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Google Provides Apps To Sri Lanka’s Mobitel

Sri Lankan Telco Mobitel has tied up with Google to offer Google Apps to its Internet subscribers, reports LBO.lk. The service is called M3 Apps, is available for Mobitel Broadband and mobile - postpaid and prepaid customers. Browser company Opera Software also has a deal with Mobitel for deploying its Opera Mini browser. The Service Users will be able to access Google Apps services - mail, Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Talk, and have a mobitel.lk account. Interestingly, Mobitel users can also sign up by SMS'ing ACT xyz to 466453, for a xyz@mobitelnet.lk account. Surprisingly, Mobitel is charging its customers Rs. 100 as an activation fee for the service, and an additional Rs. 50 as monthly subscription charges. Multiple accounts for the same number wil be charged Rs. 100 each for activation. Users will be able to send emails via SMS (send to 466453), receive Calendar updates via SMS. It appears to me that users are paying Mobitel essentially for the SMS facility. Else, it makes a lot more sense for a consumer to sign up for a Google account or a even a Google Apps account of their own. In India In India, Airtel is providing Google Apps to its broadband customers via AirtelLive.com, but as far as I know, there's no mobile integration. Google Apps is also being provided to users of NASDAQ listed consumer Internet and technology company Sify. If you look at the bigger picture here, email is a space where Yahoo and MSN (Hotmail) have been…

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