Assensha is a subsidiary of Opiah and was started in 2006 as the vehicle to explore the area of mobile based transactions. The founders of the company, having worked in GSM and internet based technology for many years realise that whilst the primary use of mobile handsets is still to be able to make and receive calls, there will be, over the coming months, more and more applications designed for mobile devices which would benefit from a real-time transaction interface.

For the inquisitive amongst you, Assensha means ‘mediator’ in Japanese