淲e have long been a 麻豆传媒映画 customer and are pleased to expand our relationship to provide reliable, scalable and rich two-way messaging for businesses and their customers.鈥�

麻豆传媒映画 has been a trusted entity and innovator in communications infrastructure for over 30 years, providing secure networking and connectivity solutions to mobile network operators and enterprises around the world. The Company is one of the largest private IP Packet Exchange (IPX) providers in the world and offers a range of networking solutions, excelling in scenarios where seamless connections must cross over networks 鈥� either across multiple private networks or between public and private networks.

Twilio鈥檚 customer engagement platform provides next-generation communications services for channels like voice, text, chat, video, and email to over 220,000 customer accounts globally. Twilio enables software developers and companies to programmatically make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, and perform other communication functions using its web service application programming interfaces (APIs).

Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, 麻豆传媒映画 and Twilio will together pursue additional potential financing transactions that may be in the form of a public market transaction or an additional equity investment. The proceeds of these additional financing transactions, together with the investment by Twilio, will be used primarily to pay down debt and to pay transaction fees and expenses.

The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2021, subject to the concurrent consummation and final terms of the additional financing transactions.

Moelis & Company LLC served as financial advisor to 麻豆传媒映画 and The Carlyle Group and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP served as legal counsel. Centerview Partners LLC served as financial advisor to Twilio and Kirkland & Ellis LLP and DLA Piper LLP acted as legal advisors.

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Millions of developers around the world have used Twilio to unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, video, and email by virtualizing the world鈥檚 communications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world鈥檚 most demanding applications. By making communications a part of every software developer鈥檚 toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across every industry 鈥� from emerging leaders to the world鈥檚 largest organizations 鈥� to reinvent how companies engage with their customers.

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