Fetion (Chinese: 飞信,

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese fo ...

: fēi xìn, lit. ''flying letter'') was an

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(IM) client developed by

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, a Chinese

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. It allows users to send and receive

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free of charge between PCs and mobile phones (in certain conditions). China Mobile to develop Fetion into a comprehensive communications service which will focus on wireless communications and offer the Internet applications as a complement. D-media Communication Tech (a subsidiary company of Ultrapower Software Co., Ltd) undertakes construction, operation and maintain of Fetion.

History

Shenzhou Taiyue Shenzhou may refer to: * Shenzhou, or "Divine Land", one of the Chinese names of China * Shenzhou program, a crewed spaceflight initiative by the People's Republic of China * Shenzhou (spacecraft) Shenzhou (, ; see ) is a spacecraft developed ...

() was originally the only supplier of the outsourcing development, operation and support for Fetion. However, every time the company attempted to renew its contract with China Mobile, it was hit with rumours of insider trading, contract terminations and unstable performance resulting in sharp fluctuations in its share price. China Mobile subsequently put four sub-projects out to tender and Shenzhou Taiyue lost its monopoly.

Usage

Rumoured to have been called "Femoo" before launch, the product was renamed "Fetion", since in Chinese "Femoo" sounds like the word for "tomb" () and has negative connotations. In 2012 the service had around 90 million active users and income of around 300 million renminbi. Providers of

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(OTT) have complained that Fetion has failed to address the fee structure changes required to counter competition from other services including

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External links

Official SiteChina Mobile Begins Fetion Commercial Service - ChinaTechNews.comSMS Sender Using Fetion ( PHP Script ) PHP Fetion on Google CodeFetion protocol plugin
for

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