
Telegram exceeded 500 million active users monthly in January 2021.
Users can transfer voice and text messages, make video and voice calls, distribute an unlimited image number, documents (2GB/file), audio files, contacts, animated stickers, and user locations. Groups and cloud chats are encrypted among the server and app, hence ISPs and many third parties over the network cannot access information, but the server of Telegram can. Telegram offers end-to-end encrypted video and voice calls and end-to-end encrypted "secret" calls (optional). Every official component of Telegram is open-source, along with the server exception which is proprietary and closed-sourced. Several client applications are available for mobile and desktop platforms including official applications for Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android (although registration needs an Android or iOS device and an active phone number).Īlso, there are two official twin applications of Telegram - WebZ and WebK - and various unofficial clients that make use of the protocol of Telegram. However, the operational center is based in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai. The Telegram servers are distributed all over the world for decreasing constant data load with 5 data centers in distinct regions. It was released for iOS on Augand Android in 2013 October. Also, it offers file sharing, VoIP, end-to-end encrypted video calling, and many other features.
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