(Reuters) – Messaging app Telegram will launch a paid subscription plan for its customers this month, founder Pavel Durov stated on Friday.
Users who will go for Telegram Premium will get a better restrict for chats, media and file uploads, Durov stated in a blogpost.
“The solely method to let our most demanding followers get extra whereas retaining our present options free is to make these raised limits a paid possibility,” he stated.
The app, together with messaging device Signal, have seen a rise in customers following privateness issues with bigger rival WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms Inc. Telegram presently has 500 million month-to-month lively customers and is among the 10 most downloaded apps on this planet, in accordance to its web site.
Durov stated the transfer to provide a paid subscription was to be sure that Telegram stays funded primarily by its customers and never advertisers.
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
