Bharti Airtel Welcomes Twitter! Now Indians Gonna Tweet n Tweet n Tweet!

October 15, 2009


India has recently become the third largest market for Twitter in just a few month, with 5 million subscribers of a total of over 11.5 million. Following a huge surge in Twitter traffic- Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom service provider is launching tweetSMS, a third-party application that allows you to receive Twitter SMS updates directly to your mobile phone.

Girl-airtel-twitter

Atul Bindal, president-mobile services, Bharti Airtel says

In 2008, Twitter stopped sending free SMS updates to users, instead teaming up with mobile phone companies around the world to create an affordable and easy way to get Twitter SMS updates back on your mobile. In India, Bharti Airtel has an exclusive arrangement with Twitter to offer the service.

The launch of tweetSMS is clearly intended as a retention and brand image play rather than a revenue play. However, after mobile number portability is introduced, it could help attract other subscribers to the Airtel network.

So, What’s Next ? How to Subscribe for tweetSMS on Airtel ?

An Airtel subscriber needs few steps to activate tweetSMS

Step 1 : SMSSignup to 53000 (SMS cost Re.1)

Step 2 : Follow the instructions to complete the registration process and start Tweeting.

Step 3 : For every tweet you post on twitter, you’ll be charged Re.1

Stay in touch with tweeters without internet connection on your mobile phone.

For more info on Twitter @ Airtel – Check out here

Source : timesofindia

Similar Post:
  • Twitter on Airtel TV Advertisement. First Ever Twitter Airtel TV Commercial Video
  • Geeks should go Airtel
  • Quote the Tweet? Screenshot the Tweet? Embed the Tweet?
  • 3G Winners in India –Bharti| Idea| Vodafone| Tata| Reliance| Aircel
  • 1 Paise Per Second- Airtel | Vodafone | Aircel | Idea | Reliance | BSNL

    • Article by Srivathsan G.K

    Srivathsan has written 54 awesome articles for us. Social Networking Addict, Google chrome user - Blogs tech at www.madrasgeek.com & Mobile Gadgets at www.mobigizmos.com

    If you liked this post, you will definitely enjoy our others. Subscribe to the feed via RSS or EMAIL to get instantly updated for those awesome posts soon to come.

    • http://chaaps.com Chethan Thimmappa

      Awesome Post! You are My True Bro!
      I wanted Just This!

    • http://www.clickonf5.org/ Sanjeev

      Twitter and Airtel deal is really helpful for both of them and at the same time it is helpful for users as well. With the exclusivity of the deal for 4 weeks, Airtel will definitely get more number of customers in India and after that probably the service will be available on other providers as well. 
      .-= Sanjeev´s last blog ..Instant Weekly Roundup : Third WP Plugin Release From Internet Techies =-.

    • http://www.shoutmeloud.com Harsh Agrawal

      This is a nice initiative from Twitter though launching at Diwali time in India does not make much sense as most of telecom giant will be increasing the SMS rate for 3 days in Diwali.

    • http://letssermo.com Farrhad A

      This is a nice initiative, but it is irritating for non-Airtel users to keep seeing that advertisement on Twitter.
      .-= Farrhad A´s last blog ..How to Outshine with Confidence =-.

    • http://www.taranfx.com Taranfx

      Good deal but Two showstoppers:
      1. Exclusive to Airtel.
      2. Expensive for Re.1 keeping in mind we do lot of tweeting everyday.
      Better off enabling GPRS, EDGE
      .-= Taranfx´s last blog ..Enable Voice Control on iPhone 2G 3G =-.

    • http://technobuz.com Sham

      Tat’s really a nice news.Hope they cut down the rates but ;)
      .-= Sham´s last blog ..How To Save Sms From Mobile To Pc =-.

    • Pingback: Twitter on Airtel TV Advertisement. First Ever Twitter Airtel TV Commercial Video

    Previous post:

    Next post: