Information Madness

After Airtel became the first national carrier giving Tweeting services from SMS, now it came out with free mobile access to Twitter users. It means Airtel keeps strong bleep on social networking sites growth in India as here network provider will start giving customers free access to Twitter website from mobile device.  According to Airtel’s new plan where subscribers will able to tweet & reply from their devices itself that’s also free of cost. As offer is currently valid for limited period only but it will provide free access to 170 million plus users of Airtel across the nation.

Airtel Press Statement... 

"Today’s discerning Indian customer is increasingly relying on the mobile device for accessing everything from emails to music to social networks. In conjunction with this trend, we are pleased to introduce 90 days of free access to Twitter for mobile users in India – first on Airtel. With this, 170 million+ Airtel mobile customers will now potentially be able to enjoy Twitter’s rich interface on their mobile web browsers or access updates posted by specific users through SMS notifications free of charge. This initiative will introduce new users to an exciting world of possibilities that mobile internet enables, thus providing an impetus to data services market. Airtel has always been committed to delivering experiences that are innovative and relevant for customers. This launch reinforces our focus on this promise and adds to our list of many industry firsts.” said N Rajaram, Chief Marketing Officer-Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel (Courtesy: News Agencies) 

Network carrier mentioned as this service is introduced first time in India under GPRS plan. Above all here customers can tweet, reply the tweets, and check the news & browse real-time trends. Apart from this users can also subscribe SMS service to get the latest updates from specific users’. While in the same offer itslef user can freely subscribe this facility by simply sending SMS on 53000. Customers can easily avail this FREE offer from their mobile by visiting mobile site (m.twitter.com). The best thing is there as unknown users can also follow their friend(s) or celebrity via sms service under subscription system. Presently this offer is valid till 31^st March 2012. Don’t wait…. Start tweeting today.