Wadja.com – Send Free SMS Text Messages Worldwide

Wadja.com is a Mobile Social Network. Sign up with Wadja social networking and you get the FREE UNLIMITED SMS to your friends’ mobile phones over 500 networks and 200 countries.

To send free SMS using Wadja.com, there is nothing to download or install. You just sign up and send free unlimited SMS (text message) to your Wadja friends. Once you add your mobile phone number to your Wadja profile, you can receive SMS from other Wadja users also. Wadja supports 80 character messages. There is no delivery confirmation.

The URL m.wadja.com is the mobile compliant URL for the www.wadja.com service. It is specifically designed to be viewed on your mobile phone or handset device.

How do I send SMS (text message) to Wadja users?

To message users you must be signed in to your Wadja account. Just select the friends Mobile Profile you want to message and click on the ‘Send message’ link. You can then write your subject and message body and click send. Your message is immediately delivered to your friends inbox and mobile phone handset through a text (sms) alert.

Can I message users that are not on my friends list?

Yes, you can contact any Wadja user with your private message.

Who can I text (sms) message? How do I text (sms) message Wadja users?

You can send a free text (sms) messages to anyone who is on your friends list and has added their phone number to their details page. To text (sms) message a friend simply sign in to your Wadja account and click on the Text SMS link. You can then add (click check box) your friends name to the message box. You will notice that Wadja do not actually show your friend’s mobile number, but rather their Wadja ID for security reasons.

How can I receive text (sms) messages?

In order to receive text (sms) messages from your friends list, you need to provide your mobile number in the ‘About me/Interests’ option of your account. Keep in mind that you can make your mobile number invisible to your friends list, but still receive messages, since your friends only see your Wadja ID as a ‘Send to’ option in their sms contact list. Your mobile number will only be available to your friends in your network.

Does my mobile number need to be a certain format?

Your mobile number should be in the following format: + country code, area code, and number…e.g. in the US (+1 602 2233445) with 1 being the country code.

Can I send text (sms) messages anywhere in the world?

Yes, you can send text (sms) messages anywhere in the world for free with Wadja. We cover over 500 networks in over 200 countries, so chances are that your friend will live in a place where your text message will reach them.

Are text (sms) messages really free?

Yes! You can text (sms) message between your friends list for FREE. Wadja text (sms) is supported solely by advertising, so Wadja can keep the service totally free for all our users.

Can I text (sms) message people who are not on my friends list or not Wadja users?

Yes you can message Wadja users who are not on your friends list. To begin a text (sms) communication with a Wadja user, simply make a friend request to them and wait for their approval. We have also added a feature to text (sms) someone who is not in the Wadja community. Just simply add their mobile phone number with + country code, area code, and number…e.g. in the US (+1 602 2233445) in the YELLOW ‘Mobile Number’ box and send your message. For security reasons, Wadja do have a limit on your text (sms) messages outside of the Wadja network.

Can I text (sms) message in my own language?

Yes, you can text (sms) message in your own language, but the characters need to be Latin based. Unfortunately non-Latin characters in the FREE text (sms) feature may not display properly

Rediff Bol to Send Free SMS to India Cell Phones

Install Rediff Bol Instant Messenger to chat with your friends or send SMS text messages to cell / mobile phones in India, from anywhere in the world, for free.

Rediff Bol allows to add friends with their rediff email id or with India mobile number. You can send upto 3 (three) only ONE free SMS to a specific Mobile Number without getting a reply. As soon as you send an SMS to your friend he/she will get an SMS request. Your friend needs to needs to accept that request for you to interact on SMS OR ask your friend to send GET as an SMS to 57333. The SMS message is limited to a maximum of 141 117 characters. You can also save your SMS messages in your computer as a text file. This is a reliable service I personally used many times. You can always send 1 more free messages per day to a number, if your friend do not respond.

Privacy: You can block a Rediff user from sending you SMS from Rediff Bol to your mobile phone. All you need to do is send BLOCK to 57333
Example: BLOCK RediffUser

Charges: You will not be charged any money when you send SMS to mobile phones via the Rediff Bol. When your friend sends a reply, he/she will be charged according to the standard SMS rates by their mobile operators.

Rediff BOL supports the following GSM operators as of writing this article.

