Jongla is a Finnish start-up company, specialising

mobile messaging Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...

apps. In June 2016, Jongla announced that it wants to bridge the gap between social networking services and messaging apps. Jongla is targeting especially

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and

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, where they are seeing the best traction. Jongla app is available on Android,

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and

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platforms.

Messaging app

In June, 2016 Jongla introduced their 3rd generation app, the Jongla - Social Messenger, which introduced feature updates, brand upgrade and a new app UI. In Social Messenger, Jongla introduced the community of nearby Jongla users and an added ability to engage with user profiles with a choice of reaction like thumbs-up, smile or heart. Jongla claims to be the world's lightest

instant messaging Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat allowing real-time text transmission over the Internet or another computer network. Messages are typically transmitted between two or more parties, when each user inputs text and trigge ...

app. The company backs up their claim with app package size comparisons. In June 2016, their APK (Android Application Package) size was 3.5MB, being one tenth of that compared to their competitor apps like WhatsApp, Messenger and Viber. Jongla has the basic messaging functions like private and group chats and sharing text, stickers, images, locations and videos. Also, anyone can join a Jongla conversation via web application called Jongla Out. Jongla is one of the few messaging apps offering

voice message A voicemail system (also known as voice message or voice bank) is a computer-based system that allows users and subscribers to exchange personal voice messages; to select and deliver voice information; and to process transactions relating to in ...

s with special filters which is an integrated

push-to-talk Push-to-talk (PTT), also known as press-to-transmit, is a method of having conversations or talking on half-duplex communication lines, including two-way radio, using a momentary button to switch from voice reception mode to transmit mode. H ...

voice messaging feature with access to a range of funny voice filters that alter sender's voice. Jongla has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring's Top 100 Global award 2013. The company has been featured in articles by

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, Mobile Industry Review and The Guardian Nigeria.

Jongla as a company

Jongla is a Finland-based company founded by Arto Boman and headquartered in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

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. Jongla CSO is Riku Salminen and the company is owned by a group of

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including JSH Capital Oy, Ingman Finance Oy, and Holdington Ltd Oy. Chairman of the board is Henry Sjöman accompanied with board members Arto Boman and Simo Makkonen.

References

External links

Arcticstartup.com - Jongla Social Messenger

* ttp://www.goodnewsfinland.com/feature/jongla-merger-social-networks-instant-messaging/ Goodnewsfinland.com - Jongla Makes Instant Messaging More Social
Forbes.com - Disrupting The Instant Messaging App Space Jongla-style

Businesswire.com - Jongla Social Messenger bridges the gap between instant messaging and social networks

ITnewsafrica.com - Nigeria: Jongla unveils light usage instant messaging app

Redherring.com - 2013 Red Herring Europe Top 100 Winners

* ttp://guardian.ng/business-services/jongla-joins-race-for-soul-of-im-market-in-nigeria/ Guardian.ng - Jongla Joins Race For Soul Of IM Market In Nigeria
CNBCAfrica.com - Jongla App Launches In Nigeria

Bloomberg.com - Jongla
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