Rambler Media group of companies, representing news, content services and entertainment for Russian speaking audience worldwide and ICQ Inc., a leading provider of instant message exchange service announced that nowadays the number of users of specialized service of instant message exchange Rambler-ICQ, reached one million people, the half of which uses this service daily. Half a year later after the issue of Russian version of one of the most popular programs in the world ICQ on instant message exchange every third user of this service uses Rambler ICQ. Upon refined data for March 15, 2006 the number of active users of Rambler ICQ program makes 1 111 960 persons and 517121 customers use this program daily.
Rambler-ICQ is created on the basis of ICQ 5, the most recent version of the program for today. ICQ 5 differs from previous versions by the availability of new additional services. Among its innovations a voice chat Push-2-Talk can be singled out (voice communication contact resembling walkietalkie) and the chance to send video-messages. Rambler-ICQ program-customer is fully integrated with Rambler mail service. The possibility of search with the help of Rambler, an access to various online games and online radio, built on the basis of Rambler-Audio are also built in into Rambler-ICQ. The latest news of different Mass Media in the Russian language, weather forecast for Russian cities and other useful information are fed into information blocks of customer?s program.
In the nearest future the users of Rambler-ICQ will be able to write and send SMS straight from ICQ program-customer to the phone numbers of Russian mobile phone subscribers. The recipient of such SMS in his turn will be able to send a reply from his phone to the ICQ user. Readdress opportunity will allow ICQ user to get SMS on mobile phone and send the answers directly from his phone to the sender into ICQ customer-program.
As Irina Gofman, general director of Rambler Media stated, «we are very satisfied with the success of Rambler ICQ instant message exchange among our customers. This service attracted a significant amount of users within a short period once again manifesting the strong sides of our brands and growing popularity of the services we provide on Rambler ICQ basis».
Rambler Media group of companies is the news, content services, and entertainment for Russian speaking audience worldwide. Rambler Media operates in three major directions: internet mobile content and television. Internet-portal, and search system Rambler.ru, telechannel Rambler, news site Lenta.ru, internet-provider Rambler Telecom, advertising agency Index20 and the group of mobile technologies companies and content Rambler Mobile enter Rambler Media group of companies. Rambler Media shares are quoted in the section of AIM at London stock exchange.
ICQ Inc. is a leading provider of instant message exchange service, around which a global community of Internet users has formed. Internet-paging ICQ, convenient and reliable, accessible in 18 languages on site www.icq.com provides advanced facilities for socializing and open the access to dynamic community of users. ICQ, founded in 1996 by Israeli Mirabilis company presently belongs to America Online company completely.
