- Only cloud-based provider offering real mobile numbers in Germany
- More than 60% of yuilop users signed up
- Now also available in Spain, UK and the USA
BARCELONA & BERLIN - September 4, 2020 - yuilop, the cloud-based global communications service that allows users to make free calls and texts via 3G/4G/LTE or WiFi is celebrating one year of offering real mobile telephone numbers to its users in Germany. Continue reading
Offers users one mobile number to be used across devices and even more free calling and SMS
BARCELONA & LONDON—August 13, 2013— yuilop today launches its yuilop.me mobile phone number option in the U.K., making it even easier for its users to send and received free calls and SMS. In addition to the traditional benefits of using yuilop for free calling, texting and group chat, users who register for a yuilop number gain more credits on inbound calls and SMS, can avoid roaming charges while travelling, and can use one number across multiple devices. By offering ‘07’ mobile numbers, yuilop becomes the U.K.’s first cloud-based global communication service and expands on its mission to make talking free again. Continue reading
Undercuts Skype-like rivals who charge for out-of-app communication to mobile and landline numbers
BARCELONA & SAN FRANCISCO—July 25, 2013— yuilop, the cloud-based global communications app popular in Europe, today launched free – no credit or cash needed – unlimited, national calls and SMS in the U.S., giving its new base of U.S. users a no-cost alternative to expensive Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and to VoIP services that start charging for out-of-app activities. Accessed by over 5 million users, and currently available in over 200+ countries, yuilop makes calling and texting free to any contact, even to friends and family who don’t have the app, anywhere in the world.
“With free, unlimited national calling, we expect to exponentially increase our user base in the United States and look forward to offering users huge savings, not just on their phone bill - i.e. getting out of AT&T’s $90 contracts - but on what they pay to use other apps,” said yuilop CEO, Jochen Doppelhammer. “Our goal is to provide a better user experience for mobile than Skype-like platforms, by offering free, open communication where others make you pay.”
yuilop users worldwide can call, send and receive individual or group messages, their location, photos and emoji with any of their contacts for free over 3G/4G/LTE or WiFi.
It works even with contacts who don’t have the app thanks to a virtual credit system that rewards users with free credits for various activities including initial sign up, inviting other users, using the app, watching ads or downloading promotions on the yuilop offer wall. In the U.S., yuilop provides users with a free unique yuilop.me mobile number and no credits are required for domestic calls and SMS.
About yuilop
yuilop, the cloud-based global communications service that allows users to make free calls and texts to anyone, anywhere - even when contacts don’t have the app, is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain and was founded in 2010 by CEO Jochen Doppelhammer.
Presently yuilop is available in over 200 countries including Germany, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. with 5+ million users. The company has raised a round of Series A funding from multiple investors including Nauta Capital, Shortcut Ventures and Bright Capital. yuilop is available for download for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone. For more information follow @yuilop on Twitter or like our Facebook page.
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Offers great new features and design, makes it easier to place free calls, SMS and top up credit
BARCELONA—July 17, 2013— yuilop today officially launched its cloud-based global communications app version 1.9 for iOS and Android users. Accessed by over 5 million users, and currently available in 200+ countries, yuilop makes calling and texting free to any contact, anywhere in the world. With the new version, yuilop delivers more user-friendly design and navigation and further Facebook integration. For iOS, yuilop also introduces the option to purchase credit packs.
yuilop allows its users to make calls and send texts to any device and any number over WiFi or 3G/4G/LTE. yuilop also features free messaging with group chat, emoji and location sharing. Communication between yuilop users is free and unlimited. Different from other calling and messaging apps, yuilop continues to be free even off network, with contacts who don’t have the app, thanks to a virtual credit system that rewards users with free credits they can use to make calls and SMS without paying cash. Users are gifted credits for various activities including inviting other users, using the app for chats, watching ads or downloading promotions on the yuilop offer wall. In countries where users have the option to receive a yuilop number, called yuilop.me - including Germany, Spain, the U.S. and soon the U.K. - credits can also be earned for receiving a call or SMS, and fewer or no credits are required for outbound activities. With yuilop 1.9, iOS users who don’t want to earn credit, now have the option to buy it.
