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ADDING A NEWINTERFACE TO

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SMS - THE KING OF MOBILE MESSAGING

WELCOMING SMS

INTERFACE

SMS

SMS

SMS

SMS

WHY

NOW

?

SMS FACTS & FIGURES (2013)

There are 6.8 billion mobile subscriptions worldwidei.e. 96% of the world - ITU(February 2013).

6.8

BILLION

Mobile-cellular penetration in Africa. This means there is still a huge potential in Africa63%

People are using the internet.

16% Africans170

MILLION

SMS sent in 2012Worldwide SMS revenue to reach USD 150 billion mark for the first time in 2013

9.6

TRILLION

AH !

CHARACTERISTICS OF

THE SMS INTERFACE

- QUERY SIMPLICITY

- KEYWORD BASED

HUH

?

TEXT

SEARCHF O L LO W E D B Y A N

AMOUNTTO

A SPECIAL

PHONE NUMBER

OKAY

LET’S

DO A

REAL

TEST

E.G. TEXT

SEARCH 250000

TO

8047

NOW

WAIT

SOME

SECS

WAIT A SECOND ...

WAIT A SECOND ...

WAIT A SECOND ...

WAIT A SECOND ...

WAIT A SECOND ...

WAIT A SECOND ...

WAIT A SECOND ...

GOT SOMETHING

RIGHT

? GOOD.

WOW !

HOW

COME

?

SEARCH RESULTS &

DECISION PROCESSES

VARIABLES

- VACANCY

- PRICE OR AMOUNT

- DISTANCE ( FROM CLOSEST

LANDMARK POINT )

FOR NOW UIDB

WHAT

ELSE

?

FURTHER

PERSONALISATION OF

SMS SEARCH

WITH MORE VARIABLES LIKE

- SEX

- ZONE

- CELL TOWER

- SOCIAL RECOMMENDATION (THUMBS UP & THUMBS DOWN)

TROUBLE

MAKER

?

REAL CHALLENGES OF

SMS BASED SEARCH

KNOWING THESE VARIABLES

- USER SEX

- USER ZONE

- CELL TOWER

- SOCIAL RECOMMENDATION

MOST LOW END PHONES

HAVE NO GPS OR WIFI.

DEPENDENCE

- CELL TOWER INFO

- USER FEED BACK LOOP

TROUBLE

SHOOTER

?

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR TIME.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

TO FIND AND CONNECT WITH ANY BUSINESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY

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FOR EVERYTHING CONCERNING STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

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TO SEND BULK SMS WORLDWIDE AT VERY CHEAP RATES

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GET INVOLVED. EMAIL US :

INFO@WASAMUNDI.COM

L CALSEARCH Using SMS

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