Isevisi ye-IM ne-VoIP Viber inomnikazi omusha. KuyiRakuten yaseJapan, esinye sezitolo ezinkulu eziku-inthanethi lapho, okuthi, ngaphezu kokuthengisa izimpahla, siphinde sinikeze ngezinsizakalo zebhange kanye nezinsizakalo zedijithali zokuhamba. Ukhokhe imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-900 zamaRandi nge-Viber, okuyimali ecishe ilingane naleyo i-Facebook ekhokhelwe ngayo i-Instagram. Kodwa-ke, enkampanini enenzuzo yonyaka elinganiselwa ku-39 billion wamadola, lesi akusona isamba esibalulekile.
I-Viber njengamanje inabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-300 emazweni acishe abe ngu-200 emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa ne-Czech Republic, futhi inikeza ukwenziwa kwasendaweni kwe-Czech. Insizakalo, eyakhiwa ngo-2010, yasheshe yathandwa kakhulu, futhi ngo-2013 kuphela, isisekelo sayo sabasebenzisi sikhule ngamaphesenti angu-120. Nakuba i-Viber imahhala, okuhlanganisa ukufona nokuthumela imiyalezo ngaphakathi kwesevisi, iphinde inikeze inketho ye-VoIP yakudala ngamakhredithi athengiwe, afana ne-Skype.
Isevisi njengalokhu manje isingakwazi ukufinyelela kubasebenzisi abaningi e-Japan ngenxa ye-Rakuten, lapho ibhekene nokuncintisana okuvela ku-WhatsApp ne-Skype, futhi izovumela isitolo se-inthanethi ukuthi sifinyelele amakhasimende amasha nge-Viber. Akungabazeki ukuthi inkampani izosebenzisa le nkonzo ukukhangisa ibhizinisi layo ngandlela thize. Nokho, ukusebenza kwabasebenzisi abakhona akufanele kuthinteke nganoma iyiphi indlela. Lokhu kukude nokutholwa kokuqala okukhulu kwe-Rakuten yokwandisa izinsizakalo zayo, ngo-2011 yathenga isitolo se-e-book yaseCanada. I-Kobo 315 million waphinde watshala imali eningi ePinterest.
I-Viber iyaqonda ukuthi abantu bafuna ukuxhumana kanjani futhi yakhe isevisi eyodwa enikeza konke okudingayo. Lokhu kwenza i-Viber ibe inkundla ekahle yokusebenzelana kwamakhasimende e-Rakuten, njengoba besifuna indlela yokuletha ukuqonda kwethu okubanzi kwekhasimende kuzithameli ezintsha ngokuphelele nge-ecosystem yethu eguquguqukayo yamasevisi aku-inthanethi.
- Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten
900 million ukuthenga ... $39 billion inzuzo yonyaka ... nokho, lokhu akulona inani elibalulekile ...
Kubukeka kuyinani elikhulu kimina. Kuyinzuzo yeminyaka engama-23, okubonakala kimina njengentula umnotho empilweni yalesi sicelo kulezi zinsuku. Yebo, kuyangicacela ukuthi bayibalile, kodwa umuntu oyidayisile ugculiseka kakhulu. Masikhumbule izicelo ezifana ne-ICQ nokuthi zazidume kangakanani futhi ziphi namuhla? Alikude neminyaka engama-23.
U-Adam Adam, awukwenzi kahle, okokuqala bathi imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-39 zamaRandi ayinzuzo. Futhi okwesibili, ngicabanga ukuthi awuqondanga kahle yonke into, uma sithatha i-hypothesis yakho ngenzuzo eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-39, khona-ke utshalomali luzobakhokhela ezinsukwini ezingu-15 :)
Vele... umbuzo wokuthi izindleko zizoba ngakanani... inani lonyaka libonakala liphezulu kakhulu kimi uma ngicabanga ukuthi angicabangi ukuthi abantu abaningi abathenga isikweletu lapho.
I-Rakuten inalelo thuba, hhayi i-Viber.
…Nokho, enkampanini enenzuzo yonyaka elinganiselwa ku-39 billion wamadola, lesi akusona isamba esibalulekile….
Futhi, i-ibrat eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-39 ingaba ukulahlekelwa kwebhiliyoni elingu-1 :-)
Imali engenayo ihloniphekile, kodwa noma kunjalo umuntu angaqagela kuphela mayelana nenani "lenzuzo". Kodwa izigidi ezingu-900 zingu-2,3% kuphela wenzuzo yonyaka, okungeyona into ebaluleke kangaka yesikhathi esisodwa yenkampani enjalo. Futhi njengethuluzi lokumaketha kungumkhiqizo omuhle kakhulu. Isakazeka njenge-avalanche phakathi kwabasebenzisi befoni futhi iyodwa, ngaphandle kokukhangisa :-)