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mig33 increases its reach with 12 more regional partnerships with local handset brands in India and Indonesia.

mig33 announced yesterday that is has signed agreements to be pre-installed on 12 more regional and local handset brands in India and Indonesia to distribute Android and Java Apps. The new additions to the mig33′s existing list of partnerships are:

Indonesia: Skybee, TiPhone, Lexus Mobile, HT Mobile, Ktouch, SPC, Polytron and MOVI

India: Lemon Mobile, Beetel , Swingtel, Zen Mobile

mig33 is also working with mobile platform and application framework developer, Generel Mobile (G-Mobi) to develop a version of the popular mobile application to run on the Maui Runtime Environment (MRE) platform.

“Today’s news is all about reach and opportunity,” said Steven Goh, mig33 co-founder and CEO in a press release.  “The next wave of mig33’s growth will come from the relationships we’re forging with Asian handset brands and, to an even greater extent, with the firms that develop the handset architecture.  Just as mig33 went from zero to 50+ million members based primarily on our J2ME app, we expect to see exponential growth based on this emerging position as a ‘must have’ app for Android users all across emerging markets.”

mig33 is also working to promote its alliances with Samsung and SonyEricsson in Indonesia through games and photo competitions. The company launched a miniblog service just weeks ago as a center for it’s community.

The mobile-first social entertainment service, which connects over 55 million registered members, recently announced that it delivered over 300 billions messages and 185 million virtual gifts in 2011. mig33 has also delivered over 300,000 daily active users to developers on their platform.