"Nimbuzz,Originally a Dutch firm, had shifted base to India barely two months ago; claims userbase of 17 million in the country."
Nimbuzz, a hugely popular chat and VOIP client
that supports multiple IM services, announced that it has crossed 100
million users. The software supports multiple services, including Windows Messenger, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Facebook, and Twitter
in a single client, allowing users to chat with each other across
different platforms for free. Members can call each other over the
internet, chat, and share multimedia content.
Nimbuzz also has
chat rooms to allow users to meet new people around the world. It also
offers voice calling over VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) through NimbuzzOut, which is based on a model similar to Skype.
Subscribers can call other Nimbuzz users for free, and dial telephone
numbers around the world for cheaper as compared to international
phone-to-phone calling rates.
The software is available on multiple
mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even J2ME
for feature phones. Users can also download the PC client or use the
browser-based version. With all these features, it's no wonder this app
has reached this level of popularity.
Having said that, Nimbuzz's claim of being the first "Indian" internet company to achieve such a feat must be taken with bagfuls of salt. The firm was originally founded in the Netherlands in 2006 and shifted its company headquarters to Gurgaon barely two months ago.
In fact, as of this writing, the website's Contact Us page still
lists its HQ's address as being in the Netherlands. In such
circumstances, the company's claim of being "Indian" seems merely to be a
cheap and unnecessary publicity stunt. Going by this logic, we might as
well start calling Jaguar Land Rover an "Indian" company, since it's technically owned by Tata Motors.
Nimbuzz, a hugely popular chat and VOIP client
that supports multiple IM services, announced that it has crossed 100
million users. The software supports multiple services, including Windows Messenger, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Facebook, and Twitter
in a single client, allowing users to chat with each other across
different platforms for free. Members can call each other over the
internet, chat, and share multimedia content.
Nimbuzz also has
chat rooms to allow users to meet new people around the world. It also
offers voice calling over VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) through NimbuzzOut, which is based on a model similar to Skype.
Subscribers can call other Nimbuzz users for free, and dial telephone
numbers around the world for cheaper as compared to international
phone-to-phone calling rates.
The software is available on multiple mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even J2ME for feature phones. Users can also download the PC client or use the browser-based version. With all these features, it's no wonder this app has reached this level of popularity.
Having said that, Nimbuzz's claim of being the first "Indian" internet company to achieve such a feat must be taken with bagfuls of salt. The firm was originally founded in the Netherlands in 2006 and shifted its company headquarters to Gurgaon barely two months ago.
In fact, as of this writing, the website's Contact Us page still lists its HQ's address as being in the Netherlands. In such circumstances, the company's claim of being "Indian" seems merely to be a cheap and unnecessary publicity stunt. Going by this logic, we might as well start calling Jaguar Land Rover an "Indian" company, since it's technically owned by Tata Motors.
The software is available on multiple mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even J2ME for feature phones. Users can also download the PC client or use the browser-based version. With all these features, it's no wonder this app has reached this level of popularity.
Having said that, Nimbuzz's claim of being the first "Indian" internet company to achieve such a feat must be taken with bagfuls of salt. The firm was originally founded in the Netherlands in 2006 and shifted its company headquarters to Gurgaon barely two months ago.
In fact, as of this writing, the website's Contact Us page still lists its HQ's address as being in the Netherlands. In such circumstances, the company's claim of being "Indian" seems merely to be a cheap and unnecessary publicity stunt. Going by this logic, we might as well start calling Jaguar Land Rover an "Indian" company, since it's technically owned by Tata Motors.
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