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12-06-2013, 12:20 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/izMarxdrXlShUnnx1YBisg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-06T155739Z_2_CBRE9B41K5N00_RTROPTP_2_TWITTER-IPO.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-available-mobile-phones-without-internet-155739611--sector.html)Twitter Inc is tying up with a Singapore-based startup to make its 140-character messaging service available to users in emerging markets who have entry-level mobile phones which cannot access the Internet. U2opia Mobile, which has a similar tie-up with Facebook Inc, will launch its Twitter service in the first quarter of next year, Chief Executive and Co-founder Sumesh Menon told Reuters. Users will need to dial a simple code to get a feed of the popular trending topics on Twitter, he said. More than 11 million people use U2opia's Fonetwish service, which helps access Facebook and Google Talk on mobile without a data connection.



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