Truecaller
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Truecaller on Android OS
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| Developer(s) | True Software Scandinavia AB |
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| Initial release | September 2009 |
| Operating system | Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Series 40, Symbian, Tizen, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone |
| Type | Telephone directory, Caller ID, Social integration, Spam blocker, Crowdsourcing |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | truecaller |
Developed by True Software Scandinavia AB, Truecaller finds contact details globally given name or telephone number, and has an integrated caller ID service to achieve call-blocking functionality and social media integration to keep the phonebook up-to-date with pictures and birthdays. The client is available for Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Series 40, Symbian s60, Firefox OS, Tizen, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone.
Truecaller was developed by True Software Scandinavia AB, a privately held company in , Sweden founded by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam in 2009.
It was initially launched on BlackBerry 1 July 2009. After good response of users it launched for Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile. It was released for Android and Apple iPhone on 23 September 2009, for RIM Blackberry on 27 February 2012, for Windows Phone on 1 March 2012, and for Nokia Series 40 on 3 September 2012.As of September 2012[update] Truecaller had five million users performing 120 million searches of the telephone number database every month. As of 22 January 2013 Truecaller reached 10 million users. As of December 2014 Truecaller had reached 100 million users worldwide.
In February 2014, Truecaller received $18.8 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, Open Ocean, Stefan Lennhammer, and an unnamed private investor. It also announced a partnership with Yelp to use Yelp's API data to help identify business numbers when they call a smartphone.
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