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No Internet? No problem. Soon, those without an Internet connection will be able to access Twitter.
According to a report from Reuters, Twitter is joining forces with Singapore-based startup U2opia Mobile to make its service available to users in emerging markets who have phones that cannot access the Web. The service is expected to launch in the first quarter of next year.
When it becomes available, users will simply need to dial a code on their device to get a feed of the popular trending topics on Twitter, Reuters said, similar to how Twitter worked at its inception back in 2006. More than 11 million people already use U2opia's Fonetwish service, which offers access to Facebook and Google Talk on mobile devices without an Internet connection.
"For a lot of end users in the emerging markets, it's going to be their first Twitter experience," U2opia CEO and co-founder Sumesh Menon told Reuters. He mentioned that 8 out of 10 people in emerging markets still do not have access to the Internet on their phone.
U2opia's services are available in 30 countries in seven international languages. The company will customize the Twitter feed for each user, based on their location. Someone in Paraguay, for instance, would not see the same tweets as a person in Mumbai or Bangalore. On the downside, users of the new service will not be able to view photos, videos, or other graphics like they would if they were using the app or desktop version.
The move to expand in emerging markets comes after Twitter went public last month, opening strong with an initial valuation of around $25 billion.
When it debuted in 2006, Twitter was a text message-based service
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