mInfo acquires Guanxi SMS in its quest to lead the Chinese Mobile Search Market
Rating: Guanxi, man, Guanxi!
by Bena Roberts
mInfo has purchased Guanxi. mInfo is a mobile natural language search provider in China with nifty services that also add search to the IM market. Guanxi is an SMS mobile search service for foreigners in China.
From the press release
”Adding Guanxi to the mInfo family is all about value creation for our users and customers.” said Alvin Wang Graylin, CEO, mInfo Inc. “By combining forces, we are solidifying mInfo’s lead in the marketplace and expanding mInfo’s reach into hundreds of thousands of high-valued expatriate users and thousands of partner merchants around the country.”
“We are truly excited about this deal with mInfo.” said Kirk Jobsz, CEO, Mailman Media Group. “We’ve been the leader in English mobile search in China since 2002 and always had aspirations to offer much more. Now with the backing of mInfo we can realize Guanxi’s true potential. It’s definitely a win-win for both companies as well as for our current users and advertisers.”
What we think
GoMo News has signed up for the mInfo mbot and has met with CEO Alvin Wang Graylin. Alvin is extremely strategic and the forthcoming Olympics must have been behind this acquisition as Guanxi is the leading SMS service for mobile content and search for foreigners and foreigners will be swamping to the Olympics in 2008. Hey presto! Match mInfo’s extensive content with the SMS service and a killer targeting mobile search service for the Beijing 2008 Olympics is born.
A podcast with mInfo’s Alvin Wang Graylin is available here.
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