Did you ever feel that we spent lot more money for a SMS? Sri Lankan mobile network providers charge only 10 cents for a SMS. One SMS contains 160 characters which each character is 7 bits. There are 1280 bits in a sms. Cost for a bit in SMS is 0.000078125 cent per bit. Story is not finished. 1MB of internet data is .20 cents. Cost for a bit in internet is .00000000238 cent per bit. SMS costs 3285 times than if we send that same SMS through internet. If we concern this fact to a telephone call, the situation is worse. I think there no need to doubt about IDD calls.
So why we pay more? We have to pay because there are no other options? This may be the typical answer of a Sri Lankan. But if we asked the same question from a American his answer will be different. They do not use SMSs and Telephone calls anymore. Viber, Whatsapp, Imo and messenger melted the dominance of SMS and telephone calls.
So why we pay more? We have to pay because there are no other options? This may be the typical answer of a Sri Lankan. But if we asked the same question from a American his answer will be different. They do not use SMSs and Telephone calls anymore. Viber, Whatsapp, Imo and messenger melted the dominance of SMS and telephone calls.
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| Popular communication apps now a days |
WhatsApp started as a texting service between mobile phones as a replacement for the regular SMS text messages. But now it provides internet call facilities as well. VIber and messenger provides texting and internet calling while imo provides video calling as well.
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| imo - caters video calling facility |
Even though it is cost effective why its not popular in Sri Lanka? There are many reasons. One is most of the mobile users are not powered with smart phones. Viber, whatsapp, imo, messenger only supports for smart phones.
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| Messenger User Interface |
Even the smart phone users do not have a habit to keep internet switched on. They switched internet off to preserve the battery. To take a viber call or to send sms via whatsapp in a real time manner both sender and receiver has to logged in to the internet.
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| How to preserve the Battery??? |
Sri Lankan mobile network providers do not provide satisfactory internet service. In some areas of Sri Lanka there are no 3g internet facilities. To get the maximum privilege form viber and whatsapp you should have proper internet connection.
Internationally telephone calls and SMSs already dominated by Viber and Whatsapp. In Sri Lanka also using Viber and whatsapp becoming a trend. So in near future we will be able to say good bye to traditional Telephone calls and SMSs and welcome Viber and whatsapp.
Internationally telephone calls and SMSs already dominated by Viber and Whatsapp. In Sri Lanka also using Viber and whatsapp becoming a trend. So in near future we will be able to say good bye to traditional Telephone calls and SMSs and welcome Viber and whatsapp.
