Buongiorno reports 7.6M users of BlinkoGold

Italian mobile content firm Buongiorno reported its first half earnings yesterday.  The company had revenues of $190.17 million, down 16.4 percent compared to $227.39 million in the first half of 2008. However, the company's net profit was $6.4 million, an increase of 87.5 percent over the first half of 2008.

The company said that more than 90 percent of its revenues are generated outside Italy. In addition, it said that it's core business, which focuses on the Mobile Content 1.0 services has grown and the total number of users who subscribe to Buongiorno's BlinkoGold services increased to more than 7.6 million.

Other interesting tidbits:

• Buongiorno's social networking site, peoplesound, reaches more than 300,000 subscribers.
• The company is working on solutions for app stores for mobile operators and handset makers. Hellotxt, a social networking and microblogging site aggregator is now available through Vodafone's App Store in Italy and Spain.

For more:
- see this press release

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