Mobilink Offers Info Services for T20 Worldcup

We are pleased to announce the launch of services for the upcoming T20 world Cup 2010. T20 cricket is becoming very popular since it began. To cater to this Mobilink brings series of services to keep customers up-to-date with the latest ball by ball cricket action, along with exciting cricket services. The services include:

Tournament Subscription Services

Mobilink is offering two Tournament Alert Services SMS Alerts (Tournament):   In this service the subscribers will receive SMS alert whenever the wicket falls during the match. Wicket Video Alerts (Tournament): In this service the subscribers will receive MMS alerts upon each fall of wicket during the match.  Service Mechanics: Customers will be required to send keywords “SUB” to 237 (Rs. 1+Tax) for subscription menu. In response customer receives a message from 237: To subscribe Reply with 1 or 2 1 - SMS Alerts (Tournament) 2 - Wicket Video Alerts (Tournament) SMS Alerts If customer replies '1' to 237, customer will get following confirmation message from short code 4928 which is dedicated to T20 tournament subscription. Kindly reply with 'Y' to confirm your subscription @ Rs.25+Tax Upon confirmation to above message, customer will be subscribed to T20 tournament alerts. Customers can also send “SUB” directly to 4928 for T20 tournament alerts subscription. Customer will receive following message on successful subscription of series. Thank you for subscribing to T20 World Cup SMS Score Alerts. You can unsubscribe by sending UNSUB to 237 @ Rs 1+tax. Charges: Rs. 25 + Tax (for the whole Tournament) Validity: 30th April till 16th May 2010 Wicket Video Alerts If customer replies '2' to 237, customer will get following message from short code 4929 which is dedicated to wicket video alerts subscription. Kindly reply with 'Y' to confirm your subscription @ Rs. 20+tax for the complete tournament. Upon confirmation to above message, customer will be subscribed to wicket alerts (Video). Customers can also send SUB directly to 4929 for video alerts. Customer will receive following message on successful subscription of series.  Thank you for subscribing to Mobilink Wicket Video Alerts. To unsubscribe at any time, please send "UNSUB" to 237 @ Rs. 1+tax. Charges: Rs. 20 + Tax (for the whole Tournament) Validity: 30th April till 16th May 2010 Un-subscription Procedure: To unsubscribe from any of the subscribed service, customer will send "UNSUB" to 237. Following message will be sent to customer for confirmation of un- subscription. To unsubscribe reply with 6 or 7 6 - Tournament  Alerts 7 - Wicket Video Alerts (Tournament) If customer replies with 6 or 7 to 237, following message will be sent to confirm the deactivation of any of the above mentioned alerts. Customer will only be un-subscribed from the selected service. Thank you for using Mobilink Cricket Alerts. You will stop receiving alerts

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 i.e. Rs. 2. + Tax/SMS will apply. Charges: Rs. 2 + Tax / SMS

Cricket SMS Portal

A new service named cricket SMS portal has been developed. Through this service the users can pull cricket information from their phone at Rs. 2 + Tax. The information available includes; Live Score:  The user will receive live match score during the match. if there is no match taking place the user  is sent match schedule                      T20 SMS Alerts: The users is sent Tournament Subscription Services menu from 237 (same as above)          T20 match Schedule: The user will receive today’s match schedule. Win Handset: the customer can enter the lucky draw to win Nokia handset by guessing the winner of the match News: the user can access cricket news from this option                   Records: ODI Cricket records menu is sent to users Player Profile: The user is asked to reply with country name and then after selecting the player the subscriber is going to receive his ODI profile Users can access this service by sending CKP to 300 @ Rs. 2 + Tax/SMS. Charges: Rs. 2 + Tax / SMS Validity: 30th April till 16th May 2010

Live Cricket Commentary

Live commentary will be available on special IVR cricket portal; customers can access to live commentary by dialing 7788 @ Rs. 2+tax/min. Charges: Rs. 2 + Tax / Min Validity: 30th April till 16th May 2010

Cricket Quiz

In this Quiz the users will be asked to participate in a quiz to guess the winner of the match. There will be a lucky draw every day. The lucky winner will get a Nokia 5130 Express Music every day. This service will be available on both SMS and IVR. Users will get the question by dialing 820 (T20) or receive the question through SMS broadcast. In addition the they can send the name of the winning team directly to 820 and enter the lucky draw. Charges: Rs. 10 + tax/SMS and Rs. 10+ tax/min. Validity: 30th April till 16th May 2010

T20 Special on 555

The users can dial 555 and enjoy following T 20 World Cup services by simply selecting "Cricket" category from the main menu. The users will say "Cricket" and will be given following options to choose from: Live Commentary Match Schedule Team Profiles These services are also available on 55501 (Voice Portal Subscription) and users can also access these directly by dialing 55512. Charges: charges to dial 555 and 55512 are Rs 4.99+tax/min Charges for 55501 are Rs 15+tax/month and 50 paisa+tax/min Note:  55501 is available only for Jazz users.