With 197 shops, located only in shopping centres, 4G is the leading Italian retailer of products and services linked to the world of mobile telephony (handsets, accessories, traffic, pre-paid cards and services). The company is active with four trademarks: MIT and SIM, totalling 147 shops, with a strong commercial relationship with TIM (the mobile arm of Telecom Italia); WAP and VOICE, 50 multi-brand shops, offering products and services of Vodafone, TIM, WIND and 3. 4G distributes handsets and accessories of all the major vendors such as Nokia, Samsung and Motorola. In 2009, the company reported sales of approximately €130 m. The acquisition of a majority stake by BS Investimenti IV and BS Private Equity was arranged through a management buy-in in 2004. The subsequent acquisition of Megatel and Gigatel, active in the market with two trademarks, SIM and WAP was realiseded in 2004. In 2009, 4G sold 126 shops to Wind, one of the leading mobile operators in the Italian market.