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Telegram offers end-to-end encryption in voice and video calls, [10] and in optional private chats, which Telegram calls Secret Chats. Telegram also has social networking features, allowing users to post stories, create large public groups with up to 200,000 members, or share one-way updates to unlimited audiences in so-called channels. [11]
This picture taken on 5 October 2020 shows the logo of mobile messaging and call service Telegram on a tablet screen in Toulouse, southwestern France (Getty Images)
Telegram: Phone number; iOS or Android device [114] Phone required for initial registration & login. Desktop client can function independently afterwards. [115] For some features: secret chats, [116] voice and video calls, [117] and voice chats in groups [117] No No No Tencent QQ: No [118] [119] No No No No Threema: No
Comparison of user features of messaging platforms refers to a comparison of all the various user features of various electronic instant messaging platforms. This includes a wide variety of resources; it includes standalone apps, platforms within websites, computer software, and various internal functions available on specific devices, such as iMessage for iPhones.
Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [3] Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. [4]
Telegram includes a feature known as "official channels" which allows companies, especially news media outlets, publications, and other mass media companies, to offer an official channel, which users can join, and thereby receive regular updates, published articles, or news updates from companies or news outlets. ref: Telegram Channels ...
International Telegram or iTelegram provides telegram, telex, and mailgram service. [1] Initially, it was founded as Telegrams Canada in 2003 when AT&T Canada abandoned its telegram service. It expanded service into the United States as iTelegram following Western Union 's termination of its telegram businesses in 2006.
KPN sold its telegram service to the Swiss-based company Unitel Telegram Services in 2001. New Zealand: No 2003-2023 New Zealand Post discontinued telegram service in 1999. It later reinstated the service in 2003 for use only by business customers, primarily for debt collection or other important business notices.