To the dismay of many Canadians, Twitter shut down its SMS service last year, citing outrageous fees being charged by wireless carriers (Note: SMS is the goose that laid the golden egg so what do you expect!)
In any event, the situation has been rectified after Twitter worked out a deal with Bell Canada to get SMS up and going again. For Twitter, working with carriers to support SMS is a no-brainer given it’s a great way to generate revenue in a win-win scenario – well, at least, win-win for Twitter and carriers.
For more, check out the Twitter blog.
More: Originally, Bell was going to charge Twitter users 15 cents a shot for the privelege of doing a post. Now, Bell has backed down.
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Maybe Twitter can charge some money per SMS. I'm not sure it will work well for Twitter or not. Just a suggestion.
More like "some" canadians get back Twitter on SMS. You failed to point out that this is only for Bell Mobility customers.
I did mention Bell Canada but, you're right, I should have made it clear that it's only Bell Canada offering SMS and Twitter.
@ghislaincouture : Rogers (& Fido) are currently working a deal right now with Twitter to offer SMS as well.
Apparently the Twitter/Bell relationship is exclusive, barring others telco's from making a similar deal: http://www.inquisitr.com/18852/twitter-to-cost-ca…
I really hope they get something worked out with Rogers. That's my carrier. and I signed up for Twitter because of the capability to use SMS.