MISSISSAUGA, ON and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Bell Mobility will be the first wireless carrier to offer Canadians full SMS (short messaging service, or mobile text messaging) support for interacting with Twitter.
Twitter is a communication network that enables users to send and receive text based posts of up to 140 characters (known as "tweets"). Updates are displayed on a users profile page at Twitter.com and delivered in real time to those who have signed up for them.
Twitter updates can also be received through integration with other social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, or via SMS, RSS or Twittermobile.
"Being the first wireless carrier to offer Canadians Twitter’s fully interactive SMS service underlines our commitment to delivering popular and relevant content to our clients, including the latest social networking applications," said Andrew Wright, director of business development, in the press release. "Twitter is extremely successful, with millions of people regularly using the service to stay in touch with, family, friends and colleagues every day."
Active users of Twitter grew by 900% in the last year. As of February 2009, Twitter ranks as the third most popular social site after Facebook and MySpace, according to the release.
