Social network Facebook announced the purchase of a new mobile application WhatsApp for $19 billion. This deal will be the largest in the history of the company, said at the beginning of February the decade.
The application is used to exchange free messages and is a direct competitor similar program BlackBerry Messenger.
Application WhatsApp monthly users, more than 450 million people.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg named amenities WhatsApp, very helpful.
App users can exchange messages via the Internet, thereby avoiding having to pay for SMS-messages to mobile operators. According to the creators of WhatsApp, daily number of users of the application is increased by one million people. What is WhatsApp?
Founder remains
Under the deal, Facebook will pay $4 billion in cash and 12 billion - the company's shares.
Additional $3 billion in shares of restricted founders and employees get WhatsApp.
Founder Ian Koumi applications will continue to run the company, and will join the board of directors Facebook.
"We are delighted and honored to begin cooperation with Mark and Facebook",.
Cost of Facebook shares fell 5% after the information about the transaction.
Until WhatsApp biggest acquisition was Facebook photo service Instagram, social networks cost the $1 billion in 2012. Previously, it was also reported interest in acquiring Facebook messenger Snapchat. more news latest online news
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