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‘Telegram’, an encrypted messenger app that adhered to the free policy, decided to introduce a paid service from next year.
According to AFP News, Pavel Durov, 36, Telegram developer and CEO, said in a statement on the 23rd (local time), “As the company needs at least hundreds of millions of dollars per year to grow, we will introduce paid services from 2021.” Announced. “Telegram will start generating revenue from next year,” Durov said. “We will be able to launch countless new features and attract billions of new users.”
“Since Telegram was founded, we have been financing operating expenses with personal assets,” he said. “The current growth rate of Telegram will reach billions of users, and more appropriate financing methods are needed.” He added, “We have no plans to sell the company, so we need to find other financing methods.” In addition, he said, “the features that are currently available for free will continue to be free services.”
Telegram is a messenger app mainly used by users who value security by providing an encrypted secret conversation function. It is particularly popular in former Soviet Union countries and Iran, and is estimated to have about 500 million users worldwide.
Durov, from Russia, has adhered to the free policy since developing Telegram with his brother Nikolay Durov in 2013.
/ Reporter Noh Hee-young [email protected]
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