Google relaunches SMS service in India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Search giant Google Inc. launched an SMS-based text message service that will offer search services across the country recently.

This service would be available across all operators on both GSM and CDMA mobile phones at cheaper rates, even to those who have mobile phones but do not have Internet connections.

Google has come up with a newer version of Google SMS Search at the price of regular SMS. The product has been reincarnated, with a new number and several features. Users  can SMS query to 9-77-33-00000 and get automated answers on cricket scores, Indian Railways, stock quotes, local business search, movie showtimes, currency conversion, flight status, weather, horoscope, taxi service and  ATM.

Vinay Goel, products head, Google India, said, “The latest offering is part of our mobile strategy in the sub-continent, where text messaging has become a part of daily life."