All approaches lead to the same result. One can send juice (airtime) to any one whether on the MTN approach or the Mango approach. My point was on the semantics of which category of the social strata wither option is bound to attract.
Wire > Distribution is very important in this Market, James what if your granny > in the Village(rural) needed 2,000/= worth of airtime? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wire James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 3:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: lug_: The giant is moving > > Gitta > > You are dead wrong. What Mango has done is that when u walk into a shop, > you have the choice of paying Ushs 2000 and the attendant only scratches > for you one Air time code worth 2000/=. Ideally speaking, one card of > Ushs 10000 can support upto five different people. Do you get it now? > > Wire > >> There are no Mango Share Cards for 2,000/=, one has to spend 10,000/= >> before doing any sharing. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wire James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:39 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: lug_: The giant is moving >> >> Hey Gitta >> >> This is a half empty/half full glass kind of argument. All points of >> view have their positives. My take is that for the upscale market, the >> MTN service of