Malignant missed call
GrameenPhone's latest eye-catching but inventive advertisement focusing on the bad effects of giving 'missed calls' really drew my attention. Frankly speaking, missed calls are turning out to be an integral aspect of cell phone subscribers. A good number of these subscribers pass their leisure period giving missed calls not only to their near and dear ones but to alien ones as well. Many of them might not treat this as a malpractice which hinders smooth network function. However, this sort of novel advertisements will create awareness among the subscribers to refrain from giving 'missed calls'.
Under this scenario of high call charge, many people reluctantly give 'missed call'. Nonetheless these 'missed calls' are not meaning-less all the time. Artificial symbols are imposed on these 'missed calls' e.g. if one friend is belated to join a party he will give a 'missed call' which might mean he is on the way or stuck in traffic congestion. These are very common , especially among students. To me, reduced call-rate is the way out
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