Aircel, FB tie-up for voice updates

Aircel, a telecom player with pan-India operations and a subscriber base of over 50 million announced its tie-up with social networking site Facebook to provide its subscribers voice updates.

This service will let people connect to their contacts on Facebook in their own voice without internet access on their mobile phones,making it an easy access for a large audience anytime anywhere. Easy-to-use it lets its customers broadcast by dialing a short code to record voice messages, and one can posting it status update on the social site. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel said, "At Aircel we try to innovate and bring the best to the consumer. Convergence is the way forward as it opens a world of possibilities. This feature can be useful for both business community and the youth to connect better.