On April 2, 20 13, Securities Market Weekly learned from people close to the decision-making level of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. "WeChat charges are affirmative, but how to charge is still under consideration."
On April 5th, 20 13, Weibo, the official WeChat, issued a rumor, denying all kinds of rumors about charging, and said that the basic business of WeChat would not charge.
On the evening of April 9th, 2065438+03, Weibo, the official official of WeChat team, issued Weibo's statement that "WeChat team has started the 2.5G network optimization plan, and is currently discussing the signaling solution with the operator's operation and maintenance department. I believe that through the cooperation of Qi Xin of * * * *, a solution will be found."
In April 1 1, 2065438, China Business News reported that Chuangbo Asia Pacific filed a lawsuit against Tencent in Jinan Intermediate People's Court for infringement of invention patent right. The case has been accepted by the court and will be opened on May 8, 20 13. The patent suspected of infringement of Tencent WeChat is a patent named "System and method for providing online yellow pages phone book related to location information". Invented by Hou Wanchun, the founder of Chuangbo Asia Pacific, on May 2, 2009, and patented on July 2, 20, 2009.
On April 20 13 16, a tender announcement in Taiyue, Shenzhou revealed the roadmap of Fetion in the coming year. China Mobile plans to add video calling and other functions to the Fetion mobile version, and also plans to add user stickiness to the mobile phone desktop and ROM. The analysis believes that the layout of Fetion is to attack WeChat.
On April 23rd, 20 13, Zhang Feng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Communication Development Department, said at the regular press conference of the State Council Office that whether the charges for new services such as the Internet and mobile Internet are determined by the market, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to the principle of "its operators decide independently according to market conditions". This is the first time that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made a formal response to the issue of WeChat charges.