KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications provider, today announced that it is the first Afghan mobile operator to provide customers with direct access to Twitter through SMS through their mobile phones. The addition of Twitter to Roshan’s current social network service offerings will connect Afghans with Twitter’s more than 175 million registered accounts worldwide.
With Twitter SMS, Roshan customers can now use their Twitter accounts on the go to send and receive real time updates, known as “tweets”, from other users of the service, giving them the ability to talk, share ideas, and reach out beyond Afghanistan.
“With the recent addition of Twitter service, Roshan continues not only as a leader in connecting Afghans with friends and loved ones, but also in expanding Afghanistan’s voice in the global social networking community,” said Altaf Ladak, chief operating officer. “Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has found that half of Afghan Internet users utilize social networking sites. Now, they can do so from the convenience of their mobile phone wherever they are.”
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