What Is Ussd (and Who Cares)? – All Things Distributed
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Unfortunately author failed to mention the big problem with USSD: it's only provided by the carrier. So if you thought that getting app into the appstore is hard? USSD requires you to go to each carrier and sign contract with each. In US, I am pretty sure none of then will even talk to you unless you have millions of dollars to spend.