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Buongiorno Invests $15.5 Million Into Social Net BING

By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 20 Mar 2008 05:44 AM PST

Mobile entertainment company Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) is investing 10 million euros ($15.5 million) to upgrade its mobile social network BING.  First launched in June 2007 in South Africa and Austria of all places, it is now in 11 countries in total, a mix of European and developing countries including the UK, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Vietnam. BING, which is aimed at 16-18 year olds, sees over 20 million messages exchanged per week, (quadruple late 2007 figures) and over 1.2 million logins. Fernando Gonzalez Mesones, Head of Global Marketing, Product & Supply of Buongiorno said, “The enormous popularity of social networking obviously represents a huge opportunity for us. It is our goal to become one of the most recognized global brands in mobile social networking” (release).

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Tags: bing, buongiorno,


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