--FILE--Weixin, ou WeChat, messagerie de Tencent s'affiche sur un smartphone à Shanghai, Chine, le 5 mars 2013. Les utilisateurs de Tencent Holdings énormément
--FILE--Weixin, or WeChat, messaging app of Tencent is displayed on a smartphone in Shanghai, China, 5 March 2013. Users of Tencent Holdings hugely popular mobile chatting application may have to pay fees in future to satisfy Chinas three mobile telecom operators, Chinese media quoted a government official as saying on Sunday (31 March 2013). Tencents Weixin, or WeChat, chatting application (app) is currently free and has more than 300 million users. The app is positioned as the next bright revenue spot for Tencent. However, media reported that Chinese telecom operators such as China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, are looking to charge users for the app because of its large data bandwidth use. Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the regulatory body that governs the Internet and telecommunications sectors, is looking at the possibility of users having to pay a small fee to the telcos to use the app, said Miao Wei, head of the ministry, according to Caixin Media. Experts say charging a fee could affect its popularity. Tencent, Chinas largest online gaming and social networking company, said recently it plans to invest heavily in Weixin to attract more overseas users.
