鳴り物入りでサービスが始まった『LINE電話』。実際に使ってみて、その仕組みが見えてきた。 LINE電話とは、LINEのプラットフォーム上で携帯電話や固定電話といった、電話番号に発信ができるサービスのこと。インターネット回線を用いており、仕組み的にはIP電話に近いが、電話番号を持たずLINE電話への着信はできない。代わりに、電話を発信した相手には、LINEに登録した携帯電話番号が表示される。 『30日プラン』を使用した場合、携帯電話への発信は1分6.5円と格安だ。では、この料金をなぜ実現できているのだろうか。 サービス発表時にLINEは「複数の大手回線事業者のプレミアム回線を採用」したとのリリースを出していたが、LINE電話から発信された電話番号の表示を見るとその謎の一端がわかる。 ↑LINE電話の料金。プレスリリースに掲載された比較にもあるように、通話料は他社より割安だ。 LINE電話に
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Introduction Across Asia, a new class of instant messaging (IM) mobile applications are rapidly growing in popularity and amassing enormous user bases. These applications encompass more than text, voice, and video chat as they offer social networking platforms that include expressive emoticons and stickers (known as “emoji”), photo and video sharing, e-commerce, gaming, and other features that pro
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Line has become a hot mobile messaging platform in Japan, with more than 270 million people who are using its media-rich features as a replacement for text messages. Although Line features only 37 games, it has become the No. 2 publisher of Google Play titles in the world i
During an Aug. 3 airing of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece Castle in the Sky, thousands of anime fans watching the broadcast in Japan tweeted in unison to coincide with an exciting scene during the film's climax. The resulting spike in Twitter activity didn't simply surpass the previous "tweets per second" mark. It blew it out of the water. In one moment, the site experienced a whop
Messaging App Line’s Kawaii Characters Get Their Own Cartoon Series In Japan Line’s animated characters, which helped it become one of Asia’s top messaging apps with more than 120 million users, now have their own cartoon series. The TV show, called “LINE TOWN,” premiered on Tokyo TV Channel 6 last week (h/t Asiajin). “Line Town” features half-hour-long episodes and a prime 6:30PM to 7:30PM slot,
Line: We’re A Social Entertainment Platform, Not Just A Free Calls Messaging App Line, an app made by NHN Japan Corporation, which has grown rapidly, amassing over 100 million users since its launch in summer 2011, is typically labelled as a messaging app – and compared to the likes of WhatsApp, Viber and Skype because it offers free calls and texts. But in reality Line’s feature set positions it
The Reality Of The Global Messaging App Market: It’s Really Freaking Fragmented It would be easy to assume that Facebook Messenger or Apple’s iMessage are in a natural position to reach global dominance in smartphone messaging. But the reality is that the landscape looks very different and is very fragmented — at least for now. There are plenty of apps, WhatsApp included, that have tens of million
LINE is a cross-platform communication service and app, offered for free by Naver, from NHN Japan. The basic functionality allows users to send text messages and to make free calls with other users who have the app installed on their smartphones. The service launched just 13 months ago, on June 27, 2011, and its growth rate has been simply amazing, with 45 million users currently registered — 20 m
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