JPHiP Forum
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: chokkan 2 on September 27, 2007, 03:09:24 AM
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If you are in Sudan it is a 'missed call'. In Ethiopia it is a 'miskin' or a 'pitiful' call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of 'flashing', 'beeping' or in French-speaking areas 'bipage'.
Wherever you are, it is one of the fastest-growing phenomena in the continent's booming mobile telephone markets -- and it's a headache for mobile operators who are trying to figure out how to make some money out of it.
You beep someone when you call them up on their mobile phone -- setting its display screen briefly flashing -- then hang up half a second later, before they have had a chance to answer. Your friend -- you hope -- sees your name and number on their list of 'Missed Calls' and calls you back at his or her expense. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070926/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_africa_beeping;_ylt=AvY8hxUDODvo45JeGYZp76_tiBIF)
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Must be a serious amount of mad beeping going on in Africa, and they've christened it the "booty call".:lol:
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Cheap-ass friends have been doing this for ages here, how is this new? XD