Russia's first all-Russian mobile operator, MegaFon has partnered with NeuStar to launch its new Instant Messaging (IM) service. NeuStar provides market-leading and innovative services that enable trusted communication across networks, applications, and enterprises around the world. Megafon will use NeuStar's Instant Messaging Service Centre (IMSC), to launch its own-branded messenger so...

The Netherlands-based Nimbuzz, which provides the most comprehensive social interaction service combining mobile instant messaging, geo-presence and VoIP has signed a major distribution deal with India's mobile company Spice Mobiles. As per the deal, new Spice Mobile handsets will have the Nimbuzz application pre-installed for users to chat, message and send files on the go. Spice Mobiles als...

eBuddy, one of the world's leading independent provider of web and mobile instant messaging (IM), recently experienced explosive mobile IM growth, surpassing a milestone of 10 million J2ME downloads of its mobile IM client, eBuddy Mobile Messenger since its launch in June 2007. The company's mobile IM downloads have accelerated significantly since the last milestone of 5 million download...

NeuStar announced today that it has restructured its Next Generation Messaging (NGM) service organization to better position the business for the future growth of mobile instant messaging worldwide

The willingness of business customers to adopt mobile instant messaging has more to do with familiarity with PC-based IM services than with mobility, according to a recent study from ABI Research.

Nimbuzz, the most comprehensive mobile Instant Messaging, (geo) presence and VoIP provider launches into the Apple iPhone App Store. The free application lets users call, chat and message, for free, with their friends on virtually all major instant messaging communities and social networks, including Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Facebook, MySpace, AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber,...

Nimbuzz has launched a free application for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing users to benefit from the Nimbuzz service, which provides free mobile Instant Messaging, (geo) presence and VoIP over WiFi. The service is compatible with well known instant messaging communities and social networks, such as Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Facebook, MySpace, AIM, Windows Live

Nimbuzz, the most comprehensive mobile instant messaging, (geo) presence and VoIP provider announces the addition 17 SIP partners to its global Operator Affiliate Program. The program brings mobile social networking, presence and instant messaging capabilities to carriers whilst maintaining control of their own customer relationships.

China Mobile, which has 436 million subscriber, reported that it has 100 million registered users for its mobile instant messaging tool, Fetion. Fetion is a comprehensive telecommunication service provided by CMCC, integrating IVR, GPRS and SMS and covering users’ communication demands on three form. Besides the basic functions of chatting software, Fetion can realize log-in through

If you haven’t taken a look at Palringo recently, you should. Way back at the beginning of 2008, we took a close look at the mobile instant messaging service and thought it had the basics in place to make it a must-have, top-of-the-pack service offering. We had some real concerns about the user