Airtel launches free mobile access to Twitter

Airtel has announced what looks to be a first-of-its-kind initiative in India – free access to Twitter services for Airtel mobile customers. The limited period offer is available for 90 days, until 1 March 2012.

Mobile customers even without a registered GPRS subscription from Airtel will be able to access [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] for free on their phones. To receive fast updates without logging on, users can register for free for Airtel’s Twitter SMS service, using the shortcode, 53000. With this service, users will also be able to create a new Twitter account via SMS. They will also be able to follow specific Twitter users via SMS.


Existing Twitter users will be able to do all they previously did with their Twitter via mobile.twitter.com, from viewing their timeline, to finding and following accounts, posting new Tweets, to replying to other users and retweeting their Tweets. To know more, visit [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]