Singapore based software application developer U20pia has developed a new application for mobile phones that will allow them to access Facebook on all kinds of handsets without paying for data connection.
"We ar using USSD technology which will enable users to access Facebook on their mobile phones without having GPRS connection on their phones," said Sumesh Menon the co-founder and CEO of U2opia mobile.
Unstructured Supplementary Data (USSD) is the technology used by telecom players to send the alerts to the users that informs them about their balance at the end of each call or for sending miss call alerts.
Menon mentioned though the technology will not provide access to graphics, it will help users to send and view upates on their fiends' walls in Facebook.
"It's like SMS, and hence the load on the network is negligible. We have biult some commands through which users can receive alerts on activity happening on his wall as well post an update," said Menon.
U2opia launched this application in India today with telecom major Bharati Airtel. While Airtel customers can update their Facebook status through thie USSD service at free of cost, Rs.1 per day will be charged for accessing the full feature of this apllication which enables viewing news feeds and liking news feed stories, posting on friend's walls confirming friend's requests, viewing notifications and finding and adding friends as well.
"In Indian market scenario where the penetration of smart phones is relatively low and the use of internet on mobile phones is limited only to key cities, many users are exclude from accessing their Facebook accounts from their mobile phones," said Sheerish Joshi, Bharathi Airtel.
"We look forward to bring millions of Facebook users in India closer to their for social networking by allowing them to access at any time, any where on their Airtel powered mobile phones," said Joshi.
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