Telegram Slashes Price of Premium Subscription in India: Details

Telegram Premium — the favored messaging app’s month-to-month subscription service — is now cheaper for customers in India. The Dubai-based firm has formally introduced a change in pricing for India by way of its messaging service, and the revised value is already mirrored on the app. The discount in pricing for customers in India comes months after Telegram launched a premium, paid tier that added improved performance and new options, from extra channels and accounts to sooner obtain speeds, as a part of efforts to lift income.

Over the weekend, Telegram despatched notifications to customers that learn: Telegram Premium is now accessible in your nation at a reduction. Premium subscribers unlock dozens of unique options. A Gadgets 360 workers member additionally obtained the message informing them of the change in pricing. The firm is but to formally announce whether or not it has minimize pricing for Telegram Premium in different areas.

A subscription to Telegram Premium in India now prices Rs. 179 a month, which is effectively over 60 % decrease than the value of the service when it was launched globally in June. Until final week, customers needed to pay Rs. 469 a month, which is significantly greater than the revised worth.

Back in June, the corporate had introduced that the service has over 700 million month-to-month energetic customers. The service competes with common messaging apps WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, which have over 2 billion and over 1 billion energetic customers, respectively. Both of Meta’s messaging companies don’t presently supply paid subscriptions.

Users in India who subscribe to Telegram Premium can have entry to bigger 4GB file uploads, sooner downloads, and the flexibility to transform voice messages into textual content, amongst different options.