Biip.no

Biip.no is a social networking service based in Norway. It is currently offline, with plans to relaunch in December 2020.

Biip.no
Type of site
Social network service
HeadquartersNorway
Founder(s)Erling Piken Andersen
Bo Myras
Ozan Özerk
URLwww.biip.no
LaunchedJune 1, 2005 (2005-06-01)
Current statusTemporarily inactive

Users can use the site to send free SMS messages. As of February 2012, about one million text messages were sent from the site each month.[1]

History

The site was founded on June 1, 2005 by Erling Piken Andersen, Bo Myras and Ozan Özerk.

In 2008, TV 2 and Egmont Group acquired a majority stake for NOK 76 million.[2]

References

  1. "Hundretusener fikk reklame fra Biip.no" [Hundreds of thousands received advertising from Biip.no]. Dinside. February 3, 2012.
  2. Fredø, Tobias (March 8, 2019). "Norsk søke-mygg henter Google-konsulent fra Dublin" [Norwegian search mosquito retrieves Google consultant from Dublin]. kampanje.com.
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