Google launches free mail to phone SMS service for Uganda.
Google has today launched Gmail-to-SMS, Uganda's first PC-chat-to-mobile-text service, which allows Gmail users in the country to send and receive chat messages, for free as text messages.
While announcing this development, Google's Business Development Associate for Uganda, Elijah Kitaka confirmed that the service was being launched in Uganda, following successful launches in Senegal, Ghana and Kenya, in partnership with three Ugandan operators including MTN, Orange and UTL.
"We are very proud to be launching SMS in Gmail Chat today," said Kitaka. "SMS in Gmail Chat has been specifically designed with the African consumer in mind and will bring a new level of flexibility and mobility to Gmail Chat. Google appreciates the vibrancy of Uganda's ICT sector and has launched this service to make the internet even more useful to Ugandans on a daily basis. This once again demonstrates our commitment to Uganda and to the region."
With SMS in Chat, a Gmail user can send a text message from the desktop interface directly to phones via SMS. In return, these contacts may respond to these text messages and the response will appear in the original sender's Gmail interface. The service will eventually support all cellular networks and the standard network charges will apply for any communication from phone to desktop, but SMS in Gmail Chat is free from desktop to phone.
SMS in Chat is easy and convenient to use: Just type in a phone number into the new SMS box in Gmail and your message and send it off. In addition, contact phone numbers can be stored within the Gmail address book, which allows immediate access to them anytime an SMS needs to be sent simply by typing the contact's name in the chat box and selecting "SendSMS".
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