Yahoo messenger on Reliance mobile!

MUMBAI: Reliance Communications (RCL) and Yahoo! India have tied-up to offer Yahoo! Instant Messenger (IM) for Reliance Mobile customers. Mobile IM will allow users to chat live with other Reliance customers as well as any Yahoo! IM users across the world.

Customers can send instant messages and chat online using the Yahoo! IM features such as simultaneous multi-chat windows, presence status icon, emoticons, Yahoo! personal contact list and profile, multiple chat windows and viewing off-line messages. Reliance���s Yahoo! IM is "always connected", RCL said in a statement in Mumbai.

"Reliance is bridging the digital divide by extending the IM experience of the PCs to its mobile subscribers for the first time in India," said Mahesh Prasad, president-Applications Content and Solutions Group, RCL.

George Zacharias, MD, Yahoo! India said, "This unique service will add a new dimension in enhancing our user experience and provide yet another compelling way to stay connected, instantly and at all times"

Yahoo! Mail has also been part of Reliance Mobile World's suite of WebMail services for over two years now.