RE: The future of SMS in Mauritius

From: Irshaad Abdool <irshaad_abd_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:33:12 +0400

Hi,
A similar article on Defi [1] speaks about the decline in SMSes and phone calls. The article mentions about the use of services like Viber, WhatsApp etc for calls and Instant Messaging.

Regards
[1] - http://www.defimedia.info/live-news/item/71148-telephonie-mobile-plus-de-portables-mais-moins-d-appels-et-de-sms.html

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> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 18:10:28 -0700
> To: ishwon_at_openSUSE.org; mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
> From: sm+mu_at_elandsys.com
> Subject: Re: The future of SMS in Mauritius
>
> Hi Ish,
> At 08:49 14-04-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
> >An article in lexpress.mu[1] debates the future
> >of SMS in Mauritius. It highlights stats
> >published by an ICT Observatory that falls under
> >the umbrella of ICTA. However there is no link
> >to this ICT Observsatory, neither anything
> >regarding these published stats under the 'news
> >& events" item at icta.mu nor at mtci.govmu.org.
>
> The news articles mentions "ces chiffres
> étonnants" in respect to the statistics about
> SMS. Why should that be surprising given that it
> was clear that there would be a decline in the
> number of SMS? The last news update on
> mtci.govmu.org was in April 2012. The last event
> on that web site was in August 2014. The local
> press doesn't usually provide the source of its
> information. There is a link to the ICT Observatory on www.icta.mu
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
>
                                               
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