Chikka is a free instant messaging to online friends and to mobile phone users. Chikka connects to all major Indian mobile carriers including Reliance Mobile, Reliance Telecom (Smart), Hutch, Idea Delhi, Spice Karnataka, Airtel and MTNL mobile subscribers. This will soon be available in BPL Mobile, Tata Indicom, Aircel, Hutch, Dolphin, and Cellone. Check their website for latest news.
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In Chikka, you can sign in as your own mobile phone identity. Your buddies will receive your messages as if they were coming from your phone. Continue to receive IM messages anywhere you are even when away from your PC. Chikka works as a cool extension of your mobile phone.
The registration process is very simple. Send a message to 8888 from your mobile phone, IM R . For example, my message will be: IM R SREE PILLAI. You will receive an SMS message containing your ID and your password. Save this text message for future reference. You can now start using Chikka by Indiatimes. Log in to chikka using your ID and password. You can now send SMS messages for free!
You can send and receive messages from your friends mobile. To reply to messages received, simply reply with your message and send like any normal SMS message.Mobile phone subscribers are not charged when they receive messages. You are only charged when you send SMS messages to the short code. Mobile phone subscribers are charged when they send messages to the short code or when they reply to a message from the PC. The rates vary depending on your operator. Below is the list of operators with the corresponding rates.
Messages sent from PC to PC are unlimited and free. However, a PC user is given limited credits for sending messages from the PC to mobile phones. The daily message credit allocation depends on the wireless provider of your recipients. In India (RIM, Reliance Telecom (Smart), Hutch, Idea Delhi, Spice Karnataka, Airtel and MTNL), 30 message credits are allotted per day, and 2 credits earned from each SMS message received. Credits not used during the day are not carried over to the next day. When all the credits are exhausted for the day, you need to wait for a mobile user to reply to your message so that you'’ll regain a credit. Otherwise, you can wait 24 hours from the first time your account was active for the day to receive your daily message credits
Chikka is brought to India by Indiatimes.com. Download Chikka by Indiatimes.com
In Chikka, you can sign in as your own mobile phone identity. Your buddies will receive your messages as if they were coming from your phone. Continue to receive IM messages anywhere you are even when away from your PC. Chikka works as a cool extension of your mobile phone.
The registration process is very simple. Send a message to 8888 from your mobile phone, IM R . For example, my message will be: IM R SREE PILLAI. You will receive an SMS message containing your ID and your password. Save this text message for future reference. You can now start using Chikka by Indiatimes. Log in to chikka using your ID and password. You can now send SMS messages for free!
You can send and receive messages from your friends mobile. To reply to messages received, simply reply with your message and send like any normal SMS message.Mobile phone subscribers are not charged when they receive messages. You are only charged when you send SMS messages to the short code. Mobile phone subscribers are charged when they send messages to the short code or when they reply to a message from the PC. The rates vary depending on your operator. Below is the list of operators with the corresponding rates.
Messages sent from PC to PC are unlimited and free. However, a PC user is given limited credits for sending messages from the PC to mobile phones. The daily message credit allocation depends on the wireless provider of your recipients. In India (RIM, Reliance Telecom (Smart), Hutch, Idea Delhi, Spice Karnataka, Airtel and MTNL), 30 message credits are allotted per day, and 2 credits earned from each SMS message received. Credits not used during the day are not carried over to the next day. When all the credits are exhausted for the day, you need to wait for a mobile user to reply to your message so that you'’ll regain a credit. Otherwise, you can wait 24 hours from the first time your account was active for the day to receive your daily message credits
