Telegram

Telegram becomes most downloaded app in January, WhatsApp slides to fifth

The messaging app was downloaded 63 million times last month Read More

Signal, Telegram see demand spike as new WhatsApp terms stir debate

Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival… Read More

Telegram blocked from raising funds through cryptocurrency

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Telegram sold 2.9 billion digital tokens called "Grams"… Read More

Telegram secretly plans ‘Gram’ cryptocurrency

Telegram messaging service has a plan: to beat Facebook in the race to launch a… Read More

Telegram stabilizes after cyber attack

Messaging service provider Telegram said on Wednesday it had stabilized its systems after a “powerful”… Read More

WhatsApp ‘will never be secure’: Telegram founder

Pavel Durov, a maverick programmer who created Telegram to offer securely encrypted communications, late Wednesday… Read More

Reddit, Telegram among websites blocked in India

Websites like Reddit and Telegram are being blocked in India by internet service providers, throwing… Read More

Apple approves update to messaging app Telegram amid Russia flap

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has approved an updated version of the Telegram messaging service, a day… Read More

Iran’s Khamenei quits Telegram

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that he would no longer use the hugely… Read More

Russia to probe Facebook after Telegram crackdown

Russia's telecoms watchdog plans to probe Facebook before the end of the year after blocking… Read More

Russia starts blocking Telegram messenger

MOSCOW: Russia’s state telecommunications regulator said on Monday it had begun blocking access to Telegram… Read More

Iran lifts block on Telegram app imposed during unrest: report

DUBAI: Iran on Saturday lifted restrictions on the messaging app Telegram, the state news agency… Read More

Afghanistan overturns suspension of WhatsApp, Telegram

KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday overturned a temporary ban on WhatsApp and Telegram following an outcry… Read More

Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp, Telegram messaging services

KABUL: Afghanistan’s telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block… Read More

WhatsApp, Telegram patch flaws in instant messaging applications

SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp and Telegram patched flaws in their popular instant messaging applications after security… Read More

Iran apprehends 450 social network users

TEHRAN: Iran has "arrested or summoned" around 450 social media users over their online activities,… Read More

Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran: researchers

TEHRAN: Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging… Read More