Globtel

Wholesale Telecommunicationsglobtel.de

Globtel GmbH is a Berlin-based wholesale telecommunications provider offering international voice transit, SMS, data, numbering, and AI-based fraud prevention services to carriers, enterprises, and call centers globally, with offices in Germany, Poland, and Latvia.

Company typePrivate
Founded2016
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2B
OfferingServices

What Globtel does

Globtel GmbH is a privately held wholesale telecommunications services provider headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with additional offices in Warsaw, Poland, and Riga, Latvia. Founded in 2016, the company operates a carrier-grade platform offering international wholesale voice services (traffic transit, call center solutions, enterprise voice, SIP trunking, and micropayments), SMS transit and enterprise messaging, data services via Virtual SIM and eSIM, and a broad portfolio of phone numbering products. Its core customer segments are other telecommunications carriers, enterprise businesses, and call center operators, served through a B2B partner portal and direct enterprise sales motion. Globtel monetizes primarily through transaction-based fees on call termination/SMS transit and subscription/recurring fees on data and numbering services, with quote-based wholesale pricing that is not publicly disclosed.

Underlying its offering is proprietary routing software and carrier-class equipment, supplemented by a fraud prevention suite that includes AI-based scam and spam recognition, SIM box detection, changed CLI detection, changed SMS content detection, and foreign/roaming network testing. The fraud prevention capability processes both text and audio traffic signals and is positioned by the company as a competitive differentiator. Globtel also offers cloud services and operates a dedicated B2B portal (b2b.globtel.de) for partner management. The company has been recognized at the Antonio Meucci Global Telco Awards in both 2024 and 2025, and it has participated in industry events including MVNO Nation in Valencia and GCCM in Oman. No funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership hires, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available data.

Globtel firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Globtel
Legal name: Globtel GmbH
Website: https://globtel.de
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2016
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Globtel GmbH is a Berlin-based wholesale telecommunications provider offering international voice transit, SMS, data, numbering, and AI-based fraud prevention services to carriers, enterprises, and call centers globally, with offices in Germany, Poland, and Latvia.
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Globtel industry classification

Industry

Product category: Wholesale Telecommunications
NAICS: Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) (5171), All Other Telecommunications (51781)
SIC: Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813), Radiotelephone Communications (4812)
akta.pro primary industry: International Voice Wholesale (carrier voice, termination, A2P routing) (HDAIAEAD)
akta.pro secondary industries: Carrier Ethernet & Wavelength Wholesale (E-Line/E-LAN, OTN, lambda) (HDAIAEAB), Carrier Billing & Telco Mobile Money (FSAMAEAD)

Keywords

Wholesale voice termination
International SMS transit
SIP trunking services
Telecom fraud prevention
Virtual SIM data services

Where Globtel is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Berlin
HQ country: Germany
HQ region: Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

Globtel business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Wholesale Voice Services: International wholesale voice services including traffic transit, call center solutions, enterprise voice, SIP trunking, and micropayments. Revenue generated from call termination and transit fees across carrier network.
SMS Services: SMS transit and enterprise SMS services with two-way messaging capabilities, fast delivery, and high personalization.
Data Services: Virtual SIM and eSIM data services for enterprise and carrier customers.
Phone Numbers: Provision of various phone number types including domestic premium, fixed, local, mobile, national, shared cost, toll free, and Universal International Freephone Numbers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Globtel product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Globtel provides international wholesale telecommunications services to carriers, enterprises, and call centers, including wholesale voice termination (traffic transit, call center, enterprise, SIP trunking, micropayments), wholesale SMS transit and enterprise SMS, data connectivity via virtual SIM and eSIM, a suite of AI-driven telecom fraud prevention tools, and provisioning of domestic, mobile, toll free, and Universal International Freephone Numbers.

