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Hike

Messenger
Hike Messenger (stylized as hike) is a cross platform instant messaging service for smart phones that
uses the internet for communication. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other
graphical stickers, emoticons, images, videos, audios, files, voice messages, contacts and user
location. Hike was launched on 12 December 2012 and raised its first round of funding of $7 million
from Bharti SoftBank in April 2013. Hike is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Softbank.
Hike's founder is Kavin Bharti Mittal (the son of Bharti Mittal, the founder of Airtel).

History
Launched on 12 December 2012, Hike attained 15 million users in February 2014 and raised $14
million for its development.[8] Over the next few months, the application introduced free text
messaging anywhere in India, chat themes, updated stickers, hidden chats and revamped user
interface. In August 2014, Hike hit 35 million users and raised another big round of funding $ 65
million led by Tiger Global. Hike Messenger made its first acquisition, buying free Voice calling
company Zip Phones, which allowed it to launch free app based calling services that are emerging as
a key draw for users .In 2015, Hike launched
the "Great Indian Sticker Challenge" to invite
designers to design new stickers. As per the
communication statistics on Hike, 30% of the
traffic comes from stickers. On Oct 2015, the
CEO of hike announced that the user base of
hike reached up to 70 million and more than
20 billion messages are shared each month.
And in December according to hike blog hike
is sharing over 1 billion messages every
single day and 30 billion+ messages a
month. As of January 2016 hike has crossed
the mark of 100 million users. "Crossing 100
million users is a milestone for us and we
have achieved this magic number well
ahead of our expectations," Hike Messenger
founder and CEO Kevin Bharti Mittal said in a
statement.

Features
Apart from basic social messaging means like photos, videos and audio files, Hike allows users to
"nudge", a feature used to ping the receiver. In addition to that, the application supports chat
themes, graphical stickers, PDF files and Office Files. It also allows users to hide individual and group
chats providing extended privacy. The messenger now provides free voice calling over 2G, 3G and WiFi across the globe in over 200 countries. In January 2015, hike introduced a voice calling feature for
their users. During the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Hike partnered with CricBuzz to keep their
Android users updated about the world cup scores. In Sep 2015, hike launched free group calls with
up to 100 people in a conference call. Hike Direct, a feature that allow users to share messages and
files without any kind of data charges within a radius of 100 meters through Wi-Fi Direct, was made
available on Oct 2015.

Privacy
Hike uses a 128bit SSL encrypted, firewalled server for the exchange of media and text messages
only on wifi. Messages are stored locally in the user's device and the data is not backed up to Hike's
server.