Whatsapp has been known as one of the greatest messaging apps worldwide.  With is change in leadership and ownership to Facebook, one could only hope an improvement in the app instead of drastic changes.  According to the article, Facebook finally got the green signal to purchase whatsapp for 19 billion dollars, issued on 3rd October, 2014.  European competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said: “We have carefully reviewed this proposed acquisition and come to the conclusion that it would not hamper competition in this dynamic and growing market. Consumers will continue to have a wide choice of consumer communications apps.”

The telecom companies have begun to fear the growing power of US technology.  “The deal is the largest in Facebook’s 10-year history and will give the most popular social networking site a foothold in mobile messaging.” (BBC)

I beg to differ the fear from telecom companies as messaging apps consume a considerable amount of data.  As there’s a growing trend for using messaging apps over making phone calls, telecom companies can focus their resources towards providing better data plans and an opportunity to grow.  As a loyal user of whatsapp, I fear whatsapp being priced out by Facebook as there is a huge possibility of  more than a couple of changes in the app just the way blackberry messenger for an android was much more different from the one on the blackberry smartphone.  Most users still preferred the original version of BBM.