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Thursday, 11 March 2010

Gmail SMS Comes to Ghana!

Posted on 20:45 by Unknown
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Let's say you're in Ghana and you need to chat with somebody in Gmail Chat, but they don't respond because they just walked away from their computer. Or maybe you're in the middle of chatting with them just as they need to leave. But you still need to tell them something -- something really important, like where you're going to meet tonight ... or perhaps it's about a new spot for delicious kelewele. This is why we've built a way to chat with your friends even when they're away from their computers. Now you can keep the conversation going with a new feature that lets you send SMS text messages right from Gmail: you chat from your computer, and your friends can reply from their mobile phones. Their response will appear right in your Gmail Chat interface.


Like any other feature in Gmail, sending SMS messages from Gmail is completely free. When your friend replies from his phone, he will be charged at the regular SMS rate.

The new SMS feature in Gmail allows all Gmail users to send and receive SMS text messages from within Gmail Chat to connected phones anywhere in Ghana. Currently, we are supporting phone subscribers of MTN, Tigo, Zain and Kasapa in Ghana.

Tip: are you outside of Ghana and want to use Gmail to send free SMSes to your friends in Ghana? Just go into Settings->Labs in Gmail, and enable both labs that have the word "SMS" in their description.

Posted by Divon Lan, Product Manager, and Estelle Akofio-Sowah, Country Manager, Google Ghana

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Les SMS Gmail arrivent au Ghana !

Supposons que vous êtes au Ghana et que vous devez chatter avec quelqu’un dans Gmail Chat, mais qu’il ne répond pas parce qu’il n’est pas devant son ordinateur. Ou que vous êtes en pleine conversation avec lui, mais qu’il doit partir. Mais vous avez encore quelque chose à lui dire – quelque chose de vraiment important, par exemple le lieu du rendez-vous de ce soir... ou une nouvelle adresse pour de délicieux keleweles. C’est pour cette raison que nous avons mise au point un moyen de discuter avec ses amis même lorsqu’ils sont loin de leur ordinateur. Désormais, vous pouvez poursuivre la conversation grâce à une nouvelle fonction qui permet d’envoyer des SMS directement depuis Gmail : vous chattez depuis votre ordinateur, et vos amis peuvent répondre à partir de leur téléphone portable. Leurs réponses s’afficheront sur votre interface Gmail Chat.

Comme toutes les autres fonctions de Gmail, envoyer des SMS depuis Gmail est totalement gratuit. Lorsque votre ami répond depuis son téléphone, il paye le tarif normal pour un SMS.

La nouvelle fonction SMS de Gmail permet à tous les utilisateurs de Gmail d’envoyer et de recevoir des SMS depuis Gmail Chat vers tous les téléphones connectés n’importe où au Ghana. Actuellement, sont pris en charge les abonnés à MTN, Tigo, Zain et Kasapa au Ghana.

Astuce : vous êtes hors du Ghana et vous voulez envoyer des SMS gratuitement à vos amis au Ghana via Gmail ? Allez sur Paramètres->Labs dans Gmail, et activez les deux labs dont la description contient le mot "SMS".

Posté par Divon Lan, directeur produit, et Estelle Akofio-Sowah, directrice pays, Google Ghana
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