GAGANDEEP KAUR

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Experts gazing in the crystal ball of mobile usage in the country believe that SMS is not just likely to come down dramatically in the time to come but may stop altogether. This is mainly because it would be more economical to send an email via mobile internet instead of sending an SMS.

“Typically, the data plans currently on offer charge 10 paise for 10 kb. So an email of say 100 bytes would cost 0.1 paise as compared with an SMS of around 100 characters which normally costs Rs 1,” explains Vinay Goel, head of products, Google India.

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