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The tech giant is looking to strengthen its e-commerce push in India by introducing several business-focused features on WhatsApp + India’s telecom majors are fighting to bring online service under a regulatory framework, and they are losing.

At a splashy event in Mumbai this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced some big, upcoming features around business messaging on WhatsApp. One is what the tech giant calls Flows, a feature that will enable businesses to offer (and users to access) different services from within the WhatsApp chat.
“So, for example, a bank can build a way for customers to book an appointment to open a new account, a food delivery service can build a way to place any order from any of their partner restaurants or an airline can build a way to check in for a flight …
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