• Aircel – Chennai
• Airtel – Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Mahrashtra & Goa, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat
• BPL – Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
• BSNL – Uttar Pradesh(W), Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Andaman Nicobar, Kolkata, West Bengal, Assam, North East, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Kerala, Karnataka
• Hutch – Delhi, Haryana, Mumbai (Orange), Gujarat, rajasthan, Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh(E), Uttar Pradesh(W), West Bengal, Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab
• Idea – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (W), Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
• MTNL – Mumbai
• Reliance (CDMA) – All India
• Reliance (GSM) – Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, North East, Assam
• Spice – Karnataka

Source: Rediff Bol Help 1 and Rediff Bol Help 2

Send Free SMS to India and Abroad From Yahoo! Messenger

If you are a Yahoo! Messenger user, you can send free SMS to your friends’ mobile phone, and receive their replies as well.

In India, you can send an SMS to Aircel, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, MTNL, Reliance India Mobile, BPL, Spice Punjab and Spice Karnataka mobile users.

To continue receiving SMS from you, the mobile user needs to reply to at least one of the three SMS sent by you from your Yahoo! Messenger. Each message can contain upto 143 characters.

You can also send SMS to the following countries and the respective operators’ mobile users:

Country	Mobile Operators
Argentina	Telecom Personal
Australia	Vodafone, Telstra, Orange
Bolivia	Entel Movil
Canada	Rogers
Hong Kong	Hutchison
Indonesia	Telkomsel, Excelcom
Kuwait	Wataniya
Malaysia	Celcom, Digi, Maxis, Tmtouch, Maxis
Pakistan	Mobilink
Philippines	Smart, Globe Telecom
Singapore	M1, Starhub
Thailand	Dtac, AIS Thailand
United States	AT&T, Cingular, Verizon, T-Mobile
Vietnam	Mobifone, Viettel, Vinaphone

If you receive a message on your phone from a user who you would like to ignore, reply to it with just the word “block” in your message.

The following commands are also possible from your mobile phone when you receive a message from Yahoo! Messenger.

SMS Message Commands from Your Cell Phone, to 58242

Function	Text Message Command
Block a user	block YahooID
Block everybody	block all
Unblock a user	unblock YahooID
Unblock everybody	unblock all
Reset a user	reset YahooID

Send the commands from your mobile phone to 58242. When you respond to messages sent from a PC to your mobile phone, use the Reply option on your phone, as you do in regular text messaging.

Illustration – Send SMS Text Message from Yahoo! Messenger

To send SMS from Yahoo messenger download the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger and follow the steps given below.

1. Open Yahoo Messenger window. In the menu, go to Actions -> Send an SMS Message…

2. You can select an existing contact with a mobile number from My Contacts tab

3. Otherwise you can type in the mobile phone number in Other Contact tab. The number should be typed in International Telephone number format. That is, start with a + followed by country code, area code if any, and cell phone number. In India, it would be +91 followed by 10 digit mobile number.

4. You get a new SMS window, just like your regular Yahoo chat window. Type in your message, not more than 143 characters and hit Send. You can send the message from any of your Yahoo profile identity.

In order to continue the conversation your friend need to reply to the message from his cell phone.

Reference: Yahoo! India Mobile

Way2SMS.com – Send Unlimited Free SMS to India

Way2SMS.com offers unlimited free SMS text messaging to any mobile phone across India.

Way2SMS supports all mobile networks in India (both GSM & CDMA networks), including Reliance and Tata Indicom.

Out of the 160 characters of a standard SMS, Way2SMS offers only 110 characters to the user to send out their personal SMS. Another 10 characters are reserved for displaying the sender’s mobile number. The rest of the characters are reserved for mobile advertisement. So you get free SMS for viewing the ads attached to the sent message.

The messages are delivered almost instantly. It worked well on my Reliance Mobile. At Way2SMS you can keep address book of your contacts. You can also create Groups and send a message to your groups.

Way2SMS.com has a WAP version of the site at http://wap.way2sms.com which you can access from your cell phone directly. So you can send free SMS anywhere in India right from your mobile. You can use the same Way2SMS web account from your mobile.

Way2SMS.com is an unlimited messaging platform where millions of text messages are exchanged each day. You can send SMS text messages for free of cost to any mobile subscriber across India.

If you have any further questions or issues that you did not receive the verification code, send them an email at support@way2sms.com describing the problem, mobile network and the mobile numbers, approximate message sent time etc..

