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Now Tweet without internet access or a GPRS-enabled phone through Videocon GSM Mobile Services!
*Offers convenience through innovation by providing Twitter on SMS
Mumbai, 8th September 2010: Bringing convenience at your mobilestep, Videocon
GSM Mobile Services presents Twitter in a new, innovative form. You can now tweet
through the unassuming SMS on your Videocon Mobile Services network. Customers
using non-GPRS enabled phones wanting to access the popular social networking
site will finally be able to do so through Twitter on SMS. Other users can get an easy
connect with the people in their network without connecting to GPRS networks or paying
browsing charges! |
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Each Twitter SMS will be charged at Re.1 per tweet, with each message limited to
standard character limit of 160 characters. There will be no charges for receiving updates.
No browsing charges will be levied nor would the customers seeking to tweet have to use
their browsers to access Twitter.
Videocon Mobile Services’ existing users can subscribe to the service by sending an
SMS saying “START” to 53000 while the new users would have to SMS ‘Signing Up’ to
53000.
“We are committed to delighting our customers with novel, innovative products and
also with industry’s best products, services and applications. We constantly track new
customer needs and interests which inspire us to design customized offerings. We already
have Facebook and MSN. Now we present Twitter - in the most value-driven, convenient
form- Twitter on SMS.” said Mr. Sunil Tandon, Chief Marketing Officer, Videocon
Telecommunications Limited.
“We are pleased to announce an agreement with Videocon Telecommunications Limited,
via which we wish to serve the communication needs of a growing number of Twitter
users. The partnership allows us to offer Twitter access for the Videocon users directly
via SMS. Thus, they can stay connected to the real time information flow regardless of
the location and can tweet by a single SMS.” said, Kevin Thau, Director of Business
Development- Twitter.
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