(1888PressRelease)
August 19, 2008 - "China isn’t attractive only because of their population – 1.3 billion people. More important is the rapid growth of the economy and mobile penetration," said Fortumo Asia Region Manager Po Han Chang. "Latest statistics show that China has the largest internet users’ community, which in the first part of 2008 reached 228.5 million.”
"Fortumo enables everyone create their own SMS service in 5 minutes without having to have any technical skills," says Rain Rannu, CEO of Fortumo. "Creating a mobile service should not be more difficult than making a blog."
"Typical Fortumo user is an internet entrepreneur who run a web page or portal but at the same time radio stationes, local newspapers and ad agencies." says Rannu.
Fortumo operates now in China, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. “Launching the service in China is the first step in Fortumo’s expansion plans. During the following months we are opening up in several other attractive markets for internet entrepreneurs,” says Rain Rannu.
People can create SMS-services without any technical background. SMS-info, SMS-campaign and SMS-chat services are targeted at users without any technical skills, while Premium SMS-connectivity enables experienced service providers benefit from more countries, flexible user interface and competitive revenue sharing.
Fortumo is available at http://fortumo.com without any startup or monthly fees. Chinese version is accessible in from http://fortumo.cn
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