Free messaging apps are a dime a dozen these days. There’s everything from Viber, to Skype, to WhatsApp to GroupMe. But while these startups concentrated on smartphone apps, it has been in the emerging markets that messaging over data has made a huge impression, and that has required paying attention to feature phones which use Java apps. We saw Saya.im appear only last year in Africa for instance! Nimbuzz Hits 150M Emerging
Market Users, Puts The Heat On ...techcrunch.com /2013/03/15/ ...the...Nimbuzz Hits 150M Emerging Market Users , Puts The Heat On Facebook In Asia. Mike Butcher @mikebutcher / 7 years Free messaging apps are a dime a dozen these days. There's everything from Viber ...!! So starting way back in 2006, this is exactly what Nimbuzz , a startup originally from the Netherlands, did. And that strategy is paying off. Today it announces that it has just passed 150 million users globally and is doubling its users year on year
Indeed, the growth is such that AC Nielsen now thinks Nimbuzz is putting the heat on Facebook messenger in Asia and especially in India, according to the latest Nielsen India Rankings! Nimbuzz - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Nimbuzz Nimbuzz was a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging aggregator for smartphones, tablets and personal computers developed by MSM Global Holdings Limited, with the origins of its technology dating back to the early 2000s. As of March 2013, Nimbuzz had 150 million users in 200 countries. By April 2014, Nimbuzz was growing by more than 210,000 new registrations per day.!! These put Nimbuzz into the top 4 consumer brands in India, ahead of Facebook Messenger, YouTube and Gmail amongst others.
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