Su Wang expected that WeChat would become bigger and the operators would be in trouble, because he clearly knew how much impact WeChat would have on the SMS and voice calling services of the three major operators.
In the previous life, WeChat was not only facing challenges from China Mobile, but there were even rumors that WeChat would charge fees. Even the competent authorities also chose to side with the operators.
But this time the operator launched an attack, in Su Wang's opinion, it was not just a matter of interests.
The reason is very simple. The existence of WeChat does not have that great impact on China Telecom and China Unicom. The most affected one is China Mobile.
A big feature of the three major domestic operators is that China Mobile does not have a fixed broadband license at this time, which means that China Mobile can only sell mobile phones, and the function of mobile phones is to send text messages and make calls, so WeChat is very important to them.
The impact of moving is the greatest.
In fact, as early as when the number of WeChat users exceeded 100 million, China Mobile had already expressed its views several times to explain the impact of WeChat on mobile text messaging and call services.
China Telecom and China Unicom both have fixed broadband services, and because they focus on 3G networks, which themselves cover network data services, their influence is not particularly large.
China Mobile does not have any layout in 3G. The core is still relying on text messages and calls. The sudden rise of WeChat naturally makes China Mobile's senior management uncomfortable and anxious.
However, even if China Mobile is dissatisfied, it cannot express its views on WeChat. Although domestic network services are monopolized, the three major operators have no precedent of blocking a certain company or a certain software product.
The boss above didn't say anything, and even the mobile phone didn't dare to do it.
The reason why the three major operators are in trouble this time is very simple. WeChat takes up too much of their signaling resources. If this continues, it will cause problems with other network services, and even cause network paralysis in serious cases.
What is signaling resources does not mean the data traffic generated by a certain service. After all, data traffic is charged. The more data traffic is generated, the more the three major operators will make. It is impossible for the three major operators to use this as an argument.
The signaling resources mentioned by the three major operators refer to the information systems that control this business. If all the businesses operated by the operators are compared to a highway, then each business is like a car on the highway. Different
The application's use of data traffic is equivalent to the load capacity of different car models. Cars with more load capacity charge more tolls. Signaling is the traffic lights and road signs on this highway, which controls when the car should stop.
, when can you walk, in which direction, and at what speed.
According to operators, instant messaging applications such as WeChat, in order to support users to be online in real time, will send signals to the server every few seconds or minutes to reconstruct the link and maintain the active state, which is likely to generate a large amount of signaling.
Load. Especially mobile phone terminals are mobile. When many people gather together to use WeChat, the signaling resources in the area may become congested or even collapse in a short period of time.
Contributes 10% of data traffic, but takes up 70% of signaling resources.
This is the data obtained by the three major operators, and they use this to challenge WeChat, wanting to charge additional fees, and convey their wishes to the above through so-called media experts.
It was under this circumstance that news about WeChat's upcoming charges appeared on the Internet, and the words were quite clear-cut. It probably meant that if the three major operators wanted to charge WeChat, then WeChat would have to collect money from users.
, WeChat is about to enter the paid era.
Some experts and scholars have even begun to analyze the most reasonable form of charging for WeChat, whether to provide users with a monthly subscription or to charge based on the number of messages.
"Mr. Su, I checked this information and found that there are three major operators and our competitors behind it."
At the WeChat high-level meeting, Li Feng and many members of the team had serious expressions, because everyone clearly knew that the reason why WeChat could develop so quickly was not based on so-called social interaction, but communication.
No matter how WeChat changes, how many functions are added later, and how much fun it adds, the essence of WeChat is an instant messaging software, which is the foundation of WeChat.
And a big part of this foundation is that it’s free.
Su Wang didn't say anything. Of course he knew that WeChat couldn't charge money. Everyone was used to using WeChat and couldn't abandon it. WeChat represented social networking. It was all fake. If WeChat dared to charge money, I'm afraid it wouldn't be long before Zhang Dalong's communication would catch up.
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Instant free communication is the focus of WeChat, social networking is just incidental.
This is why later Alipay failed when it launched Moments, and Momo also failed when it launched Dating and transformed into live streaming. Why they failed was because they could not copy the instant messaging function of WeChat.
It turns out that in time and space, because only China Mobile is taking action, China Telecom is not very concerned about it, and China Unicom even chose to cooperate with WeChat, so China Mobile's request was not approved by the above.
