Telkomsel Meluncurkan Facebook by Fonetwish di Indonesia

Telkomsel, operator telekomunikasi terbesar di Indonesia, dengan jangkauan ke 106 juta pelanggan meluncurkan aplikasi 'Facebook by Fonetwish' bagi para pelanggannya. Layanan ini memungkinkan pelanggan hanya menekan *325# untuk mengakses profil Facebook mereka, memperbarui status dan melihat wall teman-teman mereka - semuanya tanpa koneksi internet. Dengan basis pasar 40 juta orang di Indonesia, negara ini merupakan pasar terbesar kedua untuk Facebook.

Fonetwish Allows Users To Access Facebook on Mobiles Without a Data Plan, Reaches 300 Million Users

Fonetwish is a solution for users to access Facebook without a mobile data plan. It uses a “USSD-based interactive solution” to allow users to access the social networking site. The solution looks neat and will be very much welcome in countries where feature phones still largely dominate. But it requires support from the mobile carriers. So far, the carriers supporting Fonetwish are mostly from India and Indonesia, including Airtel, Tata Docomo, Aircel, Telkomsel, and XL.

Fonetwish lets Indonesians access Facebook by dialing ‘*325#’ — no Internet needed

Singapore-based app development company U2opia Mobile has developed an app, Facebook by Fonetwish, that allows Indonesians to check their Facebook profiles, update their status, and view their friends’ walls, all without Internet access.

The app has been launched by Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest telecom provider, to its 106 million subscribers last week.

To access Facebook, users will need to dial *325# to begin. So far, Fonetwish already has a reach of over 300 million people worldwide.