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Starcomms Plc, one of the major Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators, has introduced Facebook, Twitter, Hi5, and MySpace to its customers.

According to the firm, the world-acclaimed social interaction and micro-blogging services available on its network is to give subscribers the chance to access the social networks via their mobile phones.

Tushar Maheshwari, the chief commercial officer of Starcomms said: “Using Twitter with Starcomms phone will change the way people ‘tweet’ and communicate with friends and followers. They can receive Tweets via SMS when people they specify make updates on the Twitter website. They can also send updates to Twitter on the go. Once the Starcomms phone is registered on the networking website, the subscriber then can start enjoying Tweets on Twitter and SMSs on other networking sites from their contacts or followers.”

Similarly, for Facebook, the subscriber can send and receive messages or invitations. Subscribers can also use their Starcomms phones to get tweets from their favourite television and radio stations either local or foreign as well as newspapers.

According to Mr. Maheshwari, “the new service is in line with what Starcomms has always delivered to its customers. It is the first network to bring this service covering these social networking sites to Nigeria, keeping its subscribers in touch with modern trends.”

source: 234next.com