But now, the three major operators have launched an attack together, especially China Unicom, which had previously cooperated with WeChat, and has also chosen to defect, and the situation has suddenly become serious.
Even if the three major operators do not dare to forcibly block WeChat, their attitude should be taken seriously by their superiors. It is very likely that a blow will fall on WeChat.
"According to our speculation, the most likely possibility is that we pay an additional fee to the three major operators. This fee may be called a resource management fee. The more people use it, the higher the management fee may be."
Listening to the analysis of his colleagues, Su Wang carefully recalled how WeChat solved problems with operators in the previous life. He remembered that when conflicts broke out, Internet companies joined forces and held several summits to discuss this issue.
Forming a kind of suppression of public opinion.
But at that time, it was not just WeChat, but also Baidu Tieba, including Weibo, which all required a lot of network data, but the latter was purely to generate revenue for the three major operators, without touching the three major operators.
Just cheese.
But now that I am facing the comprehensive suppression of the Ye family, it may be impossible to use some big summits to express my views.
If we want to prevent the higher-ups from being affected by the operators, we have to let the higher-ups feel the truth of the facts and at the same time feel the public opinion. But this public opinion must be formed spontaneously. If there is any secret operation, use public opinion to force the higher-ups.
, this is a taboo.
Just when Su Wang was thinking, his cell phone rang. When he saw the number, Su Wang was stunned for a moment because the caller surprised him.
Picking up the phone, Su Wang walked out of the office and then pressed the answer button.
"Hi, Teacher Liu."
The call was from his high school class teacher Liu Yichao. His class teacher rarely contacted him on weekdays, so if he called, it must be something important.
"Su Wang, I just visited my teacher."
"Mr. Li?"
Su Wang was in awe, and he was still grateful to Mr. Li. After he published an article on the so-called quality education, he faced criticism from many experts and scholars in the education field. It was Mr. Li who stood up for him.
Those who supported it even published articles directly to the cabinet.
"Well, my teacher admires you very much and asked me how you are doing, so I told my teacher about your recent affairs."
"Teacher, it's my fault. I should have visited Mr. Li."
"Forget it, my teacher said, you are a busy man, and he also wants to live a leisurely life, so don't bother each other and make each other's life difficult."
Hearing Liu Yichao's answer, Su Wang smiled. He believed that these were Mr. Li's original words, because Teacher Liu did not dare to arrange Mr. Li.
"But, my teacher knows the situation you have encountered recently and asked me to give you a message."
Hearing this, Su Wang's expression became serious. Such a respected senior had a special message for him, obviously to enlighten him.
"Teacher, I am all ears."
"My teacher said, no matter how many demons and monsters are out there, you must keep yourself upright. Only when you are upright can you not be afraid of any evil spirits and heretics."
Hearing his class teacher's words, Su Wang knew that Mr. Li was warning him not to do anything beyond the bottom line even if he encountered difficulties.
"Teacher, tell Mr. Li, I know that I won't do anything extraordinary."
"I still believe you on this point, but my teacher has another sentence. Please listen to me first. My teacher said that sometimes solving problems is not to find the other party's weaknesses, but to use your own characteristics and put yourself into practice.
Once you become strong enough in cultivation, you don’t need to care whether the opponent has any weaknesses, because you are already invulnerable.”
"My own characteristics?"
Su Wang was stunned for a moment, something vaguely flashed through his mind, but he couldn't catch it.
"Su Wang, my teacher said that you are different from other entrepreneurs in many ways. One of your biggest characteristics is that you are young. Youth represents hope, vitality, and the ability to get close to the young people of this generation."
Whoosh!
After Liu Yichao said these words, Su Wang's eyes lit up, and he finally knew what had just flashed in his mind.
"Teacher, thank Mr. Li for me. Thank you Mr. Li for giving me the guidance."
"Sure enough, my teacher said that you can definitely understand what he said, but it's a pity that I can't understand him. My teacher didn't explain to me, saying that I am stupid."
Liu Yichao on the other end of the phone sounded dissatisfied. Su Wang was about to explain, but was interrupted by Liu Yichao's next words.
"Su Wang, don't explain it to me. I don't believe that I can't figure it out in a moment. It's not enough in one day. If one day is not enough, then two days. Now that you have understood it, I will hang up.
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Toot toot!
When a busy signal came from the cell phone, Su Wang was a little bit dumbfounded. His teacher was so old, but he was still so childish.