Voice Dating In India Through Mobile Phones - Mint

Cellphone operators in India are secretly offering a voice-based social networking services as an alternative to online dating and SMS chats.

Users register for the service and are assigned a five-digit code that also acts as their phone number, thus hiding their real phone number. They can then dial a three-digit number and listen to other people describing themselves and try to reach them by dialing their code. Users are not obliged to answer the calls.

Amit Agarwal, a technology blogger, also thought that price was going to be the key factor for the success of the service. “It will definitely pick up if operators lower the tariffs, but they will have to be vigilant against any misuse, and the bad publicity that such instances bring,” he said. Link

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