Messaging

Malaysia’s respond.io achieves WhatsApp Business Solution Provider status; joins 150 global providers recognised by Meta
Businesses can manage WhatsApp business profiles from one centralised platform Will complement respond.io’s automated integration with over 5k third-party apps
Retarus boosts APAC presence with new MD
Professional messaging solutions provider Retarus said it is strengthening its presence in the region with with the appointment of Oliver Prevrhal as managing director of Retarus Asia.
Singtel’s VoIP-chat app Wavee faces steep challenges: Pundits
Singtel launched a communication app not unlike WhatsApp, but how will it fare against the other messaging services out there? Edwin Yapp & Keith Liu analyse the service.
XOX aims to fast-track global marketing with e-horizon JV
XOX Berhad has signed an agreement with e-horizon, a Swedish developer of mobile soft devices, for a global marketing push for the Voopee mobile soft device.
Celcos beware: Voice-over-data players gunning for you
Mobile operators have to start innovating fast or else the Internet players will start eating their lunch, argues Edwin Yapp.
US$19b for WhatsApp: What Facebook is really getting
As the world recovers from arguably the biggest tech news of the year -- that Facebook splashed out a whopping US$19 billion for messaging player WhatsApp – analysts are in two minds as to whether the deal is worth the price, what the strategy is for the new entity, and how the social networking giant will monetise the newly bought asset, writes Edwin Yapp.
DiGi subs enjoy extended WhatsApp messaging
DiGi Telecommunications has launch a new promotion, which the company says offers an extended reload validity period and unlimited free data charges when using the WhatsApp Messenger to its subscribers effective Nov 5.
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