Telegram cuts subscription price by greater than half in India • TechCrunch

Telegram has reduce the month-to-month subscription charge for its premium tier by greater than half in India, simply months after introducing the providing because it makes an attempt to aggressively money in on a big person base in one in every of its greatest markets.

In a message to customers in India on Saturday, Telegram stated it was making the subscription out there within the nation at a reduction. The month-to-month subscription now prices clients 179 Indian rupees ($2.2), down from 469 Indian rupees ($5.74) earlier. The app’s month-to-month subscription, known as Telegram Premium, prices between $4.99 to $6 in each different market.

Customers who haven’t acquired the message are additionally seeing the brand new value within the settings part of the app, they stated and TechCrunch independently verified.

India is without doubt one of the largest markets for Telegram. The moment messaging app has amassed over 120 million month-to-month energetic customers within the nation, in line with analytics agency information.ai. (An trade government shared the figures with TechCrunch.) That determine makes the app the second hottest in its class within the nation, solely second to WhatsApp, which has courted over half a billion customers within the South Asian market.

Telegram, which claims to have amassed over 700 million month-to-month energetic customers globally, launched the non-obligatory subscription providing in June this 12 months in a transfer it hopes will enhance its funds and persevering with to help a free tier. Premium clients achieve entry to a wide-range of extra options corresponding to the power to comply with as much as 1,000 channels, ship bigger recordsdata (4GB) and sooner obtain speeds.

The Dubai-headquartered agency joins an inventory of worldwide tech corporations that provide their providers for decrease price in India. Apple’s music app prices $1.2 for the person month-to-month plan within the nation, whereas Netflix’s choices begins at as little as $1.83 within the nation.