SMS Service On Facebook Threatened Will In waived

The world's largest social network, recently acquired mobile messaging software vendors, Beluga. With the acquisition whose value is unknown, Facebook is likely to make a big step by offering an alternative way cheaper than SMS on mobile phones.

It's no secret, the price of text messages (SMS) is much higher than data services (Internet) or chatting. Although no additional cost "slightly" to store and forward text messages from one customer to another, the operators have earned enormous profits for the company. And, this service becomes an important key to higher incomes operator.

"Now, we and up will work together to create a new experience as well as ways to better communicate," said Beluga in a brief official statement quoted VIVAnews from Cellular News, Monday, March 7, 2011.



There is speculation that Facebook will utilize 500 million of its customer base throughout the world as a marketing lever. Social networking giant will provide a platform Beluga on each type of handset for messaging services and cut the operator's SMS network.

This is a big step up after the previous spend less to buy applications and platforms for mobile services over the past year because he saw mobile services as the main growth drivers in some developing countries.

Indeed, at present, new Beluga software available for the Apple device and the Android-based smartphone. Beluga need to develop a J2ME-based platform for its services to reach mass-market of entry-level phones.

If the text message service platform up-Beluga for J2ME completed, it is quite possible income property SMS service provider, such as Telkomsel, XL, Indosat, Axis, and other large operators will be eroded slowly, and it is quite possible the SMS service will be extinct .



sumber : vivanews.com