Since the GSM revolution, albeit amidst inflation rates, the cost of making calls within and outside the country has dropped significantly.
In fact, while the price of everything else seems to be going up, the price of voice calls around the world is going in the opposite direction. In the fast changing world of communications technology, the enigma doesn’t end there. Innovations are making it easier, faster and in many cases, costless to make voice calls.
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Whatsapp’s voice call comes to mind in this regard. When Facebook bought over whatsapp for $22 billion in February 2014, it was already a force to be reckoned with. The company now has over 700 million users who, with access to a Windows, iOS, or Blackberry 10 device can make calls practically for free on the Whatsapp platform.
For many in today’s global village, this is an advantage with no strings attached. Broadband penetration is at an all time high in the United States, United Kingdom, among others. So the new development might pose a challenge only to Telecom giants in such countries, who according the various international reports worry about losing their already declining revenue from voice calls.
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Nigeria however, is still trying to rise above its 6% broadband penetration, hence the somewhat expensive price of data. Whatsapp calls are only free in a sense. Although users are not charged directly for the calls, data bills in Nigeria could sometimes be a real monster.
So on the long run, many users in this part of the world might still opt for voice calls from the regular service providers.
Price aside, the quality of calls is sometimes a problem. Between the caller and the recipient, there is an uncomfortable noise which distorts communication.
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Even the echo which returns back the callers voice before his recipient gives feedback to the communication only lays credence to the fact that a lot of improvement is needed before the Whatsapp free voice call becomes uhuru.
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