About yuilop
yuilop, the global cloud-based communications service that allows users to make free calls and texts to anyone, anywhere - even when contacts don’t have the app, is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain and was founded in 2010 by CEO Jochen Doppelhammer.
Presently yuilop is available in over 200 countries including Germany, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. with 5+ million users. The company has raised a round of Series A funding from multiple investors including Nauta Capital, Shortcut Ventures and Bright Capital. yuilop is available for download for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone. For more information follow @yuilop on Twitter or like our Facebook page.
Gives users with yuilop numbers in Germany and Spain totally free SMS to any phone number in the U.S.
BARCELONA—July 4, 2013— yuilop, the cloud-based global communications app, today launched free – no credit or cash needed – unlimited, SMS from Germany and Spain to the U.S., giving users with yuilop numbers a completely no-cost way to contact friends and family in all 50 states. Accessed by over 5 million users, and currently available in 100+ countries, yuilop makes it possible to call and text any contact, anywhere in the world, even with friends and family who don’t have the app, for free. yuilop plans to launch free, unlimited calling and SMS to more locations this year.
“As part of yuilop’s mission to make communication completely free, we took a closer look at SMS and calls to off-net contacts to see if we could trim back and even eliminate the need for credits in some cases,” said yuilop CEO, Jochen Doppelhammer. “We found we could in regions where we offer yuilop numbers and free unlimited SMS from Germany and Spain to the U.S. is just the start. We’re working to add yuilop numbers to more countries, and to open up unlimited calls and SMS between more destinations very soon.”
yuilop users worldwide can call, send and receive individual or group messages, their location, photos and emoji with any of their contacts for free over 3G/4G/LTE or WiFi. It works even with contacts who don’t have the app thanks to a virtual credit system that rewards users with free credits for various activities including initial sign up, inviting other users, using the app, watching ads or downloading promotions on the yuilop offer wall.
In the U.S., Germany and Spain, yuilop provides users with a free unique yuilop mobile number called yuilop.me. Having a number enables users to receive credit for most inbound calls and SMS and reduces or eliminates the need for credit for makes outbound calls or SMS. Currently, SMS from Germany and Spain to the U.S., and SMS sent within the U.S. are free.
About yuilop
yuilop, the global cloud-based communications service that allows users to make free calls and texts to anyone, anywhere - even when contacts don’t have the app, is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain and was founded in 2010 by CEO Jochen Doppelhammer.
Presently yuilop is available in over 100 countries including Germany, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. with 5+ million users. The company has raised a round of Series A funding from multiple investors including Nauta Capital, Shortcut Ventures and Bright Capital. yuilop is available for download for iOS, Android, Blackberry, Google Play, and Windows Phone. For more information follow @yuilop on Twitter or like our Facebook page.
yuilop established an international OTT voice and messaging network with several MNOs, based on yuilop‘s out-of-the-box platform. Based on this network, yuilop now opens it‘s OTT service with immediate access to millions of users across Europe and around the globe.
In a changing landscape, MNOs need to rapidly respond to the threat posed by a myriad of OTT players that are attacking their core communications business (voice and text). yuilop offers MNOs a ready-made and fully customizable solution that can be launched rapidly and provide their customers with immediate access to millions of existing users. yuilop‘s platform enables MNO to offer services on devices without a SIM card, generate additional revenue through advertisement and promote their services on competitors’ smartphones.
“yuilop is an app-based communication service and also provides an out-of-the-box OTT solution built on open-standards with a highly reliable and scalable architecture. It’s an innovative hybrid service that offers full SMS and PSTN interoperability to text & call worldwide, in addition to real-time Rich Media Instant Messaging services”, says Sven Dirschauer, SVP Business Development at yuilop.
