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Tata Indicom launches Facebook on SMS

Indiantelevision.com Team

(16 April 2009 11:05 pm)

BANGALORE: Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL) has launched Facebook mobile on SMS in India. Tata Indicom subscribers can receive their messages and notifications from Facebook and can reply back, send messages and set their Facebook Status via SMS.

TTL regional head – south & circle operating officer – Karnataka circle Sanjeev Khera said, “At Tata Indicom, it has been our vision to provide ubiquitous access to all our services. We are the first operator in India to launch Facebook on SMS, a useful feature for our subscribers to be in touch with their friends anytime, anywhere and on any handset.”

Added Facebook director of mobile, Henri Moissinac. “More than 30 million Facebook users currently access the site through their mobile devices. This number has quadrupled over the last year and we expect it to grow as we continue to work with telecom operators like Tata Indicom.”