Twitter allows users to send short text messages (up to 140 symbols), using web-interface, SMS, instant messaging services or other software.

Shavkat Berdiev, head of Unitel’s marketing department, said: “We are happy to our subscribers became the first in the CIS area, who can use unique service. We are sure that new service will get large number of admires.”

In line with contract terms, signed between Unitel and Twitter, Inc., subscribers of Beeline in Uzbekistan can post their messages at Twitter through handsets, sending SMS to short number 89338 (TWEET). Besides, they can send message to friends to Twitter, receive tweets from following friends, etc. The cost of one SMS message to 89338 (TWEET) is US$0.02.