Andre Yoskowitz
30 Aug 2014 22:26
After being shutdown in the U.S. (and pretty much everywhere) back in February 2013, Microsoft left its iconic MSN Messenger instant messaging service available in mainland China.
Now after 15 years, Microsoft will truly ending the service, announcing closure in China, as well.
In China, local partner TOM ran the messaging service, not Microsoft, but they have decided to shut it down, effective October 31st.
As they were in the U.S., users of the service in China are being migrated to Skype, and Microsoft is offering free calling credit. It is unclear how many were still using the instant messaging service, but the numbers paled in comparison to others like WeChat, which has over 450 million monthly active users.
Source:
TNW