Today, WhatsApp has become the largest instant messaging platform. The company currently has more than 2 billion users. It is used extensively not only for messages but also for tasks like voice calling, video calling, document sharing. If you also use WhatsApp then there is a big update for you. More than Rs 2 will be charged for sending messages on WhatsApp. Let us tell you about this update in detail.
Meta-owned social media platform WhatsApp has launched a new category. This category of WhatsApp is International One-Time Password (OTPs). The price of sending business messages in India has been increased through this category of WhatsApp. This can be of great help in increasing the revenue of the company.
The company increased the prices more than 20 times
According to a media report, the company has increased the price of sending international messages by almost 20 times. Let us tell you that WhatsApp has increased the prices of business messages, but on the other hand, common users will be able to send SMS for free like before. In the new international message category of WhatsApp, users will now have to pay Rs 2.3 per message.
This charge for WhatsApp SMS will be applicable from June 1. It is believed that this will have a direct impact on the business of India and Indonesia. This decision of WhatsApp will also affect the communication budget of world’s leading companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Flipkart. Let us tell you that normal international verification is quite expensive and if a user does the verification through WhatsApp then the charges would be less. But now the company has also made WhatsApp verification expensive.
Earlier this price was
Let us tell you that till now, telecom companies used to charge 0.12 paise per SMS for sending local business SMS, while on the other hand, the international price was Rs 4.13 per SMS, whereas if the user uses WhatsApp, then till now only Rs. 0.11 paise had to be paid per SMS, but now you will have to pay Rs 2.3 on WhatsApp also.
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