Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has decreased its month-to-month subscription payment in India for premium customers, right down to Rs 179 from Rs 469.

In a message despatched to its customers within the nation, the platform introduced the low cost in subscription charges, because it focuses on aggressively rising in a rustic the place WhatsApp has almost 500 million customers.

India is among the key markets for Telegram, which has amassed over 700 million month-to-month energetic customers globally.

According to third-party knowledge, Telegram has greater than 120 million customers in India, and goals to quick faucet into the ever-growing WhatsApp person base.

According to a latest analysis by techARC, a minimum of one in 5 respondents in India desire Telegram over WhatsApp for various causes, together with discovering it safe and respecting privateness, options like channels, allowance of customers in a single group and sharing of large-size recordsdata.

Over 32 cent of the respondents mentioned they ship crucial and secret messages over Telegram.

Globally, Telegram’s month-to-month subscription for premium customers is within the vary of $4.99 to $6.

Last month, the encrypted messaging app rolled out a brand new replace that gave customers extra methods to make use of new emoji to precise how they’re feeling — with infinite reactions and emoji statuses.

The firm mentioned that Premium customers can choose reactions from an infinite number of customized emoji.

With the brand new replace, group admins can management whether or not customized reactions could also be used of their teams.

Now, premium customers can add an animated emoji standing displayed subsequent to their title — to shortly let everybody understand how they’re feeling or what they’re doing.

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