In September, Kari Krishnamurthy, vice president, growth and partnerships, Asia and country manager, India for Truecaller, told BGR India of the company s ambitious plans to reach the milestone of 150 million users in India. Truecaller seems well on its way to reaching the target and today announced that it has crossed 100 million users in the country. Also Read - Truecaller data of 47 million Indians breached, company denies

Last month, Krishnamurthy had revealed that the company had 80 million users in India, and in less than a month it has managed to garner almost 20 million users. At last count, Truecaller had a database of over 1.7 billion numbers India, and blocks over 120 million spam calls every month. Also Read - Truecaller becomes profitable, crosses 200 million monthly active users

It s heartening to see the enormous and enthusiastic support of our users, which has helped us to reach the 100 million mark in India today, Krishnamurthy said.

This underscores the value and benefits the app offers to our users. Truecaller has solved the most basic but inherent problem for millions of users and as we move forward our aim is to take this experience to every corner of the country, he added.

Truecaller CEO and co-founder Alan Mamedi too commented on the milestone saying, India has always been one of the most important markets for Truecaller and we are ecstatic at having achieved this milestone. Through our consumer centric strategy based on relevant innovations, we aim to simplify our users lives each day.

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As mentioned above, the company now plans to touch 150 million users in India by the end of this year. In other words, it needs to garner 50 million users in less than three months. We are targeting to exit December 2015 with 150 million users in India alone. Many might call us ambitions but we are pretty sure of achieving that because we can see what s happening, Krishnamurthy had told BGR India last month.

To achieve its target, Truecaller has branched out into a dialer app called Truedialer and an SMS inbox replacement app called True Messenger. It has also inked deals with smartphone brands, and companies like Cyanogen where it is the default dialer app in Cyanogen OS 12.

With near 70 percent market penetration in metros, the company is also targeting tier I and tier II cities in India. To reach a wider audience, it also kicked off an ad campaign starring Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui.