With dirt-cheap international messaging apps like WhatsApp coming to prominence, thanks to Facebook's not-so-cheap acquisition of the company, the pressure is on telecoms to keep their customers, like many Latinos, who frequently communicate across borders. Time Warner Cable (which also provides phone service) is responding with free calls to Mexico.
WhatsApp will add voice calling later this year, putting even more pressure on big telecommunications companies, after Facebook recently acquired the insurgent company for $19 billion.
Telegram combines features of both Telegram suddenly skyrocketed to the top free app in over 46 countries last weekend after WhatsApp went offline for about four hours.
Whatsapp has found itself on headlines for more reasons than one in the last few weeks and the most recent news is going to excite international users more than ever.
Now that Facebook has bought WhatsApp for $19 Billion dollars worth, Facebook has to look forward to their future, that is more users and more access. WhatsApp will help.
Facebook has decided to make its largest purchase ever with the acquisition of popular messaging service WhatsApp. Why did this messaging app fetch one of the largest sums in the web industry's recent history? Here are a few reasons.
The messaging app is for people who don't have unlimited free text messages The social media giant, Facebook, has decided to buy the mobile messaging app called WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and in stock.
