Many people in my campus use cell-phones to commu­ni­cate, not only with relatives and friends at home, but also with others within the campus. When a call is made to another cell, it has to go to through a service provider even if the callee is close-by, and there­fore the caller is charged.

If calls could be made to other cell-phones directly whenever the call-recipient is within a critical radius, it would save a good of resources, and also reduce the load on the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion infrastructure.

However, I think a cell-phone powerful enough for this purpose would probably violate Govern­ment norms.

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