Send Free SMS to India and Abroad From Yahoo! Messenger
Posted by Sree Pillai on September 13th, 2006 under category SMS
Topics: Free SMS, Messenger, SMS, Yahoo
If you are a Yahoo! Messenger user, you can send free SMS to your friends’ mobile phone, and receive their replies as well.
In India, you can send an SMS to Aircel, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, MTNL, Reliance India Mobile, BPL, Spice Punjab and Spice Karnataka mobile users.
To continue receiving SMS from you, the mobile user needs to reply to at least one of the three SMS sent by you from your Yahoo! Messenger. Each message can contain upto 143 characters.
You can also send SMS to the following countries and the respective operators’ mobile users:
| Country | Mobile Operators |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Telecom Personal |
| Australia | Vodafone, Telstra, Orange |
| Bolivia | Entel Movil |
| Canada | Rogers |
| Hong Kong | Hutchison |
| Indonesia | Telkomsel, Excelcom |
| Kuwait | Wataniya |
| Malaysia | Celcom, Digi, Maxis, Tmtouch, Maxis |
| Pakistan | Mobilink |
| Philippines | Smart, Globe Telecom |
| Singapore | M1, Starhub |
| Thailand | Dtac, AIS Thailand |
| United States | AT&T, Cingular, Verizon, T-Mobile |
| Vietnam | Mobifone, Viettel, Vinaphone |
If you receive a message on your phone from a user who you would like to ignore, reply to it with just the word “block” in your message.
The following commands are also possible from your mobile phone when you receive a message from Yahoo! Messenger.
SMS Message Commands from Your Cell Phone, to 58242
| Function | Text Message Command |
|---|---|
| Block a user | block YahooID |
| Block everybody | block all |
| Unblock a user | unblock YahooID |
| Unblock everybody | unblock all |
| Reset a user | reset YahooID |
Send the commands from your mobile phone to 58242. When you respond to messages sent from a PC to your mobile phone, use the Reply option on your phone, as you do in regular text messaging.
Illustration – Send SMS Text Message from Yahoo! Messenger
To send SMS from Yahoo messenger download the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger and follow the steps given below.
1. Open Yahoo Messenger window. In the menu, go to Actions -> Send an SMS Message…
2. You can select an existing contact with a mobile number from My Contacts tab
3. Otherwise you can type in the mobile phone number in Other Contact tab. The number should be typed in International Telephone number format. That is, start with a + followed by country code, area code if any, and cell phone number. In India, it would be +91 followed by 10 digit mobile number.
4. You get a new SMS window, just like your regular Yahoo chat window. Type in your message, not more than 143 characters and hit Send. You can send the message from any of your Yahoo profile identity.
In order to continue the conversation your friend need to reply to the message from his cell phone.
Reference: Yahoo! India Mobile
100 Responses to “Send Free SMS to India and Abroad From Yahoo! Messenger”
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Author Email: sree@teck.in
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am staying in india. I want send unlimited sms through PC to Malaysia digi mobile, Is it possible to send sms ?
Please advise whether I can send unlimited SMS’s to India mobile from Yahoo Messenger and what is the Cost of this service? Thanks a lot,JM
how can i change my mobile number on yahoo mobile device
Hi! I wants to send unlimited no. ofsms text (and if possible picture) (not Multimedia) message to indian mobile numbers for absolutly free i.e. neither i nor the reciever of the message have to pay. Please suggest me two sites, one on which I could create account ( i.e. could register myself ) and other from which i could just sms without being registered. Remember that it should be absolutly FREE for BOTH the SENDER (i.e. me) and the RECIEVER. Please reply soon, I am waiting for you. THANKS
hi friend’s i want to join you guies by way to & yahoo
how to stop receiving sms from other frnds yahoo mail id
how to stop recieving sms form yahoo ?
Want to get registered to send free sms to mobiles from Yahoo , but could not get myself registered.
Want to get registered to send free sms to mobiles from Yahoo , but could not get myself registered for the past 3 hrs.
Avadhesh.
How can I get myself registered with Yahoo to send sms free to mobile phones in India and Abroad . I have been trying for the same for the last 2 hours.
Avadhesh.
hey people plz help me!!i want to send messages to a digi number in malaysia..m in india..hw do i..watz the code
that sites as a part of life to recieve any thing in life to join with that site
when i try to send sms via yahoo msenger it says this number is not being served by yahoo what should i do ? help i need to send msgs through yahoo only
Did you know the charges of Receiving and Sending SMS messege
yahoo site like a ass hole do not send msg
i am unable to send sms to mobile phones.how can we send sms to mobile phones——————–sid.magic@yahoo.com———–its my id u can tell me on yahoo msnger or in mail
i cannot send text sms from yahoo to mobile
pliz suggest me the right way
Hi i sent sms to my friend through yahoomessanger and she replied me. but i’m not getting her reply on my mobile or yahoomessanger.
hey ppl..stop talkin of using all these noobie gui stuffs…anyone interested in preparing a perl script to send sms to any mobile free using gateway??