Product overview

Globtel is a telecommunications company offering a comprehensive portfolio of voice, SMS, and data services with fraud prevention capabilities. The core offering consists of international wholesale voice services (Traffic Transit, Call Center, Enterprise, SIP Trunking, Micropayments) and SMS services (SMS Transit, Enterprise SMS). The portfolio extends to Data services (Virtual SIM, eSIM), a suite of fraud prevention tools (Changed CLI Detection, Changed SMS Content Detection, Foreign Network Testing, Roaming Network Testing, Scam and Spam AI Based Recognition, SIM Box Detection), and Number services (Domestic Premium, Fixed, Local, Mobile, National, Shared Cost, Toll Free, and Universal International Freephone Numbers). The company also provides Cloud services and operates a B2B Partner Portal. The offering operates as a modular platform approach with core telecom services supplemented by add-on fraud prevention and number management capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

24/7 customer support availability every day of the year

Companies that use Globtel

Customer profile

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Globtel technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Globtel partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

MVNO NationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2023Globtel GmbH participated as an exhibitor at the MVNO Nation Event in Valencia, Spain, engaging with the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) community.
GCCM OmanminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2023Globtel GmbH participated as an exhibitor at the 2023 GCCM Oman event in the Middle East, showcasing innovative telecom solutions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Globtel competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

Twilio: Public CPaaS leader offering messaging, voice, SIP trunking and number services to enterprises and developers globally. Overlaps on SMS/voice transit and number services but serves enterprise developers more than carrier wholesale.
Tata Communications: Global Tier-1 wholesale carrier offering international voice, data, signaling and mobility services to operators worldwide. Broader incumbent with overlapping wholesale voice/SMS but vastly larger scale and owned infrastructure.

Direct peers

Plivo: Cloud communications platform offering wholesale voice, SMS, SIP trunking and number services to enterprises and operators. Comparable in modular voice/SMS transit plus number management product structure.
Infobip: Croatia-founded CPaaS and wholesale messaging/voice platform serving enterprises and carriers globally. Directly comparable in wholesale SMS/voice transit plus fraud-prevention offerings, and a regional European peer of similar origin.
iBasis: Tofane Global-owned wholesale voice carrier providing international voice termination, signaling, and IPX services to mobile operators and MVNOs. Directly comparable in international voice transit and carrier interconnect focus.
IDT Corporation: Public US telecom holding with wholesale carrier services (BOSS) division terminating international voice and SMS, alongside Boss Money remittance. Comparable in international voice wholesale and micropayment-adjacent offerings.
Voxbone (now Bandwidth): Specialist in international phone numbers (DID, toll-free, UIFN) and SIP trunking for enterprise communications. Direct overlap with Globtel's numbers portfolio and enterprise voice services.
Sinch: Sweden-based CPaaS/wholesale messaging operator offering SMS, voice, and conversational AI with strong fraud-prevention overlays for enterprises and carriers. Comparable in wholesale messaging transit and enterprise communications focus.
Telnyx: US-based carrier offering wholesale voice, SIP trunking, private networking, and number services with proprietary infrastructure. Comparable in enterprise SIP trunking, voice quality differentiation, and number provisioning.
BICS: Proximus-owned wholesale carrier offering international voice, data, messaging transit and fraud prevention services to operators globally. Closest comparable in pure-play wholesale voice/SMS termination with similar carrier customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Globtel financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Globtel leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Globtel funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Globtel M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Globtel

What does Globtel do?

Is Globtel a public or private company?

Globtel is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was Globtel founded?

Globtel was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Globtel based?

Globtel is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, in the Europe region.

How does Globtel make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Wholesale Voice Services are the primary driver. The others are SMS Services, data Services and phone Numbers.

Who are Globtel's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are Twilio and Tata Communications. Direct peers are Plivo, Infobip, iBasis, IDT Corporation, Voxbone (now Bandwidth), Sinch, Telnyx and BICS.

Does Globtel have an API?

No public API is recorded for Globtel.

What industry is Globtel in?

Globtel's product category is Wholesale Telecommunications. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAIAEAD, International Voice Wholesale (carrier voice, termination, A2P routing), with a secondary code of HDAIAEAB, Carrier Ethernet & Wavelength Wholesale (E-Line/E-LAN, OTN, lambda). Its NAICS code is 51711 and its SIC code is 4813.