New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) Singapore-based software applications developer U2opia Mobile has developed a new application for mobile phones that will allow them to access Facebook on all kind of handsets without paying for a data connection.
"We are using USSD technology, which will enable users to access Facebook without having a GPRS connection on their phones," said Sumesh Menon, the co-founder and CEO of U2Opia Mobile.
Unstructured Supplementary Data (USSD) is the technology used by telecom players to send alerts to their users that inform them about their balance at the end of call or for sending miss call alerts.
Menon mentioned that though the technology will not provide access to graphics, it will help users send and view updates on their friends' Facebook walls.
"It is like sms and hence, the load on the network is negligible.