Voice SMS allows a sender to send a voice message to the recipient without talking to the recipient. It is done by the sender dialing the recipient number with a special prefix (*) as defined by the operator.

If you're the sender, you leave a message in the Voice SMS system and hang up the phone. The recipient will receive a SMS alert about the message and then can return a call on the SMS to directly listen to the message.

To reply the message, you need to press a pre-designated numeric key to speak, after which you hang up the phone. The sender will receive a SMS alert this time which the sender can return call to listen the message and so on.

Voice SMS is like SMS in the sense that the charging is event-based irrespective of how long the message is, but however, the duration of the voice message deposit is usually 30 seconds.

FEATURES
   Leaving a Message
   Storing Voice SMS
   Retrieve Message
   Deleting the Message

SERVICE COST
N15.00 per message deposit whilst message retrieval is FREE

BENEFITS

• Personalization
  The service is a "talk and listen" alternative to the traditional " type and read" text SMS service. It offers personalization of voice calls at the economy of SMS.

• Handset Independent
  Handset IndependentVoice SMS deposit and retrieval is handset independent

• Non-Intrusive & easy to use
  The service is non-intrusive like SMS and is easy to use for subscribers.

• Caters to Expanded User Communities
  Voice SMS is a language-independent service and eliminates the need to key in any particular language messages, thereby expanding the user base beyond the traditional SMS user community.

• The sender dials the prefix *117 & the recipient’s area code & phone number e.g. *117018049094

• A prompt is heard and the caller leaves his message.

• A notification SMS is received by the called party of the voice SMS.

• The recipient calls back upon receipt of the notification of the SMS.

• The call is routed and the audio message is played back.

• On pressing any number (other than "0"), the recipient can leave the sender a message. To create a new session, the caller must dial
  *117<recipient area code & phone-number>

• To listen to current messages in a session with a party (identified by a phone number) directly rather than from a Voice SMS alert from the party, the caller must dial *118<phonenumber>

• The subscriber can also cycle through previous sessions within a call session

Note: All voice SMS can be sent to only starcomms number