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Vodafone UK Customers to Tweet via SMS

Posted by Jack Cook on March 27, 2009 – 9:05 am
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I love Twitter!  It is a great way to see what is happening with friends and family and a great way to update what is happening in your life.  Today Vodafone UK Customers will be able to Tweet via SMS using a NEW 86444 short code and it will be completely free for a limited period.

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Vodafone UK has signed an agreement with Twitter allowing customers to send updates to and receive SMS notifications from the ever popular messaging network used to share and discover what’s happening – right now. Only Vodafone customers are able to use this service in the UK today.

As of today, Vodafone customers will be able to receive text messages from people they choose to follow via SMS on Twitter and send text messages to a short code (86444) for their “tweets”, @replies, or to follow someone on the go.

The SMS updates posted on Twitter will be free of charge for the first few weeks from launch – then they will be part of customers’ bundles. After the free period regular charges will apply to customers without bundles but all text message updates sent from Twitter will remain free of charge.

When receiving a text message from Twitter with a URL, customers will be able to click on the link and access the publicized web page directly from their mobiles.

Who knows, maybe we will see the US carriers doing the same thing …. it is a mistake if they don’t IMHO.

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  • I hope U.S. carriers adopt the free incoming text messages model, even if they raise the cost of sending messages. At the very least, text spam won't cost you anything then.

    But I won't hold my breath, OK? ;)

    Steve
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