Mig33 is most downloaded mobile app — have you heard of it?
Mig33, a company that lets millions of users communicate on mobile phones via IM, chat rooms, and photo sharing, says it’s the most popular downloaded mobile application ever.
You’d hardly know it, though. Chances are, if you live in the US, even if you’re tech-savvy, you’ve never heard of Mig33.
Sounds like the Russian fighter jet, right?
Most of its users are on the hundreds of millions of low-end phones sold by Nokia and other Java-based phones that… Continue Reading
Jajah holds strong, dials up $2.8M to expand VoIP services
Jajah, a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communication service, has taken in $2.75 million of an anticipated $5 million fourth round of funding, peHUB reports. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides service to millions of users, much like competitors mig33 and Jaxtr. Last April it scored a deal with Yahoo to provide phone-to-PC calling capabilities to the 90 million people who use the search giant’s messenger product.
Jajah has seen impressive growth over the three years… Continue Reading
Fast-growing mobile social network mig33 adds themes, languages
Mig33, which offers services like instant messaging and cheap calls on mobile phones, is launching a new version today that makes its services more customizable, international and social network-like. It’s also releasing numbers showing impressive growth.
The Burlingame, Calif. company is less well known, at least in the United States, than social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, or even mobile-specific social services like Loopt. But by targeting lower-end phones, the company has become quite popular… Continue Reading
Congrats to the winners of the MobileBeat Tesla Award: Loopt, AdMob and more
Updated
Well, it’s all over but the drinking. Our panel of experts has selected the best companies presenting at MobileBeat 2008 today in Sunnyvale. Since we didn’t know the winners ahead of time, the Tesla Awards (pictured left, named for inventor Nikola Tesla) weren’t engraved yet, but the winning executives did get a warm handshake from Accenture’s Lars Kamp, who presented the awards.
Here are the winners:
Crowd favorite (the favorite company, selected by MobileBeat attendees): AdMob, a leading… Continue Reading
Ringfree Mobility seeking round for Internet calling service
Ringfree Mobility is seeking a round of funding to expand its mobile Internet voice calling solution for smart phones including the iPhone.
The company is entering a crowded space, as Matt Marshall wrote last week in a profile of a couple of competitors, Fring and Nimbuzz. But Ringfree Mobility believes it has a user-friendly solution.
The San Francisco company began beta testing its RF Dialer application in February. Like other voice-over-Internet-protocol services (VoIP), RF Dialer and its… Continue Reading
Jaxtr raises $10 million to expand cheap international calls
Jaxtr now has a buck for every one of its users. The company has raised $10 million in a second round of financing to expand its cheap overseas internet calling business.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company uses a voice-over-internet-protocol service to knock the costs out of overseas calls. It can charge as little as 1 cent a minute for calls to China because of its unique system. It lets users advertise to an online community how… Continue Reading
Mobile services suite Mig33 raises $13.5 million, grows around the world
We last covered Mig33, an integrated mobile service that’s been growing fast around the world, back in May when it raised $10 million.
Then, Burlingame, Calif.-based Mig33 had gained four million subscribers in less than 18 months, by offering an integrated mobile download application that includes features for text messaging, IM, and cheap calls. Now, it has more than nine million total users, including two million in South Africa.
The company is especially popular in developing countries,… Continue Reading
Obscure mobile company Mig33 grows quickly, raises $10M
Unheard of mobile service company Mig33 is showing explosive growth — by offering a simple way to text, IM and make cheap voice calls.
The company has gained four million subscribers in less than eighteen months, mostly in South East Asia, many of whom are using it as their only way to access the Web. Significantly, this is not a technology company. It is using standard technology, and following through with a clean execution.
Tomorrow (Monday) it… Continue Reading