When Google launched the ability to post updates to Google+ using SMS, I had happily bragged about India being the only other country other than US to have that feature, and believed it was because Google+ had the most number of users in India after US.
Opposite to this feature, Google also provides the option texting from Gmail to phones. To do so, all you have to do is enable text messaging in the Chat tab and you can send SMS to any contact that you have in the chat list.
This feature is, however, available in only a few countries through a limited number of service providers, barring US where all service providers allow that.
I was surprised that India does not feature in the list of 23 countries that allow this, even though more than half of the countries include third-world African nations:
Or maybe it is the Indian service providers that do not integrate with Google. On the other hand, it is noteworthy that Indian telecom giant Airtel accepts smses in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.
Why was India left out? Is it Airtel or is it Google?
Opposite to this feature, Google also provides the option texting from Gmail to phones. To do so, all you have to do is enable text messaging in the Chat tab and you can send SMS to any contact that you have in the chat list.
This feature is, however, available in only a few countries through a limited number of service providers, barring US where all service providers allow that.
I was surprised that India does not feature in the list of 23 countries that allow this, even though more than half of the countries include third-world African nations:
- Angola
- Bahrain
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Palestine
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- United States
- Zambia
Or maybe it is the Indian service providers that do not integrate with Google. On the other hand, it is noteworthy that Indian telecom giant Airtel accepts smses in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.
Why was India left out? Is it Airtel or is it Google?
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