Friday 24 February 2017

WhatsApp hits 200 million active users in India

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WhatsApp has hit 200 million monthly active users in India as the Facebook-owned service continues its dominance in developing markets. 

India remains the biggest market for WhatsApp, which had 166 million active users in the country last November. Moving forward, Brian Acton, a founder of WhatsApp, said the company will explore ways to contribute to "India's vision for digital commerce."

WhatsApp is simple, secure, and its vision is in line with (the government initiative) Digital India,  Acton said. 

He's on a one-day trip to the country, where he met India's IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to talk about ways WhatsApp could further help empower people in rural and poor areas, as well as commercial messaging and mobile payments.  Read more...

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