WeChat calls beat telecom companies
App's runaway success further squeezes margins of operators as they worry about fall in revenue
WeChat has eclipsed telecom carriers to become the new darling for Chinese people to make calls, a study has found.
The 768 million active WeChat users - more than double the entire population of the United States - made over 100 million voice and video calls everyday via the app in 2016, its developer Tencent Group Holdings Ltd said in a report on Wednesday.
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