In its annual financial report submitted in January 2014 , Facebook issued a statement that the company has the ambition to connect more people in the world . WhatsApp is expected to accelerate the realization of the future .
Ambition is expected will be realized through a variety of services to be offered up , such as news gatherer , Paper has just been released , as well as Facebook Messenger services and Instagram . Facebook has set up a 10 -year long- term plan to achieve that goal .
Of the applications that Facebook has to offer , Facebook has the ultimate goal of connecting approximately two-thirds of the world's population is still not touched by the Internet .
Now , with the acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp , Facebook hopes the move could help accelerate the achievement of the target of 10 years have they planned .
Investments issued by Facebook to buy WhatsApp is expected to bring the service up to the market where the mobile business will evolve in the future .
The mobile market is predicted to be greater than now . Manufacturers of smartphones and chips even admit it . Regions of Asia, Africa , and South America is predicted as a promising market . And in areas that have WhatsApp market .
" WhatsApp is a high quality product that is widely used and rapid development , " said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg WhatsApp acquisition during a press conference , Wednesday ( 19/02/2014 ) .
" This service is not overlooked in the United States , but the community began to develop in Europe , India , and Latin America , " said Zuckerberg .
So big WhatsApp , even Zuckerberg reported by Cnet to issue a statement that the instant messaging service has a daily usage percentage is higher than Facebook .
WhatsApp ratio of daily users versus monthly users reached 70 percent . While Facebook , have an average ratio of only 61 percent .