Nimbuzz Ties up with Four Indian Operators
Brings social networking and presence information to carriers
Tweet-- Nimbuzz (www.nimbuzz.com),the most comprehensive mobile instant messaging, presence and VoIP providerannounces the addition of 17 SIP partners to its global Operator Affiliate Program.The program brings mobile social networking, presence and instant messaging capabilitiesto carriers whilst maintaining control of their own customer relationships.
By joining the Nimbuzz Operator Affiliate Program andintegrating their VoIP offering with Nimbuzz, partners have the opportunity toprovide customers with mobile communication and social networking value addedservices at a substantially accelerated speed to market and without incurring additionaloverhead costs. Operators and SIP providers joining the Nimbuzz affiliateprogram will also benefit from new revenue streams and exposure to thecommunity of Nimbuzz subscribers in over 200 countries.
Partners will promote Nimbuzz totheir customers by placing permanent banners on their websites from whichcustomers can instantly register and download the Nimbuzz service to theirmobile phone and PC.
For existing Nimbuzz users theenhanced feature set and additional call networks will be seamlessly integratedinto their mobile and PC interfaces, allowing them to use Nimbuzz for instant messagingand cheap (international) VoIP calls to landlines and mobile phones.
Nimbuzz CEOEvert Jaap Lugt commented: “We see these partnerships providing real value to operators looking to increaseARPU and offer their customers full access to IM and social networks withoutthe risk and costs associated with setting this up themselves. This is also anopen call to other operators looking to join. We will be announcing newpartners soon.”
Services such as Nimbuzz that areusing the mobile internet are increasing the uptake in data plan sales for operators.According to ChetanSharma Consulting (www.chetansharma.com): In the U.S., data revenues reached$8.2 billion in Q2 2008, or about 21% of total wireless-services revenue. Thiscompares to spending of $5.85 billion, or 17% of total services, for the sameperiod in 2007. That data jump increased ARPU by 50 cents, comfortably offsettinga 5 cent decline in voice ARPU.
The new SIPpartners operate networks worldwide and will act as session carriers forNimbuzz users making VoIP calls to mobile phones, and landlines via theirmobile or PC.
Members of the Nimbuzz Operator Affiliate program
A1 Mobilkom Austria
Sipgate Germany
Xeloq Communications Holland
Adepto Telecom India
Amtelfone India
Apnatelelink India
VOIP HIT India
EuteliaVoip Italy
Skytel Serbia
ICTel South Africa
MWeb South Africa
TerraSip Spain
GLT GLOBAL TELELINKS Switzerland
Voiceglobe UK
Tpad UK/UAE
Vyke UK/Norway
Gizmo5 USA
Notes to Editor
About Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz offers the most comprehensive socialinteraction service combining Instant Messaging, presence, and VoIP. The freeapplication is available on the mobile,PC and web, for instant messaging, locationsharing, (group)calling, and filesharing across popular communities, including Skype, Windows LiveMessenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, GaduGadu, Jabber andTwitter, plus 23 social networks including Facebook and MySpace