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Banned since the contested elections in 2005, SMS has at last been turned back on in Ethiopia in time for their new millennium, on September 14th.
During the elections in May 2005, Kinijit used SMS to communicate with its supporters, and following election results being contested, the government closed down parts of the press, blocked access to web sites and shut down SMS on June 10, 2005.
Now, the SMS is back and to celebrate the restoration of the service, a short text message was sent to all mobile phone users in the country saying: “[Wishing] you [a] happy Ethiopian Millennium. And now the SMS service is launched.”
Luckily, we don’t have to deal with any similar issues…
[Via: textually.org]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
