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Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular Internet-based Chikka Text Messenger, announced that over 10 million new users signed up for the service in 2008.

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Chikka Asia Inc., the popular Internet gateway to sending free text messages, recorded 5.25 million new members for the first half of 2008.

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Chikka’s patented "unified account systems" will allow UK mobile users to log on to their PC-based instant messenger (IM) using their mobile numbers to enjoy instant messaging whether online or on-the-go, all via simple SMS.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386938 [Title] => Chikka showcases latest apps in Barcelona [Summary] => Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular PC to mobile messaging service, joined mobile network operators and content and data enablers from over 180 countries in the recently concluded 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

"We are proud to be in Barcelona once again to show what the Philippines has achieved beyond being the world’s ‘text capital,’" said Gio Bacareza, Chikka’s business development director.
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A global player in wireless space, Dennis Mendiola’s early potentials in the field of engineering and logic design were further honed through scholastic training in the US. After graduating summa cum laude at the University of Pennsylvania and finishing a BS Economics degree in Wharton, Mendiola’s MBA at the prestigious Harvard University capped his prodiguous educational feats.
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Partnering with Indiatimes, the new media brand of India’s oldest and largest media conglomerate Times Internet Ltd. (TIL-BCCL), Chikka has extended the high utility of its mobile instant messaging service to millions of Indians around the world with friends and loved ones in the country of 1.2 billion people.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330485 [Title] => Chikka bags CMMI Level 5 certification [Summary] => Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular Internet-to-mobile text messaging application Chikka Messenger, announced that it has achieved certification for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Maturity Level 5 is the highest standard of quality in the information technology industry.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327211 [Title] => 3GSM World Congress [Summary] => Last month, I finally realized my dream of attending the most important mobile phone event of the year, the 3GSM World Congress. The event had shifted from Cannes to a more temperate Barcelona. The Fira de Barcelona Center was a more appropriate venue, accommodating the 50,000 participants who jammed its clusters of exhibit halls. Our company, Chikka Asia Inc., which is behind the popular Internet-to-mobile phone messaging application Chikka Messenger, was the only Filipino company that exhibited at the event. [DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136112 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778193 [AuthorName] => TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312564 [Title] => Chikka Asia goes for CMMI level 5 [Summary] => Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular Internet-to-mobile text messaging application Chikka Messenger, announced that it is now being assessed at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) maturity level 5 of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Maturity Level 5 is the highest standard of quality in the information technology industry.

SEI-authorized ECCInternational, which is conducting the assessment, further confirmed that Chikka is the only wholly Filipino-owned company to be appraised at this level.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => 10 million new users sign up for Chikka
                    [Summary] => 

Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular Internet-based Chikka Text Messenger, announced that over 10 million new users signed up for the service in 2008.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 80001 [Title] => Chikka lures over 5 M users in first half of ’08 [Summary] =>

Chikka Asia Inc., the popular Internet gateway to sending free text messages, recorded 5.25 million new members for the first half of 2008.

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 10310 [Title] => Chikka connects to Spain [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 391118 [Title] => Chikka connects to UK mobiles [Summary] => Manila-based Chikka.com, creator of the popular Internet gateway to texting mobile phones, announced its connectivity to all mobile network operators in the United Kingdom, including Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Virgin, 3 and Orange.

Chikka’s patented "unified account systems" will allow UK mobile users to log on to their PC-based instant messenger (IM) using their mobile numbers to enjoy instant messaging whether online or on-the-go, all via simple SMS.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386938 [Title] => Chikka showcases latest apps in Barcelona [Summary] => Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular PC to mobile messaging service, joined mobile network operators and content and data enablers from over 180 countries in the recently concluded 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

"We are proud to be in Barcelona once again to show what the Philippines has achieved beyond being the world’s ‘text capital,’" said Gio Bacareza, Chikka’s business development director.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357147 [Title] => Asia’s mobile Cupid [Summary] => As Filipinos continuously fall in love with text messaging, Dennis Mendiola generates more ways to woo even more people to "the love affair."

A global player in wireless space, Dennis Mendiola’s early potentials in the field of engineering and logic design were further honed through scholastic training in the US. After graduating summa cum laude at the University of Pennsylvania and finishing a BS Economics degree in Wharton, Mendiola’s MBA at the prestigious Harvard University capped his prodiguous educational feats.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 336364 [Title] => Chikka unites online and mobile Indians [Summary] => Chikka, the popular Internet to mobile text messaging service created by Manila-based Chikka.com, is now also uniting Indians online and those using mobile phones subscribed to a majority of Indian mobile network operators.

Partnering with Indiatimes, the new media brand of India’s oldest and largest media conglomerate Times Internet Ltd. (TIL-BCCL), Chikka has extended the high utility of its mobile instant messaging service to millions of Indians around the world with friends and loved ones in the country of 1.2 billion people.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330485 [Title] => Chikka bags CMMI Level 5 certification [Summary] => Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular Internet-to-mobile text messaging application Chikka Messenger, announced that it has achieved certification for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Maturity Level 5 is the highest standard of quality in the information technology industry.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327211 [Title] => 3GSM World Congress [Summary] => Last month, I finally realized my dream of attending the most important mobile phone event of the year, the 3GSM World Congress. The event had shifted from Cannes to a more temperate Barcelona. The Fira de Barcelona Center was a more appropriate venue, accommodating the 50,000 participants who jammed its clusters of exhibit halls. Our company, Chikka Asia Inc., which is behind the popular Internet-to-mobile phone messaging application Chikka Messenger, was the only Filipino company that exhibited at the event. [DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136112 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778193 [AuthorName] => TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312564 [Title] => Chikka Asia goes for CMMI level 5 [Summary] => Chikka Asia Inc., creator of the popular Internet-to-mobile text messaging application Chikka Messenger, announced that it is now being assessed at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) maturity level 5 of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Maturity Level 5 is the highest standard of quality in the information technology industry.

SEI-authorized ECCInternational, which is conducting the assessment, further confirmed that Chikka is the only wholly Filipino-owned company to be appraised at this level.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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