In 2002, Tencent stopped its free membership registration, requiring all new members to pay a fee, but in 2003, this decision was reversed due to pressure from other instant messaging services such as Windows Live Messenger and Sina UC.
Tencent stopped its free membership registration. This was in 2002. Tencent was requiring all new members. This was in 2002. This was to pay a fee. This decision was reversed due to pressure from other instant messaging services such as Windows Live Messenger. This was in 2003. This decision was reversed due to pressure from other instant messaging services such as Sina UC. This was in 2003.