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Vringo launches shared video ringtones

Posted on 09 May 2007

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Vringo, a startup company based in Delaware (with R&D in Israel), is going to launch the first video sharing service for mobile phones.

Vringo is the world’s first video ringtone sharing community. Co-founded in 2006 by venture capitalist Jon Medved, now CEO, and mobile software expert David Goldfarb, now CTO, Vringo’s management team comes from leading companies such as Comverse, NMS Communications, Siemens, IDT, Earthlink and Shopping.com. Vringo’s Chairman of the Board, Dan Ciporin, was CEO and Chairman of Shopping.com, sold to eBay for $620 million. Vringo is backed by private investors.

In particular, they are launching a service by which users can share video ring-tones, called Vringos, with their friends and family.

Are we in front of the first mobile “YouTube”? The team behind Vringo seems really strong and well experienced, so it is far from being the nth web 2.0 startup trying to find its place in this crowded “social networking” market.

I like the idea and, according to what they declare on their website, the service seems really easy to use. I’m looking forward to trying it out on my Nokia phones. If you are curious and if you are in San Francisco during these days, you can see Vringo client being showcased at JavaOne conference.

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Luca Filigheddu - who has written 1886 posts on LucaFiligheddu.com.

Luca is currently CEO at Abbeynet, a company specialized in VoIP and Web 2.0.

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  1. 403 Forbidden says:

    links from Technoratithe enormous consumer potential in sharing video ringtones. Their extraordinary track record, truly global reach, corporate relationships and strategic insight will bring huge value to Vringo as it grows.” The service is really innovative andI wrote about this service already in this bloga few weeks ago. Thanks to this round, the company confirms their intention to formally launch their product (now in private beta) and to expand partnerships worldwide with mobile operators and content providers.

  2. Vringo gets funded | LucaFiligheddu.com says:

    [...] service is really innovative and I wrote about this service already in this blog a few weeks ago. Thanks to this round, the company confirms their intention to formally launch their [...]

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