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SyneRyder on Feb 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Your Path to a $16B exit? Build a J2ME App

Not when SMS costs 29c per message. The free global text messaging that Whatsapp provides is potentially very disruptive to telcos.

aleh on Feb 20, 2014 [–]

It's the same way around. If telcos drop SMS const or make them free few people will have initiative to use Whatsapp.

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