Gentlemen, I have the most disagreeable news - WhatsApp

A week ago on geektimes.ru the announcement of a most unpleasant event for mobile operators was published. In the popular WhatsApp messenger function appeared calls. At that time, only for the version on Android.

Today it became known that the support service "killer SMS" confirms the imminent release version for the iPhone (official) and Windows Phone.

Today, the number of active users of the popular messenger exceeds 700 million people per month (exchanging more than 30 billion messages per day).
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Unlike other messengers, WhatsApp does not implement side functionality and remains true to its communication mission. Many users have noted the slowness of the project with the launch of telephony. The developers explain this misunderstanding by advanced tests for the reliability of the service.

Operators are already worried about lost profits and are proposing an increase in fees from such services. Despite the telecom lobby, the network is swelling with talk about the inadmissibility of traffic segregation, and enthusiasts offer operators to reconsider their business model in the direction of transition from telecommunications service providers to data transfer service providers.

According to analysts, revenues from voice services are reduced for all market players. There are predictions that by 2018, revenues from mobile communications will be further reduced due to the work of various instant messengers and WhatsApp in particular.

WhatsApp users have already reduced the revenue of mobile operators from SMS by $ 33 billion, and in the future it is expected to increase this amount.

At the same time, according to RBC, total revenues from mobile data transfer will grow annually by 8% and reach $ 586.4 billion by 2019, revenue from voice services will fall by 3% per year and fall to $ 472.7 billion for the same period .