Ethiopia's monopoly phone company has sent an SMS to its millions of mobile subscribers announcing lines to Eritrea are now open.

The text message reads:

Ethiotelecom is excited to announce that connections between Ethiopia and Eritrea have resumed."

This follows the historic meeting between Eritrea's President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

On Monday, they pledged to end the state of war between the two countries.

They also said that telephone communications would resume, which were cut off when the border war began in 1998.

Some people have managed to make contact with family on the other side of the border, including Ethiopian journalist Shishay Wores.

He was called by one of his brothers in Eritrea.

"For a moment my heart stopped beating, my voice was shaking and I was struggling for words. It took me a while to calm down and talk to my brother," he told the BBC.

People are also sharing jokes about receiving missed calls from 1998, including a journalist for the Reuters news agency.