This open approach enables users to join the outside world without leaving the application - there’s no need for communication and app “silos”. This fits perfectly to the telecom world that has identified interoperability as a key success factor. MNOs launching their branded OTT service based on the yuilop platform don’t have to create closed communities, but can join millions of OTT users on the same service and other open-standard OTT services.
yuilop is already partnering with MNOs for SMS & PSTN interoperability and is the only player that has adopted the concept of virtual mobile and landline numbers for a full communication service, “in-the-cloud”. A true alternative, coupled with a rapid time-to-market , scalable solution and a flexible commercial approach.
The benefits of the yuilop Platform in a nutshell:
Opening access to users on connected devices.
Providing additional revenue streams (advertisement).
Combining the best of Apps and telecom world.
Full interoperability via mobile phone numbers (SMS & Voice)
Rich communication services based on open Internet standard.
Seamless handover between 3G and wifi on voice calls
Highly scalable and reliable infrastructure.
Highest levels of data protection and security (made and based in EU)
Support for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Web Browser and Firefox OS.
Barcelona, 16 April 2021 - yuilop, the global communication service, is now available for all major mobile platforms thanks to the launch of its BlackBerry and Windows Phone versions.
The WP 7.5 version allows users to send/receive text (SMS) and chat messages as well as sharing photos and locations. With the BlackBerry version, users are able to send/receive text (SMS) and chat messages as well as send/receive multimedia content. Group chats and calling features are right around the corner.
Just as in the iOS and Android version, yuilop offers a second mobile number (yuilop.me) for free. The number works even without a SIM card.
In order to send SMS yuilop uses a virtual currency system called Energy. This credit is used to place free SMS to anyone, even their contacts who don’t also use the app. Credit is can be earned simply by receiving SMS on their yuilop.me number, inviting friends or redeeming vouchers.
yuilop for Windows Phone and BlackBerry offers:
★ free SMS to any mobile, nationally and internationally
★ free and unlimited multimedia chats with your yuilop contacts
★ unlimited multimedia content sharing with your yuilop contacts
★ yuilop.me: obtain a second mobile number totally for free and earn credit for every SMS you receive on this number
Barcelona, February 21, 2021 - yuilop, the free communications app for iOS and Android, has announced the results of its Sponsored Chat campaign with Iberia Express, a new subsidiary of Spain’s Iberia airlines. yuilop’s Sponsored Chat is an in-app media message advertising service that allows brands to reach yuilop users with campaigns.
The Iberia Express campaign promoted the chance to win two free Iberia flights by signing up through an email or a mobile landing page created by yuilop. yuilop Sponsored Chat sent a message from Iberia Express to users within the users yuilop-chat session. Users saw the Iberia Express picture, logo, brand and the campaign message. After clicking on the app, they then were automatically re-directed to the Apple App Store or Google Play to download the app.
Campaign results showed the Iberia Express app reached the number 2 position, up from number 70, in the travel category of Spanish App Store. The campaign achieved a 20% click-through-rate (CTR) and 50% of those who clicked submitted their email addresses entered the contest. 80% of the contest participants downloaded the app.
As Robert Mulet, Marketing Manager of Iberia Express, puts it, “yuilop has a significant and important youth-focused audience in Spain who are also cost-conscious travelers which perfectly matches our target audience. As an innovative airline, operating in a highly competitive environment, we are always looking for new ways to target potential customers. We considered the format, as well as the results of the Sponsored Chat promotion very interesting for the Spanish market - one of the five leading EU countries in smartphone usage which also is one of the reasons why mobile advertising is so important for brands nowadays.”
Available for iOS and Android in Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain, yuilop’s Sponsored Chat is designed for brands that want to go beyond standard display banners and reach a highly engaged user base. This gives the brands an opportunity to have a “conversation” with users and to generate an immediate impact and post click call-to-action. Gift Vouchers can also be integrated in a Sponsored Chat campaign to provide a bonus for potential customers and encourage them to participate in a specific call-to-action.
