Indonesia to broadcast general election information via SMS

Indonesia will broadcast the information of 2009 general election that scheduled on April 9 via SMS to around 155 million cell phone users nationwide. Xinhuanet reports.

According to the spokesman of Indonesian Communication and Information Ministry Gatot S. Dewabrata, a total 162 million phone numbers will receive election messages via SMS, consisting of 135 million cell phone numbers and 27 million wireless fixed phone numbers. The spokesman said that some SMS subscribers own more than one cell phone and wireless fixed phone number.

Indonesia's governments has used text messaging on a massive scale before, In 2005, Indonesia's health ministry launched a hotline to let the public report disease outbreaks and lodge complaints about health care using mobile phone text messages.

emily | 11:56 AM | SMS and Politics |
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