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Considering the festive season in India just doesn't end, we're listing a few websites that allow you to send free text messages to convey the season's greetings to friends, family, or even strangers - hey, it's free! So, start wishing your friends a Happy Onam now through these free services!
iBibo

iBibo allows users to start sending free SMSes as soon as they register with them. Users can compose a message of up to 90 characters at a time and send it to various recipients.

iBibo's free SMS service features composing and sending text messages to a single or multiple recipients, user-created groups, as well as archiving of sent SMSes. Once you send a text message to one or several mobile phone numbers, you have an option to save the contacts for future.

Further, users can also choose to post their message on iBibo's 'SMS wall', which can be viewed by the visitors of that page.

160by2

160by2.com claims to be the most popular website in India that offers a free SMS service. At a time, it allows users to send a message of up to 80 characters to as many as 10 users.

You can get started by registering with the website. Once done, a user gets an SMS with the user's password on his mobile phone to get started. After logging in for the first time with this password, the user is intimated to change the password. Finally, he/she can kick start.

Apart from composing your own message, a drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the text box allows users to choose from templates for various reasons and seasons.

We tested the service and found it to be quite satisfactory. The recipients received messages within 3 minutes of our sending them a message.

SMSgupshup

Essentially a group messaging service, SMSgupshup also allows users to send an SMS to a single recipient or different groups of any size.

This too requires registration, following which users can start building their mobile communities.

Indyarocks

Indyarocks also allows users to send unlimited text to mobile phone users. All you need to do is register your mobile phone number with the website and get started.

If the recipients of your text message are members of Indyarocks, you can add them to your Contacts List so you don't have to type their mobile phone number every time you're messaging them via the website.

ReminderPlanet

Essentially meant for setting up reminders for the absent-minded, people can use ReminderPlanet to send free text messages to mobile phones anywhere in India.

Users can start using this website right after the verification of their mobile phone. At a time, a user can compose a message containing characters not exceeding 80 and send it to as many recipients as he likes.

Footnote: Just one thing to keep in mind before you flood your friends with important and not-so important messages using the abovementioned websites - an advertisement tails along with every message that you send. A 'small' irritant that your SMS recipients will need to deal with!

Kerala, August 29, 2009: Reliance BIG TV announces the launch of a Special Festival offer exclusively for the customers in Kerala. The Smart South 2590 offer is a limited period offer which coincides with the festival of Onam. This offer includes Get Starter Kit for Rs 1490/- + RCV of Rs 1100/- (Inclusive of all Charges).

Other salient features of this festival offer include 12 months free subscription of South Starter Lite Pack plus 8 channels, one free regional pack, an Interactive service application and 10 Audio channels.

“This limited period offer is to spread the festive cheer during Onam, the most important festival of Kerala. On this grand occasion, The Smart South 2590 offer signifies Reliance BIG TV’s constant endeavour to offer great value to its viewers in Kerala,” said Mr. Umesh Rao, Senior Vice President, Reliance BIG TV.

Reliance BIG TV customers will get to watch at least 11 Malayalam channels with this special festival offer. The Smart South-2590 offer comes with a total of 83 channels including 15 Sun channels and more South regional language channels. The customers will also be able to watch ESPN, Star Sports, Star Cricket, NDTV India, NDTV 24X7, NDTV Profit, and Animax, Discovery, Discovery Travel and Living & Nick. This is in addition to the audio, interactive and free regional channel count.This limited period offer is valid till 9th Sep’09.

Reliance BIG TV DTH:

A wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications, India’s largest integrated telecom service provider, offers India’s first fully Digital Home Entertainment Service using MPEG-4 platform, under BIG TV DTH brand. The world’s most advanced MPEG4 DTH technology platform enables BIG TV DTH to offer over 200 TV, Cinema and Audio channels, the highest by any other DTH operator in the country. With 32 exclusive movie channels in English, Hindi and Regional languages, BIG TV DTH offers a choice of 600 new movies every year, unmatched by any DTH or cable operator in the country.

The country’s largest on-ground infrastructure for a Home Entertainment created by TV DTH would enable the company to serve over 5 million new customers every year and will offer multiple price points and packaging BIG offers to suit needs of all customer segments. The state-of-the-art Customer Service mechanism is fully functional and ready to serve a minimum of 50,000 customers every day in 11 Indian languages. Available at launch at 1 lakh retail outlets across 6500 towns, over 2000 exclusive Reliance branded stores, BIG TV DTH is the largest retail rollout of a Home Entertainment Service in India. BIG TV DTH Toll Free Number: 1-800-200-9001; Website: www.BIGTV.co.in SMS BIGTV to 55454.

For Further Information – Please contact – Abhay Shenvi – 022 30361801

 

Movie tickets through SMS 
 
KOCHI: Vodafone Essar has launched a new service ‘SMS BALCONY’. Vodafone customers can now book their movie tickets by simply sending an SMS “BALCONY” to 52627. The service is charged at Rs.5/SMS. They will get the complete booking details via a response message. The service is currently available at 55 select theatres across the State, making it the most viable option for subscribers to book their movie tickets, three days prior to the actual show, said R. Suresh Kumar, COO of Vodafone, Kerala, in a press release. – Special Correspondent
Aircraft engineering KOCHI: A few seats are available at Southern College of Engineering & Technology, Chalakudy, says a communication. More details are available on the phone 0480-2708297, 3292289 or 2711047. – Special Correspondent
New textile showroom
KOCHI: Lamiya Silks, the Malappuram-based textile group, will open its new showroom here on August 17. The showroom, spread over four floors, will be opened by film actor Meera Jasmine. It will have exclusively designed items apart from those of well-known brands, according to Managing Director P.M.A. Jabbar. Prizes worth Rs.10 lakh will be distributed to winners of a lucky dip scheme, being offered during Onam season, he said. – Special Correspondent