Facebook WhatsApp Seen As Threat In Emerging Markets

By | March 27, 2014

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Wireless phone companies in emerging markets face a bigger threat from WhatsApp and other such over-the-top, or OTT, services than do U.S. carriers such as AT&T (T), Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint (S), says Nomura Securities in a research report. Facebook last month said it would acquire WhatsApp for up to $19 billion. WhatsApp and other messaging apps let users send text messages using Internet protocol technology, or what’s called OTT because Scalper1 News

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