{{Short description|Company based in Latvia}}
{{Infobox company | name = Forticom | logo = 170px|Forticom logo | type = Private | founder = Vitaly Rubstein | location = Latvia | industry = Computer software<br />Social networking | homepage = [https://forticom.net forticom.net]| }}
'''Forticom''' is an IT company based in Latvia. It created the ''One'' social network. Forticom is owned by Forticom AS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Forticom"|url=https://info.ur.gov.lv/?#/legal-entity/40003493646}}</ref> The company sold the ''One'' network. Its Latvian domain ''One.lv'' was closed in January 2013.
''One'' debuted in 1999 allowed users to send free SMS text messages to mobile phones, at a time when texting was expensive.<ref name=one>{{cite journal|title=One.lt iš mobilaus tapo itin draugiškas |first=Kostas |last=Baubinas |journal=Verslo žinios |date=2008-08-12|language=lt}}</ref> The site later grew to offer other mobile services, including games, ringtones, and icons. An experimental "Friends" feature was added, which lead the site to develop into a social network.<ref name=one/>
The company also developed video sharing websites ''Videogaga.lt'' and ''Videogaga.lv.''.<ref name=one/>
In 2007, Forticom bought 25% of Russian Odnoklassniki.<ref name=odno/> In June 2008, the company acquired 70% interest in Polish social media site ''Nasza-klasa.pl'' for $92 million.<ref name=nasza/> Both websites are designed for former classmates. All the Forticom's stocks of ''Nasza-klasa.pl'' were sold.
The company is currently{{when|date=April 2025}} developing project called ''Odnoklassniki.ru.''
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=nasza>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbj.pl/article-41488-forticom-buys-majority-stake-in-nasza-klasapl.html?typ=wbj |title=Forticom buys majority stake in nasza-klasa.pl |date=10 June 2008 |publisher=Warsaw Business Journal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416082526/http://www.wbj.pl/article-41488-forticom-buys-majority-stake-in-nasza-klasapl.html?typ=wbj |archivedate=16 April 2010 }}</ref> <ref name=odno>{{cite web |url=http://paidcontent.org/article/419-draft-forticom-invests-in-russian-social-networking-site-odnoklassnikir/ |title=Lithuania's Forticom Invests In Russian Social Networking Site Odnoklassniki.ru |date=Sep 25, 2007 |first=Joseph |last=Weisenthal |access-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-date=July 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706192017/http://paidcontent.org/article/419-draft-forticom-invests-in-russian-social-networking-site-odnoklassnikir/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
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