Said Mark Zuckerberg , CEO of " Facebook " , said his company is not currently considering the introduction of any advertising services to serve " Watts August " or change the revenue model their own after the acquisition .
The company " Facebook " has announced its acquisition of " Watts August " compared to 16 billion U.S. dollars paid in cash and shares directly , in addition to the three billion dollars paid in the form of restricted shares to the owners of " What's Up " and its employees after they complete certain conditions .
Zuckerberg said , during a special event for investors and shareholders , to talk about the deal : "We have a clear strategy for the next several years to serve Watts August , a focus on growth to make everyone around the world is connected ."
Zuckerberg continued : "Once we get the service to one billion or two billion or three billion user , then there will be a number of ways can be discussed on how to reap revenues from behind the service ."
It uses service applications , " Watts August " currently has about 450 million monthly active users , while the number of daily users of the service to about 320 million users.
This , and stressed the founder of " Facebook " that it is not believed that the ads are the right way to reap revenues from behind the messages , so as to nature very personal when its users, which is the same belief , which is supported by the Jean- com, CEO, " Watts August ."
It was Jean- Com has said in previous statements that he would prefer not to sample ads as a model nonprofit behind the " What's Up " , making his only form of profit through subscriptions , and by imposing a small fee peer- to enjoy the service, which is the model that described Zuckerberg " onset promising in the way of transforming service to a great project . "
He stressed Jean- com as well , in a letter addressed to the users , " Watts August " Blog via his company , following the announcement of the deal , " Facebook " , that the policy of not providing ads via the service will not change.
The shares " Facebook " has dropped after the company announced acquisition of " Watts August " , where he sees a number of investors that the company has spent a large sum to bring the service does not earn a lot of money.
WordPress founder " Watts August " , during the same event , the investors' fears , saying : "We expect to become our five billion users in the future to pay us money , we're not really worried today about the transformation of the business model to generate revenue ."
For his part , assured David Abrisman chief financial officer, " Facebook " of investors and shareholders on the possibility of converting " Watts August " to a successful business model , saying , "We are confident that in the long run you will be able Watts August of returns to shareholders ."
The officials of the " Facebook " had flexed during the Event investors and shareholders a number of positive points that they see in the " What's Up ," which users rate subscribers a day in the service and that up to one million users, and the number of photos uploaded per day and up to 600 million files, and the number of messages audio sent through the service applications per day and up to 200 million voice message every day.
It should be noted that the " Facebook " I expected as well as the increasing number of users , " Watts August " monthly active in record time , due to the annual rate of increase observed in the service , which reached 100 % , in addition to the rate of growth in the number of active accounts monthly during the last four years and that outperformed the service on " Facebook " and " Gmail " and " Twitter " and " Skype "
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