Nimbuzz

Nimbuzz is a new-generation mobile service, designed for the online age, making you more mobile.

The multi award-winning Nimbuzz application enables people to enjoy free & low cost mobile calls, free instant messaging, social networking and other rich communication features, using the internet capabilities of the their mobile device.

At the heart of Nimbuzz is the live Contact list – an always-on, hyper-connected, dynamic address book, enhanced with “real-time-presence” showing at a glance who’s online, offline, busy or away, their status messages, avatar pictures and social community activity. From here, users launch free and cheap calls between each other, IM chat sessions, picture sending, chat-room sessions, location based services and various other communication & interactive features.

Nimbuzz users enjoy the freedom of communicating with friends between any internet enabled device, from mobile to mobile, mobile to PC/Mac and vice versa, harnessing the power of the Internet (Wi-Fi, 3G, 2G, GPRS)

With its mobile, Web, Wap and desktop clients, Nimbuzz is available on thousands of the worlds’ most popular devices across all major platforms – Symbian, iPhone, iPod touch, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry, J2ME, as well as Windows and Mac desktop computers.

Social networks & communities supported by Nimbuzz include Skype®, Facebook®, Windows Live Messenger (MSN®), GoogleTalkTM, Twitter, Yahoo!TM, AIM®, MySpace, ICQ®, GaduGadu, Hyves, StudiVZ, Giovani and others.

Nimbuzz enjoys extraordinary success from word of mouth:

o Registering over1 million new users a month.
o Users in every country of the planet (200 countries).
o 98% would recommend Nimbuzz to a friend (based on 06/09 user survey with 20,000 respondents).
o Compatible with 95% of global Top 20 handsets in every country.
o Only mobile social messaging aggregator to ever win the prestigious Red Herring Global 100 award for the European and Gloabl competition.
o Honored by mobile industry experts as “Best Converged Solution” at Mobile News Awards 2009.


Who is Nimbuzz?

Nimbuzz has positioned itself to become the largest global IP based communications platform for seamless communication among mobile devices and social media platforms. The company, headquartered in the Netherlands, and with offices in Argentina, Brazil, and India, employs an enthusiastic and international team of 80, and was founded by Dutch mobile serial entrepreneur Evert-Jaap Lugt.

Nimbuzz received $25m VC and strategic funding from Mangrove Capital Partners (Skype), Naspers/MIH (Tencent, Mail.ru, Gadu-Gadu, Mweb, Sanook, Tradus) and Holtzbrinck Ventures (Kyte, StudiVZ).

Nimbuzz officially launched in May 2008 and was recognized by indutsry experts as “Best Converged Solution” at the Mobile News Awards 2009 . In January 2009, Nimbuzz was awarded the prestigious Red Herring 100 Global and Europe award, as the first aggregated mobile instant messenger product ever. In July 2008, Nimbuzz was recognized by industry experts at AO Stanford Summit as part of the Global Top 250 technology companies for game-changing technology and market value.


Nimbuzz Technologies:

Nimbuzz offers 3 core technologies: VoIP calling, (geo) presence, and social instant messaging.

1. Social Instant Messaging: Simultaneously connect with Skype, Facebook, MySpace, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, MobileMe, Jabber, StudiVZ, Hyves, and GaduGadu.
2. Geo Presence: Locate your Friends - Share your location and retrieve the location of your buddies on a map. Great for arranging face to face meetings.
3. VoIP Calling:
o Internet/VoIP calling to community buddies: on 2.5, 3G, and Wifi networks
o SIP calling allows for cheap (international) mobile and landline calls


Buzz Alert: If buddies are offline, let them know you’re trying to get in touch by sending a "Buzz". It will start Nimbuzz Mobile on their mobile phone. Patented feature.

Convergence: Allows mobile, web/wap, and PC access. Nimbuzz supports over 1000 types of Symbian Series 60, Java, Windows Mobile, iPhone and Blackberry devices.

Contact Manager: The Phonebook backs up and restores your contacts. This comes in handy if you end up losing your mobile phone.

Nimbuzz has positioned itself to become the largest global communications platform for seamless IP-based communication among mobile devices and social media platforms.

Nimbuzz officially launched in May 2008. In January 2009, Nimbuzz was awarded the prestigious Red Herring Global 100 award, as the first aggregated mobile instant messenger product ever. In July 2008, Nimbuzz was recognized by industry experts at AO Stanford Summit as part of the Global Top 250 technology companies for game-changing technology and market value, and won Best Mobile Startup in its category at Mobile 2.0 Europe.

Nimbuzz is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices in Argentina, Brazil, India, and the USA. The company received VC and strategic funding by Mangrove Capital Partners (Skype), Naspers/MIH (Tencent, Mail.ru, Gadu-Gadu, Mweb, Sanook, Tradus) and Holtzbrinck Ventures (Kyte, StudiVZ).