Twitter Inc lacing with a start in Singapore for the 140-character messaging service for users in emerging markets , the mobile phones entry you do not have to access the Internet .
U2opia Mobile , which has a similar partnership with Facebook Inc. , Twitter will launch its service in the first quarter of next year, said CEO and co-founder Sumesh Menon Reuters.
Users need to choose a simple code for a source of the hottest trending topics on Twitter, said.
Over 11 million people use the service Fonetwish U2opia that Facebook and Google Talk access on the phone, helps without a data connection.
Twitter, which has 230 million users, launched a successful IPO last month that the company is valued at about $ 25 billion .
U2opia uses a protocol called telecommunications USSD or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data , which does not allow viewing of images , videos or other graphics.
"USSD as a vehicle for Twitter is almost like a glove , because Twitter is to design a character limit , a social network is very text- driven ," Menon said.
Eight out of ten people in the developing countries do not have access to the data on the phone, he said.
U2opia , which is available in seven international languages in 30 countries , Twitter feed located on the location of the user.
"If any man would get in Paraguay is definitely the content, are very localized on the market vis a vis someone sitting in Mumbai or Bangalore ," he said.
The company, whose main market is Africa and South America is connected to telecommunications companies such as Telenor , Vodafone and Bharti Airtel Ltd. U2opia usually get 30 to 40 percent of what users pay their telco partners to access Fonetwish .
"For many users in emerging markets, which will be their first experience with Twitter," Menon said.
U2opia Mobile , which has a similar partnership with Facebook Inc. , Twitter will launch its service in the first quarter of next year, said CEO and co-founder Sumesh Menon Reuters.
Users need to choose a simple code for a source of the hottest trending topics on Twitter, said.
Over 11 million people use the service Fonetwish U2opia that Facebook and Google Talk access on the phone, helps without a data connection.
Twitter, which has 230 million users, launched a successful IPO last month that the company is valued at about $ 25 billion .
U2opia uses a protocol called telecommunications USSD or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data , which does not allow viewing of images , videos or other graphics.
"USSD as a vehicle for Twitter is almost like a glove , because Twitter is to design a character limit , a social network is very text- driven ," Menon said.
Eight out of ten people in the developing countries do not have access to the data on the phone, he said.
U2opia , which is available in seven international languages in 30 countries , Twitter feed located on the location of the user.
"If any man would get in Paraguay is definitely the content, are very localized on the market vis a vis someone sitting in Mumbai or Bangalore ," he said.
The company, whose main market is Africa and South America is connected to telecommunications companies such as Telenor , Vodafone and Bharti Airtel Ltd. U2opia usually get 30 to 40 percent of what users pay their telco partners to access Fonetwish .
"For many users in emerging markets, which will be their first experience with Twitter," Menon said.
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