Hutch and Nokia today announced an alliance to offer INDISMS, a local language SMS service for Hutch customers who use Nokia phones.
This service will enable Hutch post and pre paid customers to send and receive SMS in Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu, on their Nokia phones.
Speaking on the launch, Naveen Chopra, chief marketing officer, Hutchison Essar Ltd, said, “We believe that communicating in one’s mother tongue is much convenient and lot of fun as it enables a person to be more expressive.â€
Source: Money Control
The last quote says it best, you can’t really argue with that. Thanks Nokia for helping people communicate better.
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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you!
Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.