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Mobilink JAZZ Brings Live World Cup Cricket Commentary

Mee — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:08:02 +0000

Cricket is more than just a sport in Pakistan, it binds us and brings us together. Once again, as the World Cup-2011 begins, the whole nation is looking forward to see some thrilling and competitive performances from their favorite cricketers. To add to this excitement, Mobilink has come up with an exclusive service for its customer-base of over 30 million users across Pakistan.

Mobilink Jazz Live Commentary service makes sure that its customers don’t even miss a single second of any World-Cup match, and stay updated, even while they are not watching it.

How to subscribe:

To subscribe to this value added service, all you have to do is Dial 7788 @ Rs. 2 + tax per min, to stay updated with all the action through Jazz Live Commentary Service.

This cricketing extravaganza will continue on Mobilink World Cup IVR Cricket Portal from 19^th February till 2^nd April – 2011.

The Live IVR Commentary is complemented numerous other Services, including:

World Cup SMS Alerts
Wicket Video Alerts
World Cup SMS Portal
SMS Ball by Ball updates

World Cup Subscription Services

The users will have the option to either subscribe to SMS or Video alerts. Two types of subscription are available at Rs. 25+tax:

1. Pool subscription: Valid from 19th February till 20^th March 2011, where the user will receive alerts for the 42 matches played during this period

2. Finals Subscription: Valid from 21^st March till 2nd April 2011 and the user will receive alerts for quarter finals and onwards

World Cup SMS Alerts

To avail this service, users will have to SMS ‘CKT’ to 4928. The subscriber will receive SMS messages on start of match (Toss result), wicket update, half century and century, end of match result and the man of the match. Once subscribed, the user will receive a Confirmation Message from 4928 saying; “Thank you for subscribing to Mobilink Cricket World Cup Group Matches SMS Alerts. To unsubscribe, SMS “UNSUB” to 237@ Rs.1+tax”

Wicket Video Alerts

To avail this service, users will have to SMS ‘CKTV’ to 4929. Once subscribed, the user will receive a WAP link every time a wicket falls during a match. The charges for this subscription will be Rs. 20+tax per subscription.

*Note: GPRS charges will apply on downloading of the video.

SMS Ball by Ball updates

Cricket scores/updates will also be available on power tools/SMS. Customers can pull the information any time either by accessing power tools menu on their SIM or by sending CKT directly to short code 300. Normal power tools charges will apply @ Rs. 2 + Tax per SMS.

World Cup Cricket Portal

Through this service, the user will be able to get information about the World Cup services on his phone @ Rs. 2 + Tax. To access this service, users will need to SMS CKP to 300 @ Rs. 2 + Tax/SMS. The validity of this service will be from 19^th February till 2^ndApril, 2011. The following information will be available:

Live Score: The user will receive live match score during the match. If there is no match taking place on that day, the user will receive a match schedule.
World Cup SMS Alerts: The user gets a “Subscription Services Menu” from 237
World Cup Match Schedule: User will receive the match schedule for the day
News: The user can access cricket news from this option
Records: The user can get batting and bowling records of the players
Team Points: Team points (pool-wise) will be available here, after every match

Un-subscription Process:

To unsubscribe from any of the above subscribed services, customer will SMS “UNSUB” to 237@ Re. 1+Tax. Your un-subscription request will be processed within 24 hours.

LG’s Chacha Cricket Desktop App: Get live Cricket Alerts

Mee — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:02:01 +0000

The world cup is on, and so are the cricket lovers who want to stay updated with live happenings.

In case, you don’t have access to TV screens around you, here’s a desktop application that will keep you posted with live updates of Cricket World Cup Matches.

Brought to you by LG Electronics, this desktop application is called “LG’s Cacha Cricket” aimed at bring you live scores of cricket matches during the world cup.

This application has a very nice interface and contain different slogans which are played on start of the app and whenever a player hits FOUR, SIX or a WICKET FALLS.

The application is named after a Pakistani Cricket Fan Haji Abdul Jalil who is commonly known as the Chacha e Cricket.

This application is available for free download at the following link

http://www.facebook.com/LGElectronicsPakistan?sk=app_111356045607162

Warid Glow Offers 100 SMS for 50 Paisas

Mee — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:18:00 +0000

With the revamp of its website, Warid Glow is offering its customers a variety of new SMS bundles, meeting the needs of all type of customers.

The best one is said to be 100 SMS per day for 50 paisas, which happens to be the most in-expensive daily SMS bundle, in terms of price. This SMS package will match over 80 percent of Glow customers.

For those who need more SMS juice can subscribe to 250 SMS per day for Rs. 2.99 per day.

Complete details are mentioned below

SMS Packages:

Send Unlimited SMS to any number, any network in Pakistan.

100 SMS @ 50 Paisas / day – To activate, SMS Glow100 to 7777
250 SMS @ Rs. 2.99/day – To activate, SMS Glow250 to 7777or call 321
700 SMS @ Rs. 6.99/week – To activate, SMS Glow700 to 7777or call 321
1000 SMS@ Rs. 7.99/week -To activate, SMS Glow1000 to 7777or call 321

To deactivate, write SMSoff to 7777 or call 321

Note: All messages sent between 9PM till 11PM are charged normally i.e 25 paisas plus tax per SMS [Thanks to cellphone user for notifying]

Jazz launches International Call Offer for World Cup 2011

Mee — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:02:03 +0000

Mobilink Jazz is offering discounted International call rates to all World Cup destinations!

Tariff:

Offer Details

Subscribers will get 50% discount for calling to Bangladesh (L+M), India (L+M), Sri Lanka (L+M). Daily subscription of Rs 2+tax per country.

The offer is available on all Jazz packages
The daily subscription will be recursive
Offer available 24 hours a day
Premium Rate numbers of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka will not be entertained through this promotion

Subscription Mechanism:

Customers will subscribe to the offer through USSD

Following USSD will be used to subscribe to the respective countries:

*104*1*880*03# for Bangladesh
*104*1*91*03# for India
*104*1*94*03# for Sri Lanka

Short Code (112) for USSD strings information:

Customer can get the above mentioned USSD strings by sending a text message to 112
SMS to 112 is not charged

Un-subscription Mechanism:

Customers will unsubscribe from the offer through USSD

Following USSD will be used to unsubscribe from the respective countries:

*104*4*880*03# for Bangladesh
*104*4*91*03# for India
*104*4*94*03# for Sri Lanka