If you want to block all messages from Way2SMS to your mobile, send an email mentioning your mobile number in the body of the email and send it to support@way2sms.com with subject as “Block all messages from Way2SMS to my Mobile“.

And if you want to block message from a specific mobile phone number, please mail waysms mentioning your mobile number, number to be blocked, in the body of the email and send it to support@way2sms.com with subject as “Block Way2SMS messages from a particular Mobile“.

Way2SMS.com also has premium account services. You can send 160 characters long short messages with your name displayed instead of the 10 digit number. You can schedule messages and create alerts and notifications.

Chikka Messenger to Send Free SMS Text Messages

Chikka Messenger is the first two-way PC-to-mobile instant messaging client. Chikka Messenger provides free instant messaging to online friends and to mobile phone users. Chikka is brought to India by Indiatimes.com.

Send Free SMS

Use the Chikka Messenger to send text messages directly to mobiles around the world. When your friend receive a reply, they can simply hit reply to send messages directly back to your computer. Chikka Messenger supports up to 320-character long SMS messages.

Mobile Message Forwarding: If you register your mobile number as your Chikka ID, messages sent to you – both SMS and instant messages – follow you to your phone when you are away or logged off.

Now you can add your Google Talk buddies to Chikka. That means, you can even receive incoming Google Talk messages on your mobile when you’re away from your PC.

Download Indiatimes Chikka Messenger. To use the Chikka Messenger, you need to register with your mobile number.

Supported Networks in India

Indiatimes Chikka Messenger connects to all major Indian mobile carriers including Aircel, Airtel, BPL Mobile, BSNL, Vodafone, Idea, MTNL, Reliance Telecom, Riliance Mobile, Spice Telecom and Tata Indicom.

I use my reliance mobile number and it worked perfectly. Instantly received the password on my cell phone and was able to login with it.

You can send and receive messages from your friends mobile. To reply to messages received, simply reply with your message and send like any normal SMS message.

Register for a Chikka ID from Your Mobile Phone

Before you can use Chikka, you will need to register to get a Chikka ID. On your mobile phone, send an SMS to 58888.

IM R [your name] and send to 58888

You’ll receive your temporary password through SMS. Once you do, you’re ready to use Chikka Messenger. Now you can launch the Chikka Messenger application from your computer and login with your Chikka ID, which is your mobile phone number, and password.

Cost of Sending and Receiving Messages

When Registering for a Chikka account or sending a message using your mobile phone will cost you regular value-added service rates. In India, the value added service rate is as follows:

• For Aircel, Airtel, Vodafone, RIM, RTL, BPL, TTSL and Idea mobile subscribers, the rate is Rs 3.00 per SMS sent.
• For BSNL mobile subscribers, the rate is Rs 1.50 per SMS sent.
• For MTNL mobile subscribers, the rate is Rs 1.00 per SMS sent.

In India, receiving messages from Chikka on your mobile phone is free!

Sending and Receiving Messages

To send a message from your mobile phone, check your list of buddies by texting the IM C to 58888. Note the buddy digit and you can send the message to the buddy by texting IM .

You can send an plain email to your friend by texting IM TXT .

To reply to a Chikka message you have received on your mobile phone, there is no need to remember any short codes or keywords. Chikka’s intuitive system allows you to simply reply to the message you received, as if you are replying to a regular text message. The message will be delivered directly to your friend’s Chikka chat window.

Message Credits

A PC user is given only limited credits for sending messages from the computer to mobile phones. The daily message credit allocation depends on the wireless provider of your recipients. Your daily message credit allocation applies to SMS and MMS collectively. Credits not used during the day are not carried over to the next day.

If you have run out of message credit, you can wait for a mobile user to reply to your message so that you’ll regain a credit. Otherwise, you can wait 24 hours from the first time your account was active for the day to receive your daily message credits.

Country – Telecos	Credits per day	Credits earned from each reply
Philippines – All Telcos	30	2
India – All Telcos	10	1
United States – All Telcos	20	1
United Kingdom – All Telcos	30	1
Guam – Guamcell	Unlimited	1
Saipan – Saipancell	Unlimited	1
Spain – All Telcos	30	1
Thailand – DTAC	30	1

Blocking and Unblocking

When someone adds you to his buddy list for the first time and sends you a message on your mobile phone, you can easily block the sender by replying to the text message with the keyword BLOCK.

