Blog: Ufone Twitter Service: tweets via SMS

After Mobilink and Zong, Ufone becomes the third operator in Pakistan to officially support SMS-based access to twitter services in Pakistan.

Ufone customers in Pakistan can now send and receive tweets via SMS.

Tariff:

Ufone to Twitter Tariff: Charges for sending SMS to 40404/Twitter is Rs. 1 plus tax.

Twitter to Mobile Phone Tariff: This Service is Free.

How to Register / Activate Your Ufone number On Titter:

• Once you are logged in on Twitter, point your browsers to this link: http://twitter.com/devices


• Choose ‘Pakistan’ as country/region


• Enter your phone number and select ‘Ufone’ as carrier from drop down list and follow the instruction to complete the registration / activation.

Twitter commands

Send SMS on 40404 with following commands:

• FOLLOW username > Start following a user


• UNFOLLOW username > Stop following a user


• ON/OFF > Turn all Tweet notifications on or off


• ON/OFF username > Set Tweet notifications for a user on or off (you’ll still be following them even if you set it to off)


• GET username > Shows you the latest tweet from any user


• RT username > Retweet a user’s latest tweet


• FAV username > Favorite a user’s latest tweet


• D username your-message > Send a direct message to a user