BBC World Service
Last updated: 13 march, 2009 - 13:32 GMT

How to get news on your mobile or PDA

The BBC provides an international mobile news service which works on the majority of mobile phones.

To get the International BBC News Website on your mobile you can either:

Go straight to click bbc.com/news on your device,

or

Text NEWS to +44 76 24 88 24 88 and we'll send you a link.

click For more details please visit the news site.

Mobile Language services

The BBC also provides mobile news services in the following languages:

click Arabic

click Russian

click Spanish

click Brasil

click Turkish

click UK China

Please note that your mobile phone will need to support xhtml to view these sites.

Listening to the BBC on your Nokia mobile

Listeners with internet radio-enabled mobile phones can listen to a range of BBC services.

There are four channels available: BBC World Service in English, BBC World Service's 24-hour rolling news in English, and BBC Arabic.

New and recent models of Nokia phones will come with the pre-installed radio application which can be found in the Applications menu. The BBC services are listed in the station directory.

Other services

For added value services like SMS alerts, the BBC is working with a number of international mobile phone networks to create news and sport alert services in various languages in different countries around the world.

The best advice we can give at the moment is for you to contact your own mobile provider and ask them if they currently provide a service from the BBC.

We do not currently directly offer SMS News alerts to our international audience. However, if your device supports email, we do provide a breaking news email service, which you can click find out about on our website, via a PC.