Otherwise, create a text message and key in IM B then send it to 58888.

To unblock someone, create a text message and key in IM UB then send it to 58888.

Mobile Keyword Commands

Here’s a quick guide to some important mobile commands.

Keywords	Description	Send To
IM R	To register	58888
IM C	To see who is online and instructions to send a message
IM	To send a message to a buddy
IM P	To get your password
IM ADD	To add a buddy
IM TXT	To send a message to an email address
IM B	To block someone in your buddy list
IM UB	To unblock someone
IM HELP	To get help info
IM QUIT	To never receive messages from anyone

Chikka Text Messenger on the Web

Chikka Messenger installer works only on Windows operating system. If you are using Mac or Linux you can try the web version.

If are not allowed to install applications at your school, college or office, you can still access Chikka through your web browser.

Visit indiatimes.chikka.com and click on Launch Chikka Javalite to launch the browser based chikka messenger on the web.

Send Free SMS Worldwide as Email

I have collected the following list of world’s mobile careers from fatwallet.com. This provides an eazy way to send SMS (text messages) as email, free of charge for the sender.

I do not endorse thi list and I have no means to test whether this works or not. Use this list at your own risk! The SMS receiver may be charged by their mobile career! Do not send the bill to me!

T-Mobile (USA): phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile (USA): phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular (USA): phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint (USA): phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon (USA): phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel (USA): phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
Alltel – number@message.alltel.com.
Ameritech (ACSWireless) – number@paging.acswireless.com
Arch Wireless – http://www.arch.com/message/ (assumes blank PIN)
AT&T Wireless – number@mobile.att.net
BeeLine GSM – number@sms.beemail.ru
Bell Mobility Canada – Enter your phone number, including the “1″ prefix. number@txt.bellmobility.ca
BellSouth Mobility – number@blsdcs.net
Blue Sky Frog – number@blueskyfrog.com
Cellular South – number@csouth1.com
CellularOne (Dobson) – number@mobile.celloneusa.com
Centennial Wireless – http://www.centennialcom.com
cingular – number@mobile.mycingular.com
cingular IM Plus/Bellsouth IPS – Enter 8 digit PIN or user name. Goes to @imcingular.com
cingular IM Plus/Bellsouth IPS Cellphones – Enter phone number. Goes to @mobile.mycingular.com
Dutchtone/Orange-NL – number@sms.orange.nl
Edge Wireless – number@sms.edgewireless.com
Fido Canada – number@fido.ca
Golden Telecom – number@sms.goldentele.com
Idea Cellular – number@ideacellular.net
J-Phone – number@jp-t.ne.jp
Kyivstar – number@sms.kyivstar.net
LMT – number@smsmail.lmt.lv
Manitoba Telecom Systems – number@text.mtsmobility.com
Meteor – number@sms.mymeteor.ie
Metrocall Pager – number@page.metrocall.com
Mobilfone – number@page.mobilfone.com
NBTel – number@wirefree.informe.ca
Netcom – number@sms.netcom.no
Nextel – Goes to 10digits@messaging.nextel.com
NPI Wireless – number@npiwireless.com
NTELOS – 10digits@pcs.ntelos.com
O2 (formerly BTCellnet) – Enter O2 username – must be enabled first at http://www.o2.co.uk. Goes to username@o2.co.uk
O2 M-mail (formerly BTCellnet) – Enter phone number, omitting intial zero – must be enabled first by sending an SMS saying “ON” to phone number “212″. Goes to +44[number]@mmail.co.uk
Optus – number@optusmobile.com.au
Pacific Bell cingular – number @mobile.mycingular.com
Pagenet – number@pagenet.net
PCS Rogers AT&T Wireless – number@pcs.rogers.com
Powertel – number@ptel.net
PSC Wireless – number@sms.pscel.com
Qualcomm – username@pager.qualcomm.com
Qwest – number@qwestmp.com
Skytel (Alphanumeric) – 7-digitpin@skytel.com
Smarts GSM – http://www.samara-gsm.ru/scripts/smsgate.exe
Sprint PCS – number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Sprint PCS (Short Mail) – number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
SunCom – number@tms.suncom.com
SureWest Communications – number@mobile.surewest.com
T-Mobile Austria – Enter your number starting with 43676. Email will be sent to number@sms.t-mobile.at
T-Mobile Germany – number@T-D1-SMS.de
T-Mobile Netherlands – Send “EMAIL ON” to 555 from your phone, then enter your number starting with 316. Email will be sent to number@gin.nl
T-Mobile USA – number@tmomail.net
Telefonica Movistar – number@movistar.net
Telus Mobility – 10digits@msg.telus.com
uBoot – Enter your username as the phone number. See http://www.uboot.com for more details
UMC – number@sms.umc.com.ua
US Cellular – Enter a 10 digit USCC Phone Number. Messages are sent via http://uscc.textmsg.com/scripts/send.idc and only contain the message field
Verizon Wireless – number@vtext.com
Verizon Wireless (formerly Airtouch) – Enter your phone number. Messages are sent to number@airtouchpaging.com. This is ONLY for former AirTouch customers.
Verizon Wireless (myairmail.com) – number@myairmail.com
Vessotel – roumer@pager.irkutsk.ru
Virgin Mobile UK – number@vxtras.com
Virgin Mobile USA – number@vmobl.com
Weblink Wireless – number@airmessage.net
WyndTell – username/number@wyndtell.com

