20 1 1 was officially put into the market in June, with more than 400 million registered users worldwide. There are more than 250 "chat faces" in Line, which gives users an extra tool to convey their feelings when using LINE.
The most commonly used chat software in Japan and Taiwan Province Province of China is LINE, which has about 82 million monthly active users in Japan? Taiwan Province, China has a population of about 23 million, and LINE's branch in Taiwan Province, China has 2 1 10,000 users.
According to Reuters's 2019165438+10/8 report, Softbank plans to merge its Internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan (now renamed Z Holding) with South Korea's Naver company's messaging software line to build a technology giant with a market value of 30 billion US dollars. The two parties plan to sign the final agreement in February 20 19 and complete the merger before June 2020.
According to public information, the parent company of Line is Naver, the largest search engine in Korea. At the beginning of this century, Line was founded by Shen Chonghao, co-founder of Naver, when he promoted search engine technology in Japan at the beginning of this century, and it was absolutely controlled by Naver.
Line is a popular social software in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan Province Province of China, covering core business sectors such as advertising, communication (LINE sticker) and content (LINE game), as well as innovative business sectors such as Line Pay, AI and e-commerce.
Line has Line Pay and Yahoo Japan has Paypay, both of which are mobile payment giants in Japan. From June, 2065438 to June, 2009, the net loss of Line's interim related final accounts was 26.6 billion yen, mainly due to the increase in the cost of wooing customers such as cash feedback activities, which led to a sharp decline in settlement profits.