Google has now started offering free SMS via GMail. The free SMS service is now tucked into your GMail account and sends out to Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular subscribers. The SMS will come from a short-code, 4664096. discontinued it because of the cost of the volume of SMS. Arroyo proudly announces that she was able to convince the cellular companies to drop the rate of inter-network SMS down by half -- from Php1.00 to Php0.50. In my last month's entry at GMANews.tv, "There was a time when SMS was free", I mentioned how it would be impossible for telcos to offer SMS for free and it was for purely economic reasons. Dropping the SMS rates is actually a welcomed move -- IF it were permanent. The promo rate for SMS covers all mobile providers -- Globe and Smart and Sun and their subsidiaries -- and officially started last July 28. Read more in our articles including "Google offers free SMS via GMail" and "Are SMS rates really down to Php0.50?".
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May 31, 2026Google has now started offering free SMS via GMail. The free SMS service is now tucked into your GMail account and sends out to Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular subscribers.
The SMS will come from a short-code, 4664096. discontinued it because of the cost of the volume of SMS. Arroyo proudly announces that she was able to convince the cellular companies to drop the rate of inter-network SMS down by half -- from Php1.00 to Php0.50.
Our coverage of free sms includes: "Google offers free SMS via GMail"; "Are SMS rates really down to Php0.50?"; "Smart Uzzap: IM, Email and a bucket of SMS". Each article provides unique insights and information.