WHO WE ARE
The airG team is comprised of a culturally diverse group who is passionate about innovating and bringing joy to the people who use our products.
leadership
Frederick Ghahramani
Founder, Managing Director
Michael Kader
Legal Counsel, President airG Holdings
business development
ESTABLISHED OVER 20 YEARS
15
Global Offices
175
Employees Globally
250+ MILLION
Registered Users
160
Mobile Operators in 50+ countries
2000
Our humble beginnings
3 engineering students start working on a project for a Canadian telecom operator, forming the first ‘airGames’ suite of mobile games
2001
The million-dollar moment
AtomicDove launched, generates 100 million minutes of airtime usage – reaching our first $1 million in profitable sales, operators globally show interest
2002
Big league distribution deals
Licensing agreements reached with leading mobile operators: Vodafone, Telstra, T-Mobile, Orange, Verizon, AT&T, and many more
2003
Expanding product scope and reach
Expanded to downloadable (j2me) games, through large catalogue of 500+ games, distributed through operators in over 20 countries
2004
Scaling up
Launched j2me version of chat/IM client ‘airDate’, scaled to over 5 million customers
2005
Product and customer base growth
Expanded airDate functionality to airG community, expanded to MMS/mobile web – scaled to 25+ million customers
2006
Getting sales and getting noticed
Generating sales in 30+ countries, featured in Wall Street Journal, airG community private labeled on 27 operators
2007
D2C product and advertising take off
Launched airg.com direct to consumer proposition, launched mobile advertising business, reached first $1 million in advertising revenue
2008
airG team global expansion
Internationalized to Latin America, Southern Europe, opening offices in Spain and Italy
2009
Expansion continues
Further expansion of service offering, more local integrations with D2C proposition in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
2010
In the spotlight
Named one of BC's Top 55 Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, highlighted in Ground Truth report as top 10 sources of mobile internet traffic in the United States
2011
New record-breaking game
Launched Big Barn World: innovative mobile social game – product shatters our internal record of all time to reach $1 million in sales
Leveling up our game
Launched airgames.com: mobile games proposition, expanding the target and reach of our demographic advertising solutions
2012
A great place to work
airG is in the spotlight again, being named one of BC's Top Employers for another year.
2013
New ventures
Started to seed internally 6 new consumer focused software start-ups, lots of hard work and lost hair, no divorces yet…
2014
Thriving globally
Global expansion with 3 new offices in Latin America, Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Growth and expansion of applications and mobile advertising proposition. Launched Just 10.
2015
Proof of concept to confirmation
Began Clinical Validation Study for the BrainTest app
2016
The search is over
Established the permanent office for our patient Dublin team in Whitefriars, Dublin Ireland. Launched Unlimited Gamez.
2017
Piece of mind for all
Launched the BrainTest consumer app, and Kitty Snatch app
Bridging our team across cultures
Established our Beirut Office to better serve our global partners and customers
2018
New head office
Moved to our new custom designed office at 89 W Georgia Street in Vancouver
2019
Meet our new family
Launched Mini-Me, a kid and family-friendly product line featuring Mini-Me Videos and Mini-Me Games
2020
Twenty years and still growing
Proud of all we accomplished, humbled by our learnings, and grateful for everyone’s contribution. Launched QuickClips TV.