All right, we think this is definitely a case of Christmas coming early. Airtel has announced that all its subscribers can access the mobile website of Facebook on their handsets free of cost until August 31. In simple English, that means that all Airtel users can “post status updates, comment and write on walls, message others, and also be able to view or upload photos - all without any data charges” (yes, we got that from the press release, so now you know it is official). As if that were not enough, there is also the fact that in the coming days, Facebook mobile will also be accessible in five different Indian languages (Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam) apart from English and Hindi. Now, that is what we call a terrific deal, with no strings attached (and we looked!).
If you have a GPRS connection, or rather if you are already accessing the Internet on your handset, all you need to do is head to http://m.facebook.com and get started. If you do not access the Internet on your handset, just SMS ‘FACEBOOK’ to 54321 to get on to your mobile social network. It should work on any handset that can access the Internet, so this ain’t a smartphone-only deal. All in all, a very good option for all mobile social networkers on Airtel. Yes, of course, we will be hollering for the offer to be extended as we near August 31!!