Barcelona, May 22nd 2012 – yuilop, the free-to-all social communication service, announced today that it has closed a 4.5 million Euro ($6M) Series A round led by Hamburg-based Shortcut, and co-investors, the Russian VC Bright Capital (part of RU.COM) and private telecom investor Bruno Ducharme, as well as continued participation of existing investor Nauta Capital.
The funds will be used to drive yuilop’s aggressive international expansion and continuous improvement of the product.
yuilop’s mission is to make mobile communication free, regardless of addressee, destination, app or device. The company offers a free-to-all social communication service - app based - for all of the major mobile platforms which integrates Facebook Chat, IM, and free and unlimited SMS text messaging to any phone, anywhere in the world, with support for free calls coming soon.
Unlike other social messaging or VoIP apps, yuilop is able to offer free and full SMS functionality (and in future, free calls to mobiles and fixed lines) through being ad-supported and by employing gamification via yuilop’s unique points-based “energy” system which rewards users based on how they use the app.
The service launched first in Germany last year, becoming the number one free Social Networking app in the iOS App Store, and more recently expanded to Spain, where it is on course to achieve the same.
New board appointments
Martin Ostermayer will represent shortcut on yuilop’s board, while Vadim Tarasov from BrightCapital also joins the board. In addition, Bruno Ducharme will join the board as advisor.
Jochen Doppelhammer, CEO of yuilop: “We are delighted to have attracted such a high caliber group of investors, including the continued support of Nauta, which shows a lot of confidence in yuilop’s mission to make mobile communication free-to-all, regardless of channel, device or carrier.”
Martin Ostermayer, Partner at Shortcut: “yuilop is founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs who have a proven track record of disrupting the telecoms industry, and this coupled with great technology and an ambitious mission, fits perfectly with our investment strategy which focuses on international startups specializing in the fields of Internet, Mobile, Games, and Social Media.”
Additional notes to editors
yuilop is co-founded by ex-KPN Spain Founder & CEO Jochen Doppelhammer, who also led the mobile brand simyo to become the fastest growing and number one MVNO in Spain, together with ex-KPN Spain CSO Tono Brusola.
yuilop is headquartered in Barcelona with a development center in the south of Spain.
In December 2010, yuilop announced its first funding round, a one million Euro seed investment by Barcelona/Boston-based Nauta Capital, a VC fund targeting early stage technology companies in Europe and US.
About Nauta Capital
Nauta Capital (www.nautacapital.com) manages three funds and has offices in Barcelona and Boston. Nauta recently launched its third fund, Nauta III, and has a total of $230M under management. Nauta invests from $1M to $10M per company, mainly in three technology verticals: wireless/mobility, enterprise SW / SaaS / Security, and ecommerce / Internet. Nauta targets companies for investment in very early stage (Seed Capital) up to more advanced stages of development (Series A and B). Nauta actively invests in Western Europe and the US.
About Shortcut
Shortcut Ventures (www.shortcut.vc) is a German Venture Capital Enterprise created by founders for founders. The main focus of Shortcut Ventures investment strategy is on international startups specializing in the fields of Internet, Mobile, Games, and Social Media. Along with the financial support, firms in the portfolio are also provided with access to founder knowledge and know-how. Shortcut Ventures is managed by Dirk Freise, Martin Ostermayer, and Thorsten Rehling, entrepreneurs and founders of multiple companies such as blau.de and handy.de. The enterprise’s main investor is the Dutch telecommunications corporation, KPN.
About Bright Capital
Bright Capital (www.bright-capital.com) is an independent venture capital firm that invests globally in a wide range of promising companies solving problems in a variety of clean technology, industrial bio, telecom/electronics and it markets. apart from the investment, bright capital provides portfolio companies with access to the Russian and cis-market through its network of connections to the largest Russian industrial companies.
About Bruno Ducharme
Bruno founded and led TIW, a mobile operator with operations in Central and Eastern Europe. He now invests in telecommunications projects, such as mobile operators, mobile technology companies, satellite operators and fiber optic deployment projects.
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