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Welcome to our Channel! Stay updated on the IoTForIndia Telegram channel. You can read without even using the Telegram (TG) app and it will work on your mobile as well as PC. Here is a link to IoTForIndia Channel. This is a web view and will work on your Laptop or PC too. The Channel is an RSS style curated service. We also operate WhatsApp style ‘by invitation only’ discussion groups.

Why Telegram?
Telegram (TG) is a messaging app built for speed and security, it’s super-fast, simple and free. You can use TG on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across your phones, tablets or computers (PC & Mac). With TG you can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp4, etc.) each of large sizes (250MB+), as well as create groups for up to 100,000+ people or channels like our @IoTForIndia for broadcasting to almost unlimited ( a million users ?) audiences. Once you have the TG app, you can write to your phone contacts and find people by their usernames. TG is like SMS and email combined!

Please note the icon (Loudspeaker ) for a Channel

https://t.me/s/IoTForIndia or @IoTForIndia for user on Telegram

Please note the Group icon for the WhatsApp style public group
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Please use this link https://t.me/IoTForIndiaGroup to invite members or @IoTForIndiaGroup for user on Telegram.Members are allowed to invite their contacts too…It is a supergroup with 100K member limit.

Telegram (TG) User Interface ( PC in animation on right)
[ You may open the animation . Use browser view in a new tab to see it LARGE!!]
1 The left frame is Contact list.
a. Will show Users, Bots, Groups and Channels
b App menu lets you add a new contact or create a group
2 The middle frame is messages history or timeline.
a There is a search icon to search messages
b Profile icon shows details of selected contact. User or Bot?
c You can make voice calls on TG like in WhatsApp (WA)
3 The bottom frame is to create new message, add attachment and icons or stickers

How is TG different from Whatsapp?
TG is a cloud-based messenger with seamless sync. As a result, you can access your messages from several devices at once, including tablets and computers. And if you don't want to store all that data on your device, you can always keep it in the cloud. You can set a public username for your Telegram account too. Other people will be able to search and find you by that username — and send messages to you even if they don't know your number. Like Twitter @UserName is the way to find a user within Telegra,. So @TiEIoTForum will find our official account
Do you have more questions about TG?

Try these FAQs.

More TG features

Can edit message you posted even later
Can format bold, strike, italic as well as Hyperlink and use monospace font to beautify message
Can share location etc
Can reply to a message as threaded conversation
Can forward a “public” message or get a copy and use that. The get a link option may appear at the bottom of target recipients gallery when you try to share a message or in right context menu on a message. It includes the message number
A link to a message looks like this https://t.me/IoTForIndiaGroup/2715

Search by User , Date Edit and Format:
TG allows you search messages by a specific date or a specific contact. These options becoe available when you start the search using the spyglass icon. TG allows you to format your message including adding a hyperlink. This is thru a context menu that may be visible if you double tap a message or right click . You can also edit or delete your message . Edited messages replace previous version. An edited notice will be added to the message.
A text search especially hashtag search will be fast and TG lets you scroll thru the filtered list of message. Watch the animation below...

You may like to explore the many features in our telegram groups as well as services from our BoTs. They will help you check future upcoming events worldwide 3-6 months in advance as well as profiles of other startups and products. We have an “official “ @T iEIoTForum account on Telegram for servicing the private groups. You can communicate with us there.
loT4l_Advisorsstartups : Private and closed Telegram Group: for subscribing members of IoTForum.
IoT4IndiaStartups : Private ‘by Invite’ group open only to IoT Startups listed in IoT Directory. To apply to be listed in the directory, use this Link .
IoTForIndiaGroup Public WhatsApp style group. Anyone can join. Intended for TiE IoTForum and IoTforIndia topics. Public You can join by searching for them in TG Contacts by username or clicking this LINK.
However, the key reason why we use TG is because of its BOTS. We have created a few Bots ourselves to serve our community on TG! More on Bots later…