TECH CRUNCH - Telegram has amassed ~700M MAU and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as the instant messaging platform pushes to monetize a portion of its large user base. Telegram Premium enables users to send files as large as 4GB (up from 2GB) and supports faster downloads, for instance. Paying customers will also be able to follow up to 1K channels, up from 500 offered to free users, and create up to 20 chat folders with as many as 200 chats in each. Telegram Premium users will also be able to add up to 4 accounts in the app and pin up to 10 chats.