近期有關微信收費的輿論爭得不亦樂乎，在其背后，是傳統技術與新興技術力量的一場博弈。
Beijing (CNS) -- The increasing popularity of new types of instant messaging services such as WeChat has become a major reason behind the slowdown in traditional SMS activity.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a recent report that due to the fast expansion of WeChat users, the short message services (SMS) of China's three telecom carriers saw much slower growth in the first two months this year.
The SMS business for the three telecom carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom increased by a mere 2 percent in 2013.
Some experts said that, facing fierce competition between telecom operators and the emerging instant messaging services, the 4G network of the future may be a way out for the telecom carriers.
To maintain a balance between the increasing demand of users and limited telecom resources, telecom operators can seek to reduce costs by upgrading their technologies, said Huang Xiaoqing, general manager of China Mobile's Research Institute.
WeChat, which allows users to send texts and voice messages and even do Wi-Fi video chats, is a mobile chat application launched by Tencent Technology Co, China's largest Internet company by market value.
China is now home to over 300 million WeChat users.
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