Send free SMS using Yahoo! Messenger

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If you are Yahoo! Messenger user and interested in sending free SMS to your friend’s mobile phone who are residing in any of these countries, Yahoo! Messenger will do it for you.

The following wireless carriers (listed with their carrier short codes) are supported and good-to-go:

Canada: Rogers — 92466000
India: BPL, VODAFONE, AIRTEL, RELIANCE, RELIANCE CDMA, BSNL, MTNL, AIRCEL, IDEA, SPICE, BPL — ALL: 58242
Indonesia: Excelcom — 9246, Hutch3 — 92466, Indosat — 946, Telkomsel — 4246
Kuwait: Wataniya — 1411
Malaysia: Digi — 32235, Maxis — 32235, Celcom — 22235
Pakistan: Mobilink — 171
Phillipines: Smart — 62580, Globe — 2258
Thailand: DTAC — 192466, AIS — 4508040
United States: ATT, Verizon, Virgin, Sprint, Nextel (including Sprint), T-mobile, Alltel — ALL: 92466
Vietnam: Mobifone, Vinaphone, Viettel, HT Mobile, Evn Telecom, Sfone — ALL: 8269

To continue receiving SMS from you, the mobile user needs to reply to at least one of the three SMS sent by you from your Yahoo! Messenger. Each message can contain up to 148 characters. The recipient will also receive following SMS from Yahoo! Instructing to reply in order to continue the conversation “A Yahoo! user is trying to SMS you. When it arrives, select ‘Reply’ to continue the conversation”

Let me illustrate how to send SMS Text Message from Yahoo! Messenger.

To send SMS from Yahoo messenger download the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger and follow the steps given below.

There are three ways to start a text message. (Choose what’s easiest!)

- Click the “Actions” menu in Yahoo! Messenger and select ”Send an SMS Message”.

- Right-click the contact from the Messenger List and select Send an SMS Message.