Reuters reports that Twitter is tying up with Singapore-based startup U2opia Mobile make its services available on mobile phones without Internet.
U2opia Mobile, which has a similar tie-up with Facebook Inc, will launch its Twitter service in the first quarter of next year, Chief Executive and Co-founder Sumesh Menon told Reuters.
Users will need to dial a simple code to get a feed of the popular trending topics on Twitter, he said.
More than 11 million people use U2opia’s Fonetwish service, which helps access Facebook and Google Talk on mobile without a data connection.
Twitter seems to have come to a full circle since it was initially created as an SMS service to communicate with a small group.
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