Upoc Networks was a New York–based mobile phone services provider and carrier aggregator. Upoc was founded in 1999 and has developed mobile community solutions[ buzzword] for carriers, consumers, media companies and marketers to communicate via SMS (text messaging), WAP (wireless Internet), voice, MMS (multimedia messaging), BREW, Java, and other technologies. [1]
Upoc was sold in 2006 to Dada USA, at a reported loss of approximately $19 million. [2] Dada USA then was renamed Dada Entertainment [3] and today is a Subsidiary of Buongiorno, [4] an International mobile content Company
Upoc announced it was discontinuing service on October 25, 2011, in a short website statement [5] and a posting on its official Twitter page. [6]
November 30, 2011, was the last day of service, as of December 1, 2011, the Upoc service has been shut down.