Homegrown chat application company, Hike Messenger, on Thursday said it has acquired Zip Phone, a US-based free voice-calling firm.
This acquisition is aimed at expanding Hike’s product range in the Internet-based communication space, the company said in a statement.
“From Day One we’ve strongly believed that through communication we can bring India online. With this acquisition, we take one more step towards that mission,” Kavin Bharti Mittal, Founder and CEO, Hike Messenger, said.
Zip Phone’s technology would allow Hike to bring free voice calling to the market much faster, he said.
"Incidentally, this is one of the top requested features from our users as well," he added.