Samsung's mobile messaging platform, ChatOn
has doubled its user base in the past four months,
surpassing 100 million registered users milestone.
ChatOn feature comes pre-installed on
Samsung's mobile phones and is also available
for free download for other platforms including iOS
and BlackBerry.
Samsung says in a statement that ChatOn,
which was launched in October 2011, has doubled
the number it held in May this year. The service is
available in 237 different countries and offers
support for 63 languages across the world. The
company stated that ChatOn has experienced a
steady growth in India, China, and the US as well
as in Europe and the Middle East.
The company states the ChatON app in India
particularly has seen an exponential growth and
gives support for 10 regional dialects and has
plans to support 13 dialects by the end of 2013.
Samsung ChatOn app faces competition from
the likes of BBM, WeChat , Nimbuzz and
WhatsApp , which has more than 300 million
users in more than 250 countries. BlackBerry's
BBM service was recently announced for
Android and iOS users.
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