Camp Mobile

CAMP MOBILE
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryInternet and Mobile Application
FoundedMarch 1, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-01), in Seoul, South Korea
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ram Lee & Jongman Park (co-CEOs)
ProductsBAND
SNOW
Whoscall
WatchMaster
LINE Deco
LINE Launcher
Number of employees
240
ParentNaver Corporation
SubsidiariesCamp Mobile Taiwan
Camp Mobile Japan
Camp Mobile USA

Camp Mobile, founded in February 2013, is a mobile application development company based in Seoul, Korea. Ram Lee and Jongmahn Park are the co-CEOs. The company currently operates seven mobile services ranging from social network service to smartwatch application, including BAND, Moot, SNOW, Whoscall, WatchMaster, LINE Deco, and LINE Launcher.

Camp Mobile is a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation, Korea’s dominant search engine and portal. Camp Mobile has international branch offices in the U.S., Taiwan, and India.

History

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In February, 2013, Camp Mobile has spun off from NAVER Corporation with the BAND application, a group social network service initially developed inside NAVER. The main purpose behind the spin off was for NAVER to create a separate, agile unit solely focused on creating mobile applications for the overseas market.

In March, 2013, Camp Mobile launched LINE Launcher, an Android launcher application. In December, 2013, Camp Mobile acquired a Taiwanese mobile startup Gogolook, the developer of mobile caller identification service Whoscall.

In March, 2014, Camp Mobile launched LINE Deco, a phone decorating Android/iOS application.

In May, 2015, Camp Mobile launched WatchMaster, a watchface design platform for Android Wear. In September, 2015, Camp Mobile launched SNOW, a camera app featuring filters and animated stickers.

In November 2017, it was announced that Camp Mobile would be merged back into Naver Corporation in February 2018.[1]

Products

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Camp Mobile’s mobile applications are as follows:

  • BAND, launched in August, 2012, is a group communication service hugely popular in Korea with over 50 million global downloads[2] (as of September, 2015).
  • Moot, launched in December, 2017, is a community gaming platform that streamlines the Looking for Group process and allows users to browse gaming news, memes, guides, and more.
  • SNOW is a camera app featuring filters and animated stickers with facial recognition capability. SNOW has been ranked number 1 in the camera category on the Appstore in Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines.[3]
  • Whoscall is a mobile spam filter and caller identification service which provides users with information on the caller based on a database populated via the user community's report system. The download number reached 30 million in September, 2015.[4]
  • WatchMaster is a watchface design platform for Android Wear. WatchMaster has been selected as Google Play's Featured app.
  • LINE Deco is a phone decorating Android/iOS application offering design icons, wallpapers, and widgets. LINE Deco surpassed the 30 million download mark in October, 2015.[5]
  • LINE Launcher is an Android launcher app specialized in decorating the phone. The number of downloads reached 20 million in August, 2015.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ 채, 희선 (2017-11-27). "네이버 대표 모바일 자회사 사라진다…모회사와 합병". SBS NEWS (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. ^ "South Korean mobile app Band hits 50 million downloads". e27. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  3. ^ "Messaging App Sweeping Asia Could Blunt Snapchat's Global Ambitions". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  4. ^ trends, Boosik is a writer with Tech for Korea where he writes about interesting tech; technology, innovations His main interests lie in the intersection of; entrepreneurship; University, public policy Boosik is a currently a senior at Columbia. "Global Spam Blocking App 'Whoscall' Reaches 30 Million Downloads | Korean Startups News". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2016-02-02. {{cite web}}: |first4= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "【LINE】Smartphone Customization App LINE DECO Tops 30 Million Downloads Globally | LINE Corporation | News". LINE Corporation. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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