Hotmail access via BPL Mobiles

NEW DELHI: BPL Mobile and MSN India along with Mobile 365 (newly merged Mobileway-InphoMatch) have further extended their relationship in Asia by forging a strategic mobile alliance. With this, over 2.4 million BPL Mobile subscribers across Mumbai, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry will be able to access their Hotmail e-mails and chat with their MSN buddies on SMS anywhere, anytime.

Called Mobile-mail, BPL Mobile subscribers will be able to access their MSN Hotmail accounts wirefree via two-way short message service (SMS). According to the press note, users of MSN Hotmail will have the option to receive email sent to their MSN Hotmail accounts by SMS on their mobile phones - whenever and wherever they are. They will also be able to reply to those email messages directly to the sender's inbox via SMS, as well as perform other common tasks directly from their phone.

BPL Mobile subscribers will also be able to send and receive messages using MSN Messenger via a mobile phone. The MSN Messenger over SMS service is a form of two-way SMS that enables users and their MSN Messenger buddies to keep in touch with each other via a PC and any mobile phone that supports the SMS technology.

Commenting on the occasion, BPL Mobile business operations executive VP Krishna Angara said, "From now on, BPL Mobile subscribers can use their mobile phones to access their personal email accounts and connect with their online buddies anytime, anyplace, and while being wirefree."

MSN South Asia CSMP head Rohit Dadwal said, "The alliance with BPL Mobile and Mobile 365 - which provides us more 150 direct connections with mobile operators worldwide - extends our capability to offer mobile carriers the capacity to provide their consumers with access to MSN Hotmail and Messenger anywhere in the world".