articles | 11 February 2014

Viber CEO denies reports in talks to sell company

Viber, the instant messaging app run from Cyprus by an Israeli entrepreneur will not be sold to an Asian firm for $300 million-$400 million.

CEO Talmon Marco said: "I have no idea what this is about," adding that the company was not in talks to sell. Asia has several mobile chat applications such as Chinese WeChat, Japanese Line, and KakaoTalk from South Korea. Viber has about 200 million registered users in 193 countries. It launched an instant messaging app for personal computers that allows users to make outgoing mobile calls to other Viber usersand to non-registered mobiles, making it a rival to Skype. The company is funded from the pockets of its founders and several private investors from the United States.

Source: Reuters

 

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