Hutch and Nokia announced an alliance to offer an India-wide SMS service, known as INDISMS, a local language SMS service for Hutch customers using Nokia phones, enabling them to send and receive SMS in Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu.

The customers can get this application by sending INDISMS as an SMS to 123 and downloading through the WAP link.

The application itself is free-of-cost, though the customer will be charged Rs 1.60 for downloading the `INDISMS’ application (regular GPRS charges of 10p/10 kb).

Nokia is strategically alligning with service providers to produce new services and spread brand image.

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