WhatsApp hits one billion users

114541497_706818 (1)As of today, one billion people are using WhatsApp – that’s nearly one in seven people on Earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends and their family.

The mobile messaging service was acquired by Facebook little more than two years ago in a deal valued at $19 billion.

Two weeks ago, the company dropped its $1-a-year subscription fee (which only kicked in after one, anyway), saying it planned to make money through businesses that use the app to communicate with consumers.

WhatsApp and Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg announced their one-billion-user milestone on Facebook.

“One billion people now use WhatsApp. Congrats to Jan, Brian and everyone who helped reach this milestone!”

“…WhatsApp’s community has more than doubled since joining Facebook. We’ve added the ability for you to call loved ones far away. We’ve dropped the subscription fee and made WhatsApp completely free. Next, we’re going to work to connect more people around the world and make it easier to communicate with businesses.”

“…There are only a few services that connect more than a billion people. This milestone is an important step towards connecting the entire world,” he said. 

By: King Edward Ambrose

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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