Although the Japanese messaging application LINE already had a good number of extra services in addition to messages, their managers seem willing to offer more possibilities of communication. In this way they have announced the integration of a new telephone call service through the Internet aimed at contacting telephones all over the world. A paid service reminiscent in concept of Skype, which has already offered this issue for a few years or, more recently, Viber, with its Viber Out service launched after the natural disaster in the Philippines last year.
The news arises from an event of the company itself in which the news that will come to the application have been presented. Thus, this new function or service of LINE has been announced, which would be activated in the month of March in Spain, Mexico, Thailand, the Philippines, the United States and Japan. With it the user could contact telephone numbers from all over the world , both mobiles and landlines, calling from anywhere through Internet All without worrying that other users have a smartphone, connection to Internet or any other matter. Of course it is a paid service, but offering a reduced cost.
At the moment we know two types of payment of this new function of LINE One would be focused on paying depending on what is spoken or use this service. The other alternative would be to have a monthly plan (30 days) with calls of a maximum 60 minutes Although these plans and offers may vary by country. In the presentation it was announced that, in the case of the monthly plan, the minute would cost 6.4 cents (dollar), while, if does not use this plan, the price per minute would increase to 14 cents to mobiles and only 3 to landlinesAlthough we will still have to wait a few days to know the final prices.
Along with this, it has also surprised with the introduction of another function that can satisfy the creative needs of many users. This is Sticker Creator Market A place where the user can distribute and sell their own stickers or emoticons Simply create collections of up to 40 drawings with images of resolution 370 x 320 pixels and hang them in said market. Of course, the profits are shared 50 to 50 with LINE A curious new business model within the sale of stickers that can push many users to develop their own collections.
For now we will have to wait for these issues to reach the standing user. Although it seems that not much. At least the service of Internet calls to landlines and mobile numbers has been dated for the next month of March The new market of Stickers, however, is delayed until the month of April and having only been confirmed for the time being in Japan We will stay tuned. What will this look like to those responsible for WhatsApp?
