The linked article is written in German. According to the article, Deutsche Telekom – Germany's major mobile phone operator – has been blocking instant messagi

The linked article is written in German. According to the article, Deutsche Telekom – Germany's major mobile phone operator – has been blocking instant messaging services like WhatsApp, Skype and Google Talk for some mobile subscription plans since yesterday. There are now two explanations by Deutsche Telekom: 1. A software update is to blame. 2. The affected subscription plans are not optimized for instant messaging. The first explanation is probablaby correct, i.e., Deutsche Telekom wanted to block instant messaging and updated its filters accordingly. The second explanation is of course nonsense. Google translation: Software update is to blame for failure Whatsapp A software update for the Deutsche Telekom changed parameters, which no longer allows the use of Whatsapp. When the issue will be resolved is unclear. The German Telekom has denied reports that Whatsapp, the cross-platform instant messaging app for smartphones would be blocked. Telekom spokesman Dirk turning Golem.de declared: "The telecom prohibits not the use of Whatsapp We recorded an update, there are parameters have changed, which would impact on product performance.." A forum post was posted on the Internet: "I had just told a meeting with the T-Mobile hotline and I realized that for all those who have the data flat rate, the Messenger ports are closed According to the hotline of the reason is yet. obvious, the flat was only there to surf there and not to be notified, and that it has worked so far only because of a loophole in the system that it has now closed My conclusion:. If this is in the next telecom days not reverse it, a provider change is called for. " In the official telecom Feedback community we find the following post: "You have been waiting for a reply from us to use problems with Whatsapp now we have an explanation for you why instant messaging services such as Whatsapp, Skype. and Google Talk, partly since yesterday no longer work. Options Web'n'Walk Handyflat and web'n'walk mobile phone Dayflat are not optimized for the use of instant messaging services such as WhatsApp. By therefore it is a software update to current impairments just these services. " If there other than those referred tariffs come to problems with the instant messaging usage, it had other reasons, the company said. The group working on it, the use of instant messaging services again to enable all customers. A date for the fix can not be named.