Protie acquires FTC majority

04 July 2005
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Finnish Teleservice Center

Our support and maintenance partner, Protie Ltd has just acquired 60% majority in Finnish Teleservice Center.

This deal happens hot on the heels of Protie buying a minority stake in Nemein, and cements Protie’s presence in the Finnish Open Source applications and hosting (ASP) market.

FTC has been a major Midgard CMS and OpenPsa hosting company since 2003. Coupled with Protie’s popular support and training services this will create a powerful player.

Protie’s announcement on the deal.

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