| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| MIM - mobile instant messaging - service in India soon |
Have mobile, will MIM. The act of instant messaging via chat windows is now possible on your handheld devices too. Users can now chat instantly with their friends, colleagues, and family members using their mobile phones through mobile instant messaging (MIM), with this technology.
The GSM industry has announced the soft launch of its MIM initiative, and with this, all 10 GSM operators in the country will soon launch the MIM service. Significntly, this is for the first time all GSM operators are jointly launching a product. Operators like BSNL, MTNL, Bharti Airtel, Hutch-Essar, Idea, Aircel, Reliance Telecom, Spice, and BPL are expected to commercially launch this service in the next 3-4 weeks.
According to experst, MIM is set to offer a link to IM users, which would permit MIM users to chat with friends who are on laptops or PCs. To use MIM, a customer needs to have a GPRS handset, and the normal GPRS charges will be applicable depending on the usage, said reports. Though the service will be initially come in English, plans are afoot to offer the service in local languages.
MIM would use the Internet in a similar manner as chatting services and would combine the power of Internet chat on the PC, and the small handset screen. With the soft launch done, the commercial service would be launched in the next three weeks. The tariff for the service expected to be low, they will in fact be based on usage of bytes, and on the lines of the GPRS services.Labels: Tech |
| posted by a correspondent @ 10:29 AM |
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