Indian telecom operator Aircel has tied up with social networking site Facebook to allow users to update their Facebook status by recording a voice message. This follows previous initiatives with Facebook, allowing users to update their status via SMS (Facebook on SMS), Voice Messaging on Facebook and Music Connect. While the Facebook Voice SMS application was launched in 2009, Aircel enabled Facebook mobile through SMS last year. Music Connect lets users listen to songs online or on IVR and share it as their Facebook status. The launch of voice updates on Facebook mirrors the 'My Voice' launched by Naspers and TenCent owned social networking site Ibibo last year. - How Facebook Voice Updates On Aircel Work Aircel users will have to dial 51555 from their phones, select their preferred language, enter login details and record a 30 second message that they wish to set as their Facebook status. They can also post voice updates on a friend's profile and send a friend request for using this service. The Aircel site suggests that users can also listen to their friends' updates, reply to them, get notifications, find new friends and receive alerts for events. When users update their profiles with a voice message, their status update displays controls to play the file and their friends receive SMS notifications. According to the FAQs listed on the site, the call will be charged at Re 1 per minute and there will be a subscription charge of Rs 5 per week for using the service,…
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