Aircel presents Facebook updates on SMSAircel group, A joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited today introduced Facebook updates on SMS service to its prepaid and postpaid subscribers. Now user can see and post status updates, comment, like, poke and more from their mobile phones as SMS without any need of GPRS or internet.

To enable this service, simply go to Facebook and log in to you account, go to Account Settings tab, under the ‘Mobile’ tab, select ‘Register for Facebook Text Messages. Now select ‘Aircel India’ as your mobile provider from drop down menu and select India as a country and Aircel India as you carrier and press next. Now using your mobile phone, send a text message containing only the letter F to 51555 (SMS charges at 50 paisa) and wait for a message, after receiving the SMS from 51555, simply enter activation/confirmation code mentioned in the SMS to enable this service. Now user can post status updates, comment, like, poke and more. To post status updates on Facebook profile, just write SMS and send it to 51555.

Detail in Easy steps:

  • Sign in on Facebook and access your ‘Account Settings’
  • Under the ‘Mobile’ tab, select ‘Register for Facebook Text Messages’
  • Select ‘Aircel India’ as your mobile provider and send ‘f’ to 51555 via SMS to confirm your number (SMS charges at 50 paisa)
  • Enter the confirmation code received via SMS, and You’re done.