> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wire James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: lug_: The giant is moving
>
> Kaggwa
>
> This is special considering the convenience of mobility.
>
Like, you can pocket the phone and solar panel and move with it everywhere? I guess you could do that if you really wanted to, but I don’t think that is the primary objective of the product.
> Wire
> > BTW, Publicom phones(The roadside booths) have been Solar powered since
> > they were introduced a few years ago. It's nothing really special.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Samuel Gitta
> >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:29 PM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: RE: lug_: The giant is moving
> >>
> >> How does Me2U compare with Mango Share card in terms of convenience?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Wire James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:33 PM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: lug_: The giant is moving
> >>
> >>
> >> These guys truly amaze me. Last weekend I flipped when I tried out the
> >> Mango Share card. It is a cool innovation indeed. Buying airtime in
> >> smaller denominations is one easy way of reaching out to the low
> >> income earners.
> >>
> >> Viva UTL
> >>
> >> Wire
> >>
> >> > * UGANDA'S UTL LAUNCHES SOLAR LANDLINE
> >> >
> >> > Uganda Telecom has introduced solar-powered accessory for the newly
> >> introduced TelesaverPlus landline. This will especially be useful
> >> for rural
> >> > populations, which have no access to regular electricity power.
> >> >
> >> > "This is in line with our goal to provide total communication
> >> solutions to everyone including those in the rural areas at rates
> >> suitable to them. Everybody has a right to communicate," Mr Hans
> >> Paulsen, UTL's Marketing Manager, said on Monday.
> >> >
> >> > He was speaking at the launch of the two products (TelesaverPlus and
> >> solar charger) in Mbarara town. The solar panel, which comes with a
> >> battery, costs
> >> > Shs160,000 exclusive of the landline, which costs Shs240,000. More
> >> than 8,000 people have subscribed to TelesaverPlus since its launch
> >> a month ago.
> >> >
> >> > Faisal Ijaz Khan, UTL's Chief Commercial Officer, said UTL is in the
> >> process
> >> > of upgrading its network to accommodate the increasing subscription.
> >> He said
> >> > within six weeks Masaka, Ntungamo, Kabale, Bushenyi, Kasese, Soroti
> >> and Tororo will be connected on the TelesaverPlus.
> >> > (SOURCE: The Monitor)
> >> >
> >> > warmest regards
> >> >
> >> > Shem Nnaggenda K. Nsubuga
> >> > Country IT Manager, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda
> >> > Standard Chartered Bank, 1, Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7SB,
> >> UNITED
> >> > KINGDOM
> >> > Tel: +44 (0)20 7457 7248 +44 (0)20 72807248x: +44 (0)20 7457 7248
> >> or +44 (0)20 7280 7500
> >> > Mobile: +44 (0) 790 4795061; AEN: + 1044 7248 FONENET+1401 7248
> >> Fax: +44 207 280 7208
> >> > "Leading the Way in Asia , Africa and the Middle East"
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
> >> people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will,
> >> though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal
> >> ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out
> >> how to collect sometime in the next decade." Bill Gates as Quoted by
> >> C|Net News.com
> >>
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> "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
> people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
> As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll
> get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect
> sometime in the next decade." Bill Gates as Quoted by C|Net News.com
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