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SMS based mobile social networks in India

April 19, 2007 · Posted in Entrepreneurship, India Social Networking, India Web 2.0, Mobile India 

Wow. Call it a coincidence ? Just a couple of days back, I wrote about an Indian Twitter like service - an SMS based mobile social network for India.

Close on the heels of that post, comes a story in the ET about several such existing services and more on the way.

  • Placement cell of Jai Hind college has a SMS based social network where students receive updates related to placement dates etc on via SMS
  • PagalGuy - the hub for Indian MBA aspirants - plans to launch their GPRS based mobile community within the next month. Currently, they’ve launched a service where community members can subscribe to SMS updates
  • Mobile2Win and Hungama mobile are also planning to launch similar, mobile based communities

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7 Responses to “SMS based mobile social networks in India”

  1. Sameer Ahuja on April 21st, 2007 1:15 pm

    The thing with Twitter itself is - it’s in some ways what blogging was when it initially started - everyone knew it had potential, but people were just starting to figure out what to do with it.

    You’re right about the WIDE SMS adoption in India, and I guess sooner or later it’s going to happen. Why aren’t Airtel and Hutch onto this? They are big, national level players and have so much to gain if the concept takes on like it has in the states. The other set of players who should be really onto this are online social networks. Orkut has SMS features ( http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/sms-on-orkut.html ), but not yet in India.

  2. pranav on April 23rd, 2007 1:01 pm

    Sameer,

    Why arent Airtel and Hutch onto this ?

    Beats me..SMS revenues have dropped drastically. Such a service would help them rejuvenate their SMS numbers at least..

  3. Sameer Ahuja on April 23rd, 2007 10:18 pm

    Yes, and it would probably also help them focus on something other than sending unsolicited SMS ads! :)

  4. India Social Network on May 18th, 2007 1:48 am

    Hi All,

    I’d like to introduce a new social networking site aimed at global indians - India Social Network. Build from ground up, it’s a new way to find Indians who match your interests. Participate in hot conversations, tag, upload photos and more!

    Please try out and let us know your feedback!

    Thanks,
    http://www.IndiaSocialNetwork.Com

  5. Kits on June 7th, 2007 6:56 am

    Hey…tht pagal guy thing doesnt work btw..A friend of mine subscribed to it and well there have been no updates whatsoever aftr tht initial sms!

  6. pranav on June 11th, 2007 5:25 pm

    kits,

    check with pagalguy support folks. keep us posted if there is something wrong with their service or they havent been sending any updates recently.

  7. sharpdee on October 19th, 2007 3:40 pm

    The real microblog product or a service. Its already arrived in India and is truly the #1.

    http://www.chittr.com