Nimbuzz Increases India Focus – Opens Delhi Office

Complements Mobile Social Messaging For The Mass Market With Official Nimbuzz India Blog

New Delhi, May 8, 2009. – Nimbuzz (www.nimbuzz.com), the most comprehensive mobile social instant messaging, (geo) presence and VoIP provider, today announces the formal opening of its India office in New Delhi. Nimbuzz has been eyeing the maturing social networking needs of the Indian mobile population which has been growing at a rapid pace. The current pace of nearly 15m addition to the subscriber base and the spurt in data connected users makes it the right time to directly address the Indian market. Nimbuzz already has a global tie-up in place with Spice Mobiles and Tata Indicom for Nimbuzz to be available to all its subscribers.

“Nimbuzz provides unmatched convenience and flexibility to our users’ social interaction. User uptake has been phenomenal and we currently grow at well over 600,000 new users per month. Indian consumers deserve a one-stop solution for their ever-increasing drive to stay connected to their social networks anytime, anywhere, anyhow,” said Mr. Vikas Saxena, Country Head – Nimbuzz India.

Complementing the opening of the Nimbuzz office in India is the launch of the Nimbuzz India blog, which can be found at http://india.blog.nimbuzz.com. Users, analysts, and press go there to be the first to find out about industry news, Nimbuzz insights, new product releases and partnership deals.

Evert-Jaap Lugt, CEO of Nimbuzz said, “Our long standing desire to open up in one of the leading mobile markets of the world stands fulfilled. We are also confident that Vikas’ rich experience in the Indian Telecom and Internet space and his knowledge of consumer needs in the sector will help us stay a step ahead of our India objectives at all times.”

About Nimbuzz

Nimbuzz is a mobile social messenger combining instant messaging, (geo) presence, and VoIP across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, AIM, and social networks including Facebook and MySpace. The free application is available on the mobile, web and PC, for instant messaging, location sharing, (group) calling, file sharing, and chat rooms.

From one contact list users can call, chat, message and more, with all their friends in one place. Nimbuzz is a feature rich mass market product for the hyper-connected lifestyle.

Blog: http://india.blog.nimbuzz.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/nimbuzz

Media Kit: http://www.nimbuzz.com/press

Media Contacts:

India

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Adfactors PR

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Netherlands

Tobias Kemper

Nimbuzz

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