I am using yahoo SMS service to send SMS in India. It`s really interesting guys\gals.
I am using yahoo SMS service to send SMS in India. When i use new SMS and type +91 followed by 10 digit number, I get an error “please enter valid mobile number”. why?
im reciving sms from yahoo messenger i don’t know the user and he is sending some nonsense sms with profanity in it so i would like to block or stop reciving sms from him…… plz help and is their any source from were i can know about him/her i don’t know exactly who is he/she the id is vinit_arora2009: this is the id from whom i recive the sms …… plz help i want to get rid of he/she as soon as possible……..
I can send sms to Airtel India, but friend of mine can’t reply sms. they’re getting 4 -5 digit number, when they try to reply it doesn’t come through me?
want to sent sms to UAE mobile number. So how can I give that number (number is 0097150xxxxxxx). Please help..
guys this is d best website i think to send sms within india free of cost without letting others know ur mobile number.just go thru it ,it may help u. Hope it may suffice u.byee happy holi
why cant they provide this facility to Tata Indicom?
i am the reliance netconnect data card use, is there any charge to send sms pc to mobile through yahoo messenger:javed
I was having the same problems about getting the message:
Yahoo! Messenger cannot send SMS messages to this mobile number: (the number)
It was because you have to have the new version of Yahoo messenger. I downloaded it and it works like a charm!
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“Phone number is not currently served by our SMS messaging partners.
anybody knows how to solve this kind of problem from YM ?
My telephone bill is usually 890/- per month only and 5700/- came as a big surprise.
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Ap
Hi , I did exactly what was mentioned here and some other sites and exchanged about 30 sms’s in 15days from my friends. I have a BSNL internet connection at home (Wireless set up also) and my telephone bill for the month was 5700/- . Could anyone tell me is this because of the sms’s that i sent ? My bill shows all the cell numbers that I used for this purpose.
I guess there is also a certain limit on the video downloads and stuff…i watched a few (infact very few) videos online (3mins each at max. )
PS: I reside in Hyd, India and sent SMS’s to friends in Hyd who have Airtel mobiles.
Thanks,
Aparna
i need to sed a text to turkey any one no how
xxx
Hello Sir, i want to send fress sms in foreign like, aus, canada, and uae. so plz tell me the site name, or link so that i can send free sms to in foreign. I will wait for your positive response.
Have a nice day
hi everyone
Whenever i try this I get a message like Yahoo Messenger cannot send SMS messages to this mobile number (the Number), Find out why? If you know why this is happening can u pls let me know? My email ad is lavonnecarrylpeters@yahoo.com
thanks in advance
Nice post, but Yahoo is bad coz it lets you send only 3 msgs without reply. You shd try Spicesms also!
i am also unable to send sms to mobile phones.how can we send sms to mobile phones
i am unable to send reply rom my mobile to the person who sends me message thru yahoo messenger
can anyone help me on this
Thanks for the useful information and now we can use the text message via messenger; but we cannot keep those message copy to in our conversation. Does yahoo have any facility on that to save the text message from pc to mobile. Kindly guide and thanks for your online support.
hi it is good
sorry,
for above i mean it is very good to send free messeges from yahoo messenger to any mobile but its like dreadfull dream when it give the messege of charges
it is very to send messeges from yahoo messenger but I also afraid of charges and the other it is free of cost i do not understand perfect please give some sugestions.
Recently it is said that the message delivery is getting delayed. The same happening with me in India also.
I tried sending message to my brothers mobile from yahopo Messenger and he received it. When he replied to that message, I am not getting it on my mobile or Yahoo Messenger?? Where has the reply gone???? Idea charged Rs.3/- for the reply??? But where is the reply ????? Really Funny???
hey guyz the new version of yahoo messenger does not have the option of send an sms message…
i have tried using the shortcut that is CTRL+T but nothing happens…
old versions of yahoo messenger use to give the facility but not the new ones…
can plz tell me the way out or some other way to send sms using yahoo messenger..!!
thanx
yes freee when is work, but the problem is already a problem for not easy
and not working
There is no charge, sending SMS from your Yahoo messenger from your computer is Free.
HI ,
i want to ask that there has any charge of sending message with the use of yahoo messenger
I want free sms in Bangladeshi mobile phone.
Plz. Tell me who i download yahoo messanger with voice 8.0 (site name) and .how i send unlimited text message on mobile in india by yahoo messanger
i would like to send a free message to my husband he’s working in dubai i did add the + sign before the phone numberi got the error message. pls help me.