Website Url: http://www.160by2.com
Description: As the name indicates, you can send maximum of 80 bits message to any cell present in India. Though this is a free service to the end user, the company uses inherent advertisement feature, to earn through the free sms. The first 80 bits of the message is your sms text and the next 80 characters is an advertisement.
This was launched in June 2007, initially I doubted how can this sustain thinking there are other players in the market and also they give just 80 characters of message, but this turned up to a huge success because of their committed free service. They have done a great number of modifications to catch the nerve of the user.
How can you send free sms ?
Through official website: You can login to their official website, and send the messages to the mobile phone across the country.
sms through e-mail: You can send the mail in the following format: To: (receiver mobile number).(your <registered username with 160by2)@160by2.com (a maximum of 10 numbers can be entered) and your message shall be delivered, upto 80 characters. this can be sent from any mail service, so irrespective of whether you use Outlook or Lotus or Gmail or Yahoo!, you can still send FREE SMS across INDIA. However, the email ID you use has to be the same updated on your profile page in 160by2.com.
sms through mobile: If you are having a mobile which supports internet, then visit 160by2 from your mobile at http://m.160by2.com
sms through mobile api: Download 160by2 - the Free SMS service-on your mobile and enjoy free SMSingwhenever you want. 160by2 Application offers you two ways of SMSing. You can now send SMS with or without a GPRS connection on your mobile.You can find more about this feature from this link.
Recently, the site has undergone some great changes to load the site quicker and also they have introduced Ajax scripts in the contacts list which is welcoming one. The site not only provides you free sms, but also gives you some account balance which can be used to create your own ad that will be snet along with the messages(wow).
Features of this site:
- It has a complete coverage across India, you can send messages to any mobile.
- Its completely free unlike other sites which cost you after a period of time.
- The service is good, the messages reach the destination very quick.
- You can send unlimited number of messages.
- You can set birthday reminders, task alerts; which will give an sms alert to your mobile.
- The message size could be increased to 120 characters for some messages as some advertisements length is not more than 40 character.
- The number of recipients is maximum of 10, it could be increased.
- Could provide more sophisticated tools like excel plugins,..
- Though generally this site doesn't have much delay, I have found a maximum delay of 8 minutes during the usage of this service from six months.
Statistics of the website
- Over 13 Crores USER Generated SMS Sent
- Ranked 7th Most Popular WAP Site In India (source: opera)
- Over 25 Lakh Registered Users
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