Friendster recently released a mobile version of their site and now they’re taking mobile social networking to the next level with their site by offering text alerts. The text alerts will be made available to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippine. The service has been tested in the Phillipines.
“Since SMS text messaging technology is universally available on over 1.2 billion mobile phones in use today in Asia, all of our 52 million users in Asia that have mobile phones can subscribe to Friendster Text Alerts and stay connected when they are on the go and away from a computer,” said David Jones, vice president of global marketing for Friendster.
52 million of Friendster’s 70 million users hail from Asia. Out of the 40 million unique monthly users, 36 million of them are in Asia. So while you may feel the need to balk at Friendster from the comfort of your American desk or couch, Friendster’s making bank across the Pacific.