Most popular in Russia and CIS ICQ instant messaging now belongs to Russia. April 29 signed all the necessary documents for the sale of service of the Russian company Digital Sky Technologies.
The amount that was paid by former owner of American company AOL is not hiding and is, 187.5 million dollars. Internet Messenger ICQ was created in 1996 by an Israeli company Mirabilis, and two years later it bought the American AOL. According to statistics, monthly ICQ use about 32 million users worldwide, the total number of registered users - a 400 million unique numbers ICQ. Instant messenger is absolutely free and available to customers in 16 languages.
Digital Sky Technologies-Russian giant, which owns a very popular services Mail.ru and odnoklassniki.ru.
"The acquisition of ICQ - a strategic step in developing our business in Russia and Eastern Europe. Multi-year history of the brand ICQ and large permanent base of loyal users providing an excellent opportunity to further strengthen our position in the region" - said Yuri Milner, CEO of DST.
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