Nimbuzz which specialises in offering mobile instant messaging services today clicked a major deal in the Indian market with a new alliance with Virgin Mobile India whereby Nimbuzz’s social networking and chatting features will be made available to the youth-centric subscribers of Virgin Mobile.

Under the deal, Nimbuzz will extend its multibrand WAP chat application to Virgin Mobile under the brand name of Vchatter thus enabling subscribers to access multiple instant messaging services from a single login.

Initially the Vchatter will be available under the Vbytes environment with the next phase to witness Vrign-branded Nimbuzz Java applications.

Vikas Saxena, Country Head Nimbuzz India, said, “We believe that the “always-on” solution that Nimbuzz provides, together with Virgin Mobile’s youth customer focus will gratify the social communication needs of India’s hyper-connected youth. Our current global growth at the rate of one new user signing up every 3 seconds is handy proof of the appetite for our service.”

Talking about the Nimbuzz-Virgin Mobile association, Deval Parikh Chief Officer, Handset, VAS & Procurement, Virgin Mobile India, said, “Virgin Mobile is focussed on providing services and products that meet the need of the its target customers, urban youth in the age group of 15 to 30 years old. Through this unique product experience, we are providing our users the ease of connecting on the move, anytime and anywhere.”