Nimbuzz Mobile VoIP, IM Solution

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Nimbuzz, a mobile communications company, has announced today the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with “free calls, chat and more.” Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat. While its solution covers photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber, and ICQ, it spans 23 social networks, including Facebook and MySpace.

The application works like this: Once a user downloads the Nimbuzz application for the mobile and register as a new user, contacts from their selected IM communities are aggregated into a single contact list with icons indicating real-time “presence” – which contacts are online or offline and from which communities.

“Everyone loves Skype (on the PC). But when it comes to the mobile, we believe we offer a better solution,” said Tariq Dag Steinberg Khan, the London-based chief marketing officer for Nimbuzz. “Nimbuzz works across all the major communities and on more than 500 handsets worldwide. With this new release, we now also have a genuine free mobile VoIP solution that works on more than 90 handsets including Nokia, Samsung, and LG.”

According to the company, the new Nimbuzz mobile VoIP application works worldwide on Nokia Symbian Series 60 devices when connected using a 3G or Wi-Fi network (with a Windows Mobile offering for release in June). For GPRS/EDGE connections, or when using Java-enabled phones, Nimbuzz also offers its “hybrid-VoIP” solution (as used by Skype) – for making international mobile calls at local dial-in cost – in as many as 50 countries.

On the social networking front, Nimbuzz brings voice and mobile chat to social networks. The new six-button Communicator widget brings free calling, chat, text, and voice messaging and file sending to social networks, email signatures, and personal websites or blogs. Also introduced is the unique “buzz” feature which alerts your friends “offline” to join you online for a call or chat.

Nimbuzz claims that it has over 500,000 registered users, with 25% active per month, and is generating more than 1 million logins per week, despite the product still being developed.