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Tencent Incorporated, founded in 1998 and based in Shenzhen, China, provides consumers across China, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and South Africa with instant messaging (IM) and Internet application services. The firm is known for its QQ IM service, QQ.com, QQ game, and Paipai.com platforms. The company offers customers blog, BBS, chat, group discussion, audio and television streaming, wireless, and other services. The firm also generates revenue from advertising and the sale of cartoon avatars. Tencent services are employed by over 597 million registered users. Approximately 137 million users employ the firm's IM services. The company has launched an SMS matchmaking service. The firm's PaiPai.com consumer-to-consumer (C2C) auction platform was established in 2005. In the same year, the company launched the TenPay online payment service and Soso.com search portal. Working with TCL, the company established the iTQQ interactive television service in 2007. Tencent Holdings Limited went public in 2004. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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