alerts on their phones, and update their pages by sending text messages.
Receiving alerts is free, although updating is subject to standard rates.
A variety of notifications are available from the site, including friend requests, messages received, wall posts, and status updates. Users can choose which they want to receive and what time of the day they would like to receive them.
“Social media is an ever-growing phenomenon in SA,” says MTN SA chief marketing officer Serame Taukobong. “Most of our customers have limited access to the Internet, but would like to stay in touch with their friends and family on Facebook.”
Registration is completed on the Facebook account settings page, under “mobile”. If users wish to opt out they can SMS the word “STOP” to 13999.
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