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'Free Internet to phone messaging service particularly to foreign countries is expected to gain huge popularity in the country and we at 160by2 have the first mover advantage in the area by this launch,' said Satyakalyan Yerramsetti, chief executive of SMSCountry, which owns 160by2.com.

He sees a huge demand for this service from users especially from states like Kerala, Maharastra and Andhra Pradesh.

Founded in 2003 SMSCountry is among the leaders in the application 2 mobile SMS domain delivering SMS to about 550 networks in over 200 countries.