The Point.fr – Published on 02/20/2014 at 00:06 – Edited on 20/02/2014 at 00:30
The online social network Facebook announced Wednesday the purchase of the instant messaging application for smartphone Whatsapp for about $ 16 billion. This is the largest acquisition in the history of the world’s largest social network, which has just celebrated its tenth anniversary. Of this total, $ 4 billion will be paid in cash and the remaining 12 billion in Facebook shares. The group also plans to pay $ 3 billion in shares to the founders and employees Whatsapp over a period of four years after the closure of the operation.
“Whatsapp built a mobile messaging service in real time which has a leadership position and growing very fast,” said Facebook in a statement. He noted that the department has more than 450 million monthly users, 70% active daily, and more than a million people open an account every day. The volume of messages sent approach to share “the whole volume of SMS global telecom operators,” he says.
“Whatsapp is in the process of connecting a billion people. services that reach this level all have an incredible value,” said CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. Investors were less enthusiastic about the New York Stock Exchange, where Facebook share fell by 4.50% to $ 65 to 23: 30 pm (Paris time) in electronic trading after the close of the formal meeting.
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