Forticom is an IT company based in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. It was the owner of online

social network A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for an ...

s ''One.lv'' (Latvian) and ''One.lt'' (Lithuanian). 100% of Forticom is owned by Forticom AS. At this moment the company sold ''One.lt'' but the second project ''One.lv'' was closed in January 2013. One website debuted in 1999 and offered the ability send free

SMS Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...

text messages Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile devices, desktops/laptops, or another type of compatible compute ...

to mobile phones. The service became very successful as at the time texting was expensive. Later the portal grew to include other mobile services (games, ring tones, icons, etc.). The social network grew out of experimental "friends" feature of the website. The company also developed

video sharing An online video platform (OVP), provided by a video hosting service, enables users to upload, convert, store and play back video content on the Internet, often via a structured, large-scale system that may generate revenue. Users will generally u ...

websites ''Videogaga.lt'' and ''Videogaga.lv.'' Both projects are closed at this moment. In 2007, Forticom bought 25% of Russian Odnoklassniki. In June 2008, the company acquired 70% interest in Polish '' Nasza-klasa.pl'' for $92 million. Both websites are designed for former classmates. All the Forticom's stocks of ''Nasza-klasa.pl'' were sold. At this moment company is developing project called '' Odnoklassniki.ru.''

References

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