Whatsapp has declared that it will add the service of voice calls for its 450 million users at the end of this year. This service will certainly be a new competitor for all the telecom network operators in the marketplace.
Jan Koum, the CEO of Whatsapp informed that the mobile messaging apps will allow its customers to make calls in the second quarter of this year. The chief purpose behind the release of this novel service is to hit a billion users.
Recently, Facebook has acquired Whatsapp and the intact team of Whatsapp has joined Facebook. Although the company purchased Whatsapp but still the messaging service will work independently.
Messaging is the initiatory experience of several people when they begin to use mobile internet. Therefore, this deal will pave the way for Facebook and will mingle it up with the messaging services. The addition of voice service the social network will convert itself into a new fundamental function of smart phones.
Mark Zuckerburg, the CEO expressed that the messaging service will produce a great deal more profit as compared to the price paid for its purchase. He stated that some new South Korean companies such as Kakao Talk and Naver’s Line generates a revenue of $2 and $3 per every user. Although both the companies are in their initial phase.
As per the media reports, Whatsapp created a revenue of nearly $20 million last year.
Moreover, Zuckerburg stated that he really believes that Whatsapp worth more than 19 billion independently. Therefore, it was not a bad decision.
Whatsapp transformation into voice calls would not be able to make a good deal with telecom carriers. The rivals of Whatsapp such as KakaoTalk, China’s WeChat have gained the trust of nearly all telecom operators.
