We’ve just launched a fun side project we’ve been playing around with called SMSr! Its a web based email-to-sms gateway which allows you to add friends and send them text messages essentially. It works using free Email-to-SMS gateways provided by various networks around the world, which means you can SMS a whole bunch of people :D

The full list includes the following providers (currently):

Africa

Emtel (Mauritius)
Vodacom (South Africa)
MTN (South Africa)

Asia/Australia

BPL Mobile (Mumbai, India)
Airtel (Karnataka, India)
Mero Mobile (Nepal)
Mobitel (Sri Lanka)

Europe

T-Mobile (Austria)
Orange Polska (Poland)
Meteor (Ireland)
Plus GSM (Poland)
T-Mobile (UK)
BigRedGiant Mobile Solutions
YCC

North America

Alltel
AT&T (formerly Cingular)
Boost Mobile
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel)
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
T-Mobile
US Cellular
Verizon
Virgin Mobile USA
7-11 Speakout (USA GSM)
Airtel Wireless (Montana, USA)
Alaska Communications Systems
Bell Mobility & Solo Mobile (Canada)
Fido (Canada)
Illinois Valley Cellular
Koodo Mobile (Canada)
Longlines (USA-Midwest)
MTS (Canada)
Nextel (United States)
Presidents Choice (Canada)
Rogers (Canada)
Sasktel (Canada)
Telus Mobility (Canada)
Virgin Mobile (Canada)
MobiPCS (Hawaii only)
MetroPCS
Qwest
Cellular One (Dobson)
AT&T Enterprise Paging
Cingular (Postpaid)
Helio
Centennial (USA)

South/Central America

Claro (Brasil)
Claro (Nicaragua)
Movistar (Colombia)
Nextel (Argentina)
Personal (Argentina)
Setar Mobile email (Aruba)

Other

Globalstar (satellite)
Iridium (satellite)

Naturally we are using the providers servers, which means they can impose limits (often 10 sms’s per day per user) and we are at the mercy of their servers working – but this can make it a lot easier for you to send SMS’s free of charge to overseas and local phones.

Let us know if anything doesn’t work, or if we are missing anything – and yes ZA users, Vodacom’s is currently down it appears. Check it out.

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