About Us

About Next2Friends

Next2Friends (www.next2friends.com) is a white label mobile social media platform that allows clients to enhance the value proposition of their services to their customers by bringing together the full capabilities of both mobile and PC-based Internet technology. The comprehensive suite of applications and features provide location based services, rich media, commercial and communication services to today’s connected consumer, providers of social networks and communities, along with other common interest groups.

Next2Friends owns and operates www.next2friends.com which showcases the true intellectual value of the business, the technology from which the revenue model is based around a white labelled managed service.

Key applications include a fully hosted and managed service or supply only (Co-branded or completely white labelled) across:

Real- Time Mobile to Web

  • Live - Real-time video broadcasting from the mobile device to web.
  • Social - A suite of real-time mobile collaboration tools which include:
    • Ask - Opinion gathering and decision making on the move
    • Snap Up - Automatic capture and upload of images from the mobile to the web in real- time
    • Tag & Meet - Intelligent matching of virtual profiles in the physical world via Bluetooth
    • Dashboard – Keeping users up to date on community developments in real-time

On Line Community

  • Real-time mobile to web interaction within a community driven and secure environment including:
    • Member Profiles for self promotion, connecting with others posting videos and photos, upload and play MP3s, blogging and wall posting capabilities
    • Chat (IM) with members online with our online chat tool. Create closer relationships with your friends and customer
    • Send text, audio or video emails to your members and community. Stay connected
    • Polling:
      • Create opinion polls to find out what people think about your latest campaigns and products.
      • Poll all Next2Friends members with video or images or only your online community and obtain real-time feedback back on your questions
    • Community page(s) with advanced search capabilities on members and content
    • Viral widgets and content distribution

Retailer’s Promotion and Location Based Services

  • Real- time mobile marketing and location based service:
    • Target and attract consumers based on location and profile interest, directly on their mobile device
    • Create closer and lasting relationship between customers, brands and retailers
    • Increase advertising impact through behavioural targeted marketing

The Next2Friends platform utilises patent-pending, proprietary technology to ensure consumers, businesses and brands capture the full value of the mobile Internet.

Next2Friends Limited was established and incorporated as a UK private limited company in August 2006 to develop a convergent mobile communications and web platform that utilises the most ubiquitous technology – the mobile device. The Company has sales and administration offices in the UK, the US and Malaysia with R&D based in the US support by off shore development resources.

Since being formed Next2Friends have:

  • Become the world’s first vendor to develop and release an application that enables BlackBerry Users to broadcast video in real- time from their devices
  • Become the first vendor to address the mass market and allow users to broadcast video in real- time from their devices
  • Have the Next2Friends Social application accepted and available for download in the Apple App Store
  • Receive two nominations as best in class from the Mobile Entertainment Association for Best Mobile Social Network and Best Innovative Mobile Application.
  • Received the I-Stage nomination. Only 15 companies worldwide were nominated for such a prestigious event organised by the Consumer Electronic Association.

Further Information:

Corporate Headquarters:

Withens, Barker Road,
Sutton Coldfield,
Birmingham B74 2NY
UK