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SMS from Gmail now available in Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire
Friday, September 30, 2011
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As many of you know, we’ve created a way for you to chat with your friends via Gmail, even when they are offline. As a Gmail user, you can send SMS to your friends for free, and when your friends reply, they will be charged the same as a regular SMS.
SMS from Gmail
, already available in several Sub-Saharan Africa countries (Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) has now been launched in Cameroon (on Orange and MTN) and Côte d’Ivoire (on Orange).
(If you do not see the SMS interface in your Gmail, go to
Settings->Labs
and enable both labs that contain the word “SMS”)
Posted by Nick Heller, Principal, New Business Development and Eran Werner, Program Manager, SMS Extensions
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SMS de Gmail désormais disponible au Cameroun et en Côte d’Ivoire
Comme beaucoup d’entre vous le savent, nous avons créé un moyen pour vous de “chatter” avec vos amis via Gmail, même lorsqu’ils ne sont pas à proximité de leur ordinateur. En tant qu’utilisateur Gmail, vous pouvez envoyer des SMS gratuitement à vos amis, et lorsque ceux-ci répondent, ils paieront le tarif d’un SMS normal.
SMS de Gmail
, déja disponible dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique subsaharienne (Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sénégal, Tanzanie, Uganda et Zambie), l’est désormais aussi au Cameroon (sur Orange et MTN) et en Côte d’Ivoire (sur Orange).
(Si l’interface SMS n’apparaît pas dans votre Gmail, allez sur
Paramètres->Labos
et activez les deux labos dont la description contient le mot ”SMS”.)
Poste par Nick Heller, Principal, New Business Development, et Eran Werner, Program Manager, Extensions SMS
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