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Powered by Chikka

Chikka created the world’s first instant messenger for online chat to integrate mobile features via SMS. In 2000 the very first version of Chikka Text MessengerTM was tested for launch by its very first mobile operator partner Smart Communications.

Embraced by an online community for the ease with which they were united to the sea of mobile users, Chikka represents today a most vibrant web and mobile community, and probably the most brisk exchange of text messages between IMs and mobile phones anywhere in the world.

That’s because we’ve made it utterly easy for folk to “IM” their mobile contacts, and to “text” their IM buddies (It’s patented!) And it is also why over 45 million have registered to use Chikka since its commercial launch in 2001.

Everything mobile

The Chikka R&D Center later became ground-zero for an explosion of applications that not only enhanced the flagship Chikka Text MessengerTM but also blazed the trail for mobile content, commerce, communications, and corporate solutions. That was in 2002.

Today, mobile subscribers around the world enjoy one or more services designed and powered by Chikka, from a unique mobile IM solution to mobile payment systems utilizing call credits, from free-reply SMS that comes to the aid of prepaid subscribers to web and mobile marketing media solutions that strengthen brands, from mobile-enabled auctions and dating to the most relevant, entertaining text, voice and visual content gathered from all across the world.

Chikka is distinguished by the high and universal utility of its products — designed to drive loyalty, to generate and sustain usage, making it both sensible and strategic for businesses and communities to partner with Asia’s premier mobile enabler.