What Others are Saying about Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp

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When Facebook acquired internationally-popular messenger WhatsApp for a total of $19 billion, the tech world was abuzz with reaction, jubilation and speculation. We talked with several analysts and experts to get their take on if WhatsApp was the right purchase for Facebook — and at the right price. Thorsten Trapp, CTO of Tyntec, gave some insight into WhatsApp’s international dominance. He noted that WhatsApp has forced mobile operators to lose billions of dollars in lost SMS fees: The fact that WhatsApp in....

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