During his speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Jan Koum said WhatsApp will be extended to voice communications in the second quarter of the year.
Before its purchase technology «χωνέψει» τα 19 δισ. δολάρια που δαπάνησε το Facebook για την απόκτηση του WhatsApp, ο Jan Koum, συνfounder of the company, with a statement he comes to stir the waters again.
During his speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Jan Koum said WhatsApp will be extended to voice communications in the second quarter of the year.
"We want to be sure that people will always be able to stay in touch with friends and loved ones in a truly cost-effective way," said Koum, adding "we are going to introduce voice communication capability into WhatsApp, in in the second quarter of the year. "
Of its 330 million daily users serviceς, οι πρώτοι που θα έχουν πρόσβαση στη νέα λειτουργία θα είναι οι κάτοχοι συσκευών με λειτουργικά συστήματα Android και iOS. Σύμφωνα με τον Koum, θα ακολουθήσουν αργότερα και ορισμένες συσκευές Nokia και BlackBerry.
However, it was not clear how the new service will work: it will be via voice mail or will be carried out in a direct way, as in the case of Skype, which could be a major blow to telecoms companies that already see the ever high revenues from voice and messaging services are constantly decreasing. The main reason is the market shift in the provision of data volume, but also the growth of social networking services offering an alternative way of communicating over the Internet.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
