The popular Web giant is setting to introduce a new innovative service to millions of cell phone users in Africa; this will allow people to send and recieve emails through SMS messages
Statatistic reveals that, while more that 1 billion African redident use cell phones, just a few really have access to e-mail. Whis is what Google is trying to change.
According to the Associated Press, the Web giant is on the way for an ambitious endeavor that will give people the opportunity to receive e-mails via text messages. In effect, Google will be giving people access to the Internet with feature handsets. Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya are the first countries to get the service. Why not Cameroon as well? Google!!??
Already in Nigeria, ads were seing posted on billboards around the country for Google's text message email service in July, according to the Associated Press.
The way the service works is that it will lets many users get free Gmail e-mails as text messages -- and the cost of a reply is only what it costs to send a text message.
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