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telegram

• Telegram is a freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging (IM) system. The service also provides end-to-end encrypted video calling,[15] VoIP, file sharing and several other features. It was launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android in October 2013. The servers of Telegram are distributed worldwide to decrease frequent data load with five data centers in different regions, while the operational center is based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
• Various client apps are available for desktop and mobile platforms including official apps for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux (although registration requires an iOS or Android device and a working phone number).
• Telegram was launched in 2013 by brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov.
• In October 2013, Telegram announced that it had 100,000 daily active users.[30] On 24 March 2014, Telegram announced that it had reached 35 million monthly users and 15 million daily active users.[41] In October 2014, South Korean governmental surveillance plans drove many of its citizens to switch to Telegram.[36] In December 2014, Telegram announced that it had 50 million active users, generating 1 billion daily messages, and that it had 1 million new users signing up on its service every week,[42] traffic doubled in five months with 2 billion daily messages.[43] In September 2015, Telegram announced that the app had 60 million active users and delivered 12 billion daily messages.