Update Facebook without internet connection

Singapore-based software applications developer U2opia Mobile has developed a new application for mobile phones that will allow users to access Facebook on all kind of handsets without paying for a data connection, reports Press Trust of India.

"We are using USSD technology, which will enable users to access Facebook without having a GPRS connection on their phones," said Sumesh Menon, the co-founder and CEO of U2Opia Mobile told PTI.

Unstructured Supplementary Data (USSD) is the technology used by telecom players to send alerts to their users that inform them about their balance at the end of call or for sending miss call alerts, according to the report.

Menon told the media agency that though the technology will not provide access to graphics, it will help users send and view updates on their friends' Facebook walls.

"It is like SMS and hence, the load on the network is negligible. We have built some commands through which a user can receive alerts on activity happening on his wall as well post an update," Menon was quoted as saying to PTI.