Biip.no Knowpia

Biip.no
Type of site	Social network service
Headquarters	Norway
Founder(s)	Erling Løken Andersen; Bo Myrås; Ozan Özerk
URL	www.biip.no
Launched	June 1, 2005; 18 years ago
Current status	Temporarily inactive

Biip.no is a social networking service based in Norway. It is currently offline, with plans to relaunch in 2024.

Users can use the site to send free SMS messages. As of February 2012, about one million text messages were sent from the site each month.^[1]

History edit

The site was founded on June 1, 2005, by Erling Løken Andersen, Bo Myrås and Ozan Özerk.

In 2008, TV 2 and Egmont Group acquired a majority stake for NOK 76 million.^[2]

^ "Hundretusener fikk reklame fra Biip.no" [Hundreds of thousands received advertising from Biip.no]. Dinside. February 3, 2012.
^ Fredø, Tobias (March 8, 2019). "Norsk søke-mygg henter Google-konsulent fra Dublin" [Norwegian search mosquito retrieves Google consultant from Dublin]. kampanje.com.