Nimbuzz

Nimbuzz
Developer(s)Nimbuzz
Kuraakani Online Private Limited
Initial release13 May 2008[1]
Stable releaseAndroid: 7.1.0
(10 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-10)) [±][2]

iOS: 5.11.0
(1 February 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-01)) [±][3]

BlackBerry OS: 4.0
(10 December 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-10)) [±][4]

Windows Phone: 1.1.8.1
(16 April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-16)) [±][5]
Operating systemAndroid, iOS.
Available inEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Nepali, Arabic and more.[6]
TypeInstant Messaging Client & VoIP
LicenceProprietary
Websitewww.nimbuzz.com

Nimbuzz is a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging and social media and mobile payment developed by Kuraakani Online Private Limited, with the origins of its technology dating back to the early 2000s. As of March 2013, Nimbuzz had 150 million users in 200 countries.[7] By April 2014, Nimbuzz was growing by more than 210,000 new registrations per day.[8] In October 2014, now with over 200 million users, New Call acquired 70% of Nimbuzz, valuing the app at $250 million.[9] Under CEO Sujit Acharya's leadership, Nimbuzz suite of applications enables users to enjoy end-to-end encrypted free calls, instant messaging, games, file sharing, social networking, mobile payments & movies on their mobile device. Nimbuzz has more than 3 million lines of code. Initially, Nimbuzz offered discounted calling rates to most countries in the world.[10] The platform processed more than a billion call minutes and in excess of 100 billion messages a month.[11]

Nimbuzz recently relaunched itself as one of the world's few pure encrypted "SUPERAPP's" with chat, social networking, games, digital wallet, e-commerce, ott, & other unique features all integrated in it.[12][13]

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  2. ^ "Nimbuzz Messenger on Google Play". Google Play Store. Nimbuzz B.V. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Nimbuzz Messenger". iTunes Store. Nimbuzz B.V. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. ^ "BlackBerry World - Nimbuzz Messenger". BlackBerry World. Nimbuzz B.V. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Nimbuzz". Windows Phone. Nimbuzz B.V. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Windows Phone 8 – Now Connected!". Nimbuzz blog. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Nimbuzz reaches 150 million users". Telecompaper.com. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  8. ^ Russell, Jon (24 April 2014). "Nimbuzz targets Skype with deal to pre-install its app on LG devices, with 100 minutes of free calls". TheNextWeb. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Messaging App Nimbuzz Goes To UK's New Call In $250M Deal". TechCrunch. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  10. ^ Russell, Jon (22 October 2013). "Nimbuzz Launches Low-Cost International Calls in India". The Next Web.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Nimbuzz Homepage". Archived from the original on 20 March 2009.
  13. ^ "Nimbuzz". Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Facebook.