LONDON, November 11 /PRNewswire/ --
- Announces First Commercial Partnership With StudiVZ
Nimbuzz (http://www.nimbuzz.com), the most comprehensive mobile VoIP,
presence and IM provider today announces its first key revenue sharing
partnership with a social network, formalising its push to provide online
communities with real time web and mobile communication. StudiVZ, the biggest
German speaking social networking site, becomes the first in a series of
international networking sites to integrate the Nimbuzz technology into its
community, bringing real-time web and mobile communication capabilities to
members for the first time. (Photo:
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By integrating the Nimbuzz VoIP, presence and IM features, social
networks can extend their offering beyond their current online networking
experience. StudiVZ is the first partnership of this nature to be announced
by Nimbuzz with similar deals in Turkey, Asia and Italy imminent.
The Nimbuzz powered web and mobile clients launch in unison today for
StudiVZ members. The web chat is fully integrated into the existing StudiVZ
interface allowing IM conversations between all community members. The full
Nimbuzz portfolio including voice calls, chat, file sharing across popular IM
communities will also be available and a link to a bespoke download page will
be promoted across the StudiVZ network.
Nimbuzz founder and CEO Evert Jaap Lugt: "Strategic distribution deals
are our key targets for growth and we are pleased to announce this important
social network partnership just six months after our launch. The ability of
social networks to provide a complete day to day experience is restricted by
the nature of the product being tied to the PC. But people are mobile so by
partnering we can blend our technology with their existing communities with
the resulting product benefiting and adding value to businesses and consumers
alike. This deal is just the beginning for us and we will be making further
social network and operator announcements in the very near future."
StudiVZ is one of the largest European social networks and the biggest
German speaking network with over 12 million members spanning across Germany,
Switzerland and Austria. Adding this powerful and popular community to the
existing Nimbuzz repertoire enforces the company's goal of becoming the
largest global communications platform for seamless IP-based communication
among mobile devices and social media platforms.
Clemens Riedl, StudiVZ CEO commented: "Nimbuzz's impressive solution not
only offers us an additional ad-revenue stream but enables us to seamlessly
extend our product to offer real time communication on our platform and on
the mobile phone."
The partnership with StudiVZ sees Nimbuzz entering a revenue sharing
agreement with income generated from adverts sold as part of the social
networks own advertising opportunities.
About Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz offers a social interaction service combining presence, IM, and
VoIP. The free application is available for mobile, PC and Web, enabling
calling, instant messaging, file/location sharing across popular IM
communities and 23 social networks including Facebook and MySpace.
Nimbuzz has positioned itself to become the largest global communications
platform for seamless IP-based communication among mobile devices and social
media platforms.
About StudiVZ
studiVZ Ltd. was founded in October 2005. Since January 2007, studiVZ
Ltd. has been part of the publishing group Georg von Holtzbrinck.
studiVZ Ltd., with its platforms studiVZ.net, schuelerVZ.net and
meinVZ.net, is the most successful and influential social Network in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. Together, these platforms make up over 12 million
users. Growth continues to be exponential.
It is the goal of studiVZ Ltd. to become the most successful and furthest
reaching network in all of Europe. StudiVZ has its headquarters in Berlin and
has around 200 employees.
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