Free call and messaging app LINE today said it benefited from WhatsApp network outage over the weekend as LINE posted 2 million new users in 24 hours.
Facebook last week said it will acquire WhatsApp.
During the WhatsApp outage, LINE new daily register users spiked at a rate of five times more than usual in North America, South America and Europe.
Though the platform saw a sharp increase in new subscribers and a significant surge in usage this weekend, LINE did not experience any outage or technical issues. LINE has over 360 million members globally.
LINE ensures the highest level of security for mobile messaging applications through total encryption of messages, and utilizes a global standard operational system, which allows LINE to securely handle over 9.2 billion messages per day.
“Our growth strategy has always included providing a strong network that can handle unplanned and unexpected increases in network traffic,” said Jeanie Han, CEO of LINE Euro-Americas.
In 2013, LINE received SOC2, SOC3 and SysTrust certification based on the five principles of service, availability, processing, confidentiality, protection of personal information to ensure its users its system is reliable, the same high level of major companies such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon.