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TATA Docomo Introduces Facebook, Twitter Access via USSD

16 Jul, 2011, 3:53 pm IST | by Anuradha Shetty | Mobile services

Social networking access seems to be that one important feature that would complete a mobile service. Taking a cue from this, one of India’s rapidly growing mobile service providers, Tata Docomo have announced their USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) based access to popular social networking services like Facebook and Twitter. According to a report in TELECOM TALK, the catch here is that users will not have to subscribe to any data plans to avail these services.

Now, USSD-based access

Now, USSD-based access

 


By dialing *325# and *515#, users will be able to access Facebook and Twitter – can see and post status updates, post comments, poke, like, among others. In order to subscribe to Twitter, the user can dial *515#. On reaching a landing page, hereafter, customers can punch in their Twitter details, and begin tweeting. Facebook services, on the other hand can be accessed by dialing *325#, and like mentioned before, users can enter their details on the landing page that follows.

Tags: TATA Docomo , USSD , Facebook , Twitter , social networking access , Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

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