Phone companies around the world — from AT&T to Vodafone to Bharti Airtel — have watched, helplessly, for years as free messaging apps rocketed in popularity and...
Facebook Inc. (FB)’s $19 billion purchase of mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp Inc. is a stark reminder of how much money phone carriers are losing out on as...
Facebook’s $19 billion deal for WhatsApp gives the social network a big chunk of the mobile messages sent globally. Still, Mark Zuckerberg’s quest to connect...