The Free Site Hosting | Reviews & Top Hosts

Twitter has partnered with Telstra to launch Twitter SMS in Australia.

"As always, it is free to receive notifications and standard text messaging rates apply to sending," says Twitter’s Kevin Thau. "It’s the same pricing as sending and receiving text messages from friends."

To use the feature, users can simply send "START" to 0198089488. This page shows all of the official Twitter Text Commands. Twitter recommends Aussies follow the following accounts:

@australian (News from The Australian newspaper)
@delta_goodrem (Musician)
@kyleandjackieo (Australia’s #1 radio show)
@DanniiMinogue (Team Minogue judge for The X Factor)
@KevinRuddPM (Prime Minister)

To follow via SMS, just send "FOLLOW" and the username.

Twitter says more countries and more carriers will be coming soon. Aside from Australia, Twitter already has such support for the US, Canada, UK, India, Indonesia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

Related Articles: 

> Google SMS Launches

> Twitter Expands SMS Tweeting in Canada

> Text Messaging Right From Gmail

Related posts:

1. Australian Twitterers Can Now Easily Find Locals Twitterers in Australia will be happy to know that TwellowHood,...
2. Ghost Tweeting: The Real Phantom Menace One of the coolest parts about about my job is...
3. Ghost Tweeting: The Real Phantom Menace One of the coolest parts about  my job is the...
4. Twitter Sees an Increase in Tweeting Frequency Each month we’ve been looking at Twitter’s growth in terms...
5. Facebook Most Popular Social Site In Australia More than 70 percent of Internet users in Australia visited...