Telegram is a cloud based, cross platform social media and instant messaging service. It launched for iOS on August 14, 2013 and for Android on October 20, 2013. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls as well as public livestreams, and is available for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Wear OS, watchOS, and web browsers. Telegram offers end to end encryption in voice and video calls, and optionally in private chats when both participants use a mobile device.
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Classification
Sector (GICS) Offering Kind Connections
In Sector
Entity identity for the business product-service.sector GICS enum value this member already carries, per the phase 3 entity-backed browse bucket pilot (docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md, owner decision 2026-09-28 on business product-service.sector, w-bucketpilot-gics-0929). The sector fact itself, with its own citation, remains on the member entity unchanged; this edge only adds the durable entity identity the enum value already names.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Telegram
WikipediaIntroduction, GICS sector classification
A telegram is a written or printed message, originally sent through telegraphy.
Introduction, offering kind classification
A telegram is a written or printed message, originally sent through telegraphy.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Telegram
Wikidata Q32049814 P571 (inception), matched by label plus product/brand/service class (w-bbfill-business-other-0926, manual resolve after WDQS 504 timeouts)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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