The agreement could heat up competition in the world of web messaging, where services like WhatsApp of the United States and WeChat of China are vying for users.

Source: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/rakutenjapanese-e-commerce-giant-to-buy-viber-for-900-million/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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