Zed Worldwide

Zed as of January 2014 positions itself as the leader of MVAS (services that generate additional revenue in the field of mobile communications). The company operates in 65 countries on 5 continents, including the markets of Europe, China, Russia and the USA. Cooperates with companies of more than 130 mobile operators.

2021: Reopening Criminal Case Accusing Mikhail Friedman

In February, 2021 the National trial chamber of Spain upon the demand of prosecutor's office resumed criminal case about possible participation of the co-owner Alpha bankamikhaila Friedman to bankruptcy of the Spanish company Zed WorldWide in 2016. The Spanish prosecutor's office believed that, as a shareholder in the development of Zed WorldWide games, the banker artificially bankrupted the company for its acquisition for €20 million. At the same time, the real value of the corporation allegedly amounted to €1.2 billion.

2020: Mikhail Friedman hires former FBI director for legal aid

In January 2020, it became known that the owner of Alfa Groups, Mikhail Friedman , hired the former director of the FBI from 1993 to 2001, Louis Free, to legal aid in the case of the telecommunications company Zed Worldwide and Dia supermarkets in Spain.

2019

Mikhail Friedman's lawsuit against former CEO

In November 2019, Alfa Bank owner Mikhail Friedman  filed a complaint with the Madrid court against the former CEO of the bankrupt Spanish IT company Zed Worldwide Javier Perez-Dolset.

Friedman accuses him of forging at least three documents and letters, where the addressee was the former head of the VimpelCom, Mikhail Slobodin. They are presented to the anti-corruption prosecutor's office of Spain in the case of Zed Worldwide. Allegedly in order to mislead her.

Perez-Dolset himself, learning about Friedman's complaint, announced that he would file a counterclaim against the businessman in Madrid. He denied allegations of forgery of documents and stated that he would seek to summon Slobodin to court in Spain. Slobodin has been on the international wanted list since 2017. In Russia, he is accused in absentia in the case of giving bribes to the former leadership of Komi. He himself also called the charges unsubstantiated.

Business in Russia

In Russia, represented by Zed Russia.

Zed Russia Cloud Solutions

Zed Russia is constantly expanding its activities, offering the following solutions: payment using SMS, distribution of mobile content, aggregation of rights, mobile marketing, WAP, web-partner programs, CRM solutions, services for government agencies, SMS broker and more. And depending on the projects, one or more solutions are used. The choice remains with the partner.

1. SMS Broker service features.

Each Zed Russia solution deserves separate attention. Let's talk more about the use of SMS broker. It is advisable to use the SMS-broker mechanism for companies that own various communication channels with their potential audience. This service is especially suitable for resources that provide information electronically: news, articles, newspapers and magazines, databases, books, etc. With the help of an SMS broker, you can organize a subscription to the electronic version of the magazine or newspaper. Or provide paid access to information materials, services.

1. How the SMS broker works.

To provide subscribers with this service, the service provider connects to the Zed Russia technical platform using the SMS broker protocol. Due to this, the possibility of using mobile services opens up.

The subscriber sends an SMS message with a digital code to a short service number assigned to a Zed Russia partner. The Zed Russia platform sends the subscriber's request to the necessary partner service server, from where a response message is sent to the subscriber through the Zed Russia cloud platform. The SMS message may contain text, image, audio, link and other information. In addition, the SMS broker allows you to monitor the status of sent messages.