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Phone credit low? Africans go for "beeping" (Reuters)

September 28th, 2007 by

A shopkeeper (R) sells mobile phones and accessories to clients inside his stall in Sudan's capital Khartoum, September 21, 2007. You beep someone when you call them up on their mobile phone 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', takes pity on you, and calls you back, this time at his or her own expense. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla/Reuters)Reuters - 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'.

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