Next Generation Messaging SMS 2.0 on Airtel, Powered by Affle

A few months ago, we wrote about Airtel SMS 2.0, which was the world’s first upgrade to SMS 2.0. Here is more about the technology, it’s advantage and how to get it in your Airtel Nokia phones. Affle, which has operations in UK, Singapore, Malaysia, USA and India, is providing the SMS 2.0 technology for Airtel.

SMS2.0 is the next generation messaging providing a great platform to build a scalable mobile media. The SMS2.0 application gives the consumer access to an enhanced experience at no additional cost and with no change in the behavior of the mobile handset. SMS 2.0 provides personalized messaging experience, color messages with fun emoticons and scheduling of SMS to send at a later time. It also provides enhanced messaging features like the best of MMS, IM and E-mail features, SMS to e-mail service, graphic and multimedia attachments, customized content and peer 2 peer content,

SMS2.0 is an upgrade to SMS providing personalization experience of SMS. The SMS 2.0 upgrade gives users access to information of interest – movies, cricket, etc, for free, on their mobile phone, and is delivered in a non-intrusive fashion. Users of SMS 2.0 can jazz up their SMS by using background and text colors, expressive emoticons, customizable signatures, send SMSs to e-mail, do Internet searches, and get updates on discounts and promotions.

The SMS 2.0 application runs on the Symbian operating system, and is currently available only on Nokia handsets. Those who have GPRS enables handsets can access the service by sending a message SMS2 to 543210. In order to enable SMS 2.0, you have to make sure that Airtel Live is activated on your phone. This application is completely free of cost. Mobile advertising and marketing is expected to taking off in a big way in India, enabling marketers and mobile operators to monetize services and develop new sources of revenue. Affle is also planning to release Mobile Social Networking and Local Search shortly.

The following Nokia phones are supported at the time of writing this article. – 3230, 6260, 6600, 6681, 7610, N70 Music, 6630, N72, N70, 6670, 6682, 6620, N72 Music, 6680, E50, N73, N73 Music, E65, N91 and N91 8GB

How to Install?

Ensure that the software installation option in the settings of your mobile phone’s Application Manager is turned on. In general this step is not necessary, however if the application fails to install, the user should check to ensure that the Application Manager allows the installation of downloaded applications.

Follow the steps below to install SMS2.0 in the Nokia phone of Airtel subscribers.

• Type SMS2 and send it to 543210 (For Airtel users). You would receive a message with a web link to download the SMS2.0 application.
• Open the link and launch the web browser on your phone. A page is displayed with the text “You are just a click away from upgrading to SMS2.0. Begin Download!”. Click the Begin Download link.
• A pop up with the text “Install SMS2.0 Installer?” is shown. Select Yes. Next select Install.
• You may then be displayed a message “Unable to verify supplier. Continue anyway?”. Select Yes.
• Next, a pop with the text “Install SMS2.0?” is shown. Select Yes. Next select Install.
• You may then again be displayed a message “Unable to verify supplier. Continue anyway?”. Select Yes to complete the installation.