Yesterday, Samsung announced the acquisition of the Canadian company NewNet, which operates in communication technologies. Among other things, it specializes in Rich Communication Services (RC). The acquisition could mean the South Korean giant is working on its own messaging app using the RSC standard.
Samsung's previous mobile app, Chaton, enjoyed a more than sizable user base, around 100 million people. The app saw the light of day already in 2011, unfortunately, when WhatsApp and Viber arrived, it was withdrawn from the market in March 2015.
The company thus has the opportunity to work on its second product, which it could launch precisely thanks to NewNet. In the press release, the company stated, among other things, "We are trying to benefit primarily from the advanced experience that we have already recorded during that time. These are mainly better search, group chat, and the ability to easily share and transfer large files, including multimedia and high-quality photos”. It is more than clear that with this Samsung has referred to the RSC support that will be part of the application. What is interesting, however, is that Samsung will not be interested in developing a messaging app just among the phones in the range Galaxy, a la Apple's iMessage, but rather about wide availability.
Source: Phonearena
