Michael Song, Sky-Mobi CEO
When we last caught up with Chinese mobile online media company Sky-mobi (NASDAQ:MOBI) it was at the Global Mobile Internet Conference this past April. CEO Michael Song discussed his company’s journey to IPO, and noted that user experience and value are key to bringing in new users. Perhaps this was part of the motivation behind its newly announced partnership with Sina.
The company stated today that Sina Weibo is to be made available as a downloadable application for its Maopao community users. I confess I’ve not used Maopao before, but according to this excellent interview with Sky-mobi CFO Carl Yeung by iChinaStock, the network is said to have about 15 million active users, mostly targeting mid- to low-income feature phone users.
Michael Song commented on the agreement in a statement:
Sina Weibo mascots on a break
Bringing the excitement of Weibo microblogging to our Maopao platform means Ski-Mobi’s millions of users will have even more world-class media and entertainment options from which to choose. It will be a win-win partnership as mobile users are excellent microbloggers and we also anticipate having Weibo will further increase the stickiness of our Maopao users.
As for Sina Weibo, the tie-up should help improve its reach among mobile users in China. It currently has about 200 million users in total.
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