Bharti unveils free Twitter service

Bharti airtel has announced that its 170+ million mobile customers in India will now be able to access Twitter on their mobile phones for free till 1st March 2012.

This limited period Twitter offer by airtel is a first-of-its-kind initiative in India which allows customers to enjoy free access to Twitter through web browsers and enjoy posting tweets, keeping up with news and what’s happening in the world, and following friends, celebrities, and more said the company.

The operator's customers can sign up for Twitter or subscribe to SMS updates of specific users on there cellphones free for the period of this offer, even without activating GPRS.

''This initiative will introduce new users to an exciting world of possibilities that mobile internet enables, thus providing an impetus to data services market,'' said N Rajaram, CMO, consumer business, Bharti airtel announcing the offer.