A Finnish-based company, Jongla, Wednesday in Lagos, unveiled
its acclaimed world’s lightest instant messaging service in Africa, at the 2016
Mobile West Africa
conference holding in Lagos, reports ITRealms.
According to the chief executive officer, Jongla, Riku
Salminen, they have made instant messaging possible for people who don’t have
high-end smartphones and live and work in areas where there is often limited
access to mobile broadband.
Jongla, Salminen told ITRealms, uses less bandwidth and just 10 per cent of the handset’s memory space
compared to WhatsApp, WeChat and Viber.
Jongla, founded by Arto Boman and owned by a group of private
investors and management, Salminen also said enables users to send and receive
unlimited free text messages, stickers, photos, videos and funny voice messages
over the Internet using low-speed Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks as well as
Fourth Generation (4G), Third Generation (3G), Enhanced Data for Global
Evolution (EDGE) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS).
“It opens up the world of free instant messaging to people
living and working in Africa, where cellular and data services are often
unreliable and expensive. The Jongla app has been specifically designed for
emerging markets, because it takes only 2.5MB to download on Android phones
compared to more than 20MB for most other messaging apps,” the CEO explained.
Stressing that those already using WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber
and other messaging apps in Africa will find that Jongla could be used more
often and in more places as it uses innovative technology to reduce bandwidth
usage, “so it helps people save their data plan and money.”
Jongla Salminen further said, has a number of other
innovative features that will appeal to people looking for a free and reliable
way to communicate with their friends, family and colleagues, including Jongla
Out, Voice Messaging, reliable and secure, easy chat and group chat.
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