Nimbuzz aims to give Skype a mobile kicking

A new mobile application called Nimbuzz has just launched, and it’s ambitious to say the least. It aims to provide free VoIP calls, conference calls, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sharing features, all from one application. Oh, and it works with Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber and ICQ instant messaging services, and 23 social networks (including Facebook and MySpace). In other words, it aims to aggregate all your IM clients and social networks in one place on your phone, consolidating your friends into a single list. It works on more than 500 handsets, while the VoIP features work on over 90 handsets (these are Nokia Symbian Series 60 devices, although Windows Mobile phones will support it in June). Other handsets can still make VoIP-style calls, but over the mobile network. Nimbuzz has actually been available in beta for a while, and has already signed up more than 500,000 users, of whom a quarter are active every month. The company says it’s generating more than a million logins a week, with users from 176 countries having signed up. Nimbuzz is also promising some deals with operators and social networks this summer to help its growth.

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