Texting the subcontinent

India has turned SMS crazy, according to Kamla Bhatt. Actually the dynamic she describes isn’t so different from what we have been experiencing in Scandinavia (where SMS was invented!). People text incessantly, anywhere, about anything. How about filing your tax return per SMS? No problem. Interesting similarities, given the huge differences between the societies… In another post, she discusses the topic of mobile vs PC web access in India, and mobile comes out on top. That was a recurring theme at the recent We Media conference as well, where participants from China, India and African countries all stressed the importance of the mobile phone for web access in their areas.

One Response to “Texting the subcontinent”

  1. Kamla says:

    You are so right when you say that cell phone and SMS phenomena in Scandinavia. But,what is interesting to see is the sheer number of people that use cells and SMS in India.

    Kamla