Alibaba-Owned Chat App 'DingTalk' Makes its Way to India

Chinese due east-commerce giant, Alibaba, released its ain collaboration and messaging app for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) back in 2015. The app, called DingTalk, has seen tremendous growth since its release and it has over five one thousand thousand enterprise users in China. The app was initially released in Chinese, only the visitor has recently unveiled an English version with plans to ramp upwards its user base in India and Malaysia.

In a contempo argument well-nigh the company's programme moving forrard, Chris Wang, Head of Global Business organisation Development for DingTalk said:

"Our endeavour is to empower SMEs then they tin scale and become a part of the global marketplace. With DingTalk, nosotros will enable organizations to seamlessly communicate and collaborate across locations, thereby increasing productivity…We believe that this is the time to come of the workplace, and we see immense potential in helping businesses redefine their organizational connectivity".

The messaging app offers a platform for SMEs to better their organizational activities and facilitates B2B communication. Users tin send both audio and video messages or host conference calls with up to 3,000 member in a unmarried instance. Integrated emails, chats, and message reminders are also part of the package.

Alibaba-Owned Chat App 'DingTalk' Makes its Way to India

Additionally, the app allows businesses to manage omnipresence, make approvals, maintain business reports and transfer files upwards to 700MB in size. Business can also book meetings, create tasks, upshot service tickets, and gear up up private chats with their employees.

With the release of the English variant, DingTalk plans to aggrandize its presence in other South-Eastward Asian countries. The company is besides said to be working on a Japanese version of the app.