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Manila-based Chikka.com, creators of the popular Internet gateway to
texting mobile phones, announced its connectivity to the Smart Pinoy
mobile network in Italy, expanding its European mobile reach to
three countries. Mobile operators in the UK and Spain earlier opened
their networks to Chikka allowing Chikka’s online community to
send free text messages to mobile subscribers in those countries.
Just like mobile subscribers in the UK and
Spain, Smart Pinoy Italy users are able to sign-in to Chikka using
their mobile numbers to enjoy Chikka’s patented mobile instant
messaging system “on-the-go” via SMS.
“Chikka Text Messenger has been in wide
use by Filipinos in Italy to send free text to loved ones in Manila
since 2001. With our recent connectivity to Smart Pinoy Italy,
Chikka extends the full benefits of mobile instant messaging to the
community there. This means they can go offline, away from their
computers and still continue Chikka texting,” said Chito
Bustamante, Chikka chief executive officer.
“The Global Filipino is indeed one of the most
sophisticated citizens of the world today; what with their very own
Chikka, and what with innovative mobile network operators who
provide communications solutions for Pinoys everywhere we are,”
Bustamante added.
Chikka Text Messenger’s mobile network now
includes the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, India, Indonesia,
Hong Kong, Guam and the Philippines. With over 45 million
registering to use the service since 2001, it is one of the most
widely used Internet and mobile-based communications medium by
Filipinos worldwide. The community welcomed 5.25 million new members
for the first half of 2008.
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