How much do you know about e-mail? While the public are crazy about wechat, do you think that e-mail can compete with wechat to the greatest extent? On January 23, according to an insider from China Telecom, China Telecom and Netease will officially release version 2.0 today, which adds the free call function, not limited to domestic and foreign countries, which can be used in all regions under the condition of smooth network conditions. Through this function, easy to trust friends can directly communicate with each other.
According to the relevant person in charge of Yixin, the free call of Yixin is the voice call through the network data exchange. At present, Android users can upgrade the new version for experience, and IOS version has also been submitted for review, which is expected to be released soon.
The free call function of the new version of e-mail is a voice call between e-mail friends. Its process is to simulate the form of daily phone calls. After opening the friend interface, you can make a call directly. You don't need to match the mobile phone number to make a call directly on the e-mail platform.
In fact, the free VoIP of e-mail version 2.0, which was previously launched by e-mail for overseas users, means that when e-mail users roam overseas, they can make free internet calls to mobile phones or fixed phones in the mainland, but the service has not been launched in the mainland.
Some industry analysts pointed out that the function of free Internet phone is an assassin's mace that is different from other similar products. To some extent, China Telecom and Netease are making a brave and positive attempt.
Before that, jego, a VoIP application mainly for overseas users of China Mobile, once launched similar services in the mainland, which was regarded as China Mobile's self revolution by the industry, but was later shut down for unknown reasons. And mobile QQ also "quietly" launched the "free call" function a few days ago, without large-scale publicity.
E-mail was officially released on August 19, 2013 and operated by Zhejiang Yixin Technology Co., Ltd., a joint venture of China Telecom and NetEase. At present, e-mail has been online for more than 40 days, and it is reported that the registered users of e-mail have exceeded 10 million. In the view of many insiders, e-mail has the potential to challenge the monopoly position of wechat, and it is also a substantial step for China Telecom to "de Telecom".
However, according to Phoenix Science and technology, the activity of e-mail users has increased in the early stage because of the taste of new products by users, but then, due to some features of e-mail products and the difficulty of changing user habits and circles, the activity of users began to decline significantly. So far, China Telecom and NetEase have not disclosed the number of active users of e-mail as of December 2013.
Previously, China Telecom disclosed at 2014 China Telecom CDMA industry chain conference that as of December 31, 2013, the number of mobile IM application 'e-mail' users jointly launched by China Telecom and Netease in 2013 has reached 39 million, while the number of users of wechat, its main competitor, has exceeded 600 million.
Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Telecom, said that in 2014, China Telecom plans to increase the number of 'e-mail' users by 100 million.