No predatory pricing by WhatsApp by not charging any subscription fee

Informant Shri Vinod Kumar Gupta, Chartered Accountant has alleged that by not charging any subscription fee since January, 2016 from its users, the OP  WhatsApp Inc. is indulging in predatory pricing. In this regard, the Commission observes that there are several other applications available in the relevant market which do not charge any fee from the users for availing their services for instance, Hike, Messenger and Viber are also available for free. It appears to be the standard practice in the industry/ business that all consumer communication apps are not charging any fee from the user...