Expecting more sophisticated mobile communications services<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The explosive growth in the use of cordless
\ncommunications tools has seen billions of personal messages sent
\nthrough mailboxes, answering machines, beepers and PCs across the
\nworld.<\/p>\n
In Indonesia, the number of cellular phone users has also
\nincreased significantly. The demand for new technology has
\nallowed for the convergence of multiplying message types from
\ndifferent devices such as beepers, cellular handsets and
\npalmtops.<\/p>\n
Electric written messages on mobile communications devices are
\none kind of personal message arriving daily in Indonesia. Most of
\nthem originate from and are sent to cellular phones. But there is
\nno data on how many such messages are trafficked per day as many
\ncellular phone users in Indonesia use prepaid cards.<\/p>\n
There are some 2,050,000 cellular phone subscribers in
\nIndonesia, up from 1.2 million the previous year. Most users use
\nGSM cellular technology which has the short messaging service
\n(SMS). Some one million additional users are expected to join up
\nthis year.<\/p>\n
However, some 60 percent of cell phone users use prepaid
\ncards, meaning they do not have access to SMS.<\/p>\n
SMS has grown so popular that many people, especially those
\nnew to the service, waste time operating their handsets to chat
\nin the written word.<\/p>\n
In some nations, GSM users can get weather reports, brief
\nnews, stock market quotes and traffic updates.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, GSM operators in Indonesia are less competitive
\nin this service and are reluctant to modify their prepaid cards
\nwith SMS.<\/p>\n
The number of SMS users would dramatically increase if the
\noperators adjusted their technology to allow prepaid card
\nsubscribers access to SMS.<\/p>\n
There has been attempts to converge several tools to
\nfacilitate SMS transmission. Certain Internet service operators
\nand GSM providers have joined forces to allow users to send
\nmessages via PCs to handsets, but this service has not proved too
\npopular.<\/p>\n
This could be due to the low number of PC users in Indonesia.
\nMeanwhile, the number of cellular phone users keeps surging. This
\nis understandable because, as in most Asian nations, the cellular
\nphone has surpassed the personal computer as a viable platform
\nfor digital content sales to consumers.<\/p>\n
Some Indonesians enjoy simple SMS trafficking while the others
\nare still wondering what SMS is even they own the latest model
\ncell phone made by a leading manufacturer. In the meantime, other
\npeople around the globe have begun to enjoy the newest, unique
\nservices allowing users to initiate and return voice calls and
\nsend and receive faxes, e-mail and other kinds of messages in
\nvarious locations on various devices based on the Internet's
\ntelephony potential communications services. Christianto<\/p>",
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