Visage Mobile is a

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(SaaS) company that provides

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solutions for enterprises. Their product, MobilityCentral, is intended to simplify

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, as a web-based application. Visage MobilityCentral hosts a variety of tools including automated cost-savings recommendations, integration with

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and

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s, inventory management, and dynamic cost-accounting reporting. The company also provides managed services including device recycling, help desk management, break-fix, bill audit, wireless and fixed asset cost optimization, and bill pay.

History

Founded in 2001 as an

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, Visage Mobile developed integrations with billing and

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network providers to enable branded mobility services. Visage Mobile was the back-end systems integrator for

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and

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as well as

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wireless. In 2008, Visage acquired Agistics. In late 2008,

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purchased Visage's MVNE organization. Visage launched MobilityCentral in 2008 and in less than a year was recognized by

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as one of the Nine Wireless Companies to Watch, and was chosen as a finalist for the AOTMP Innovation of the Year Award. The company was acquired by Periscope Equity and merged with other acquisitions to form ''brightfin'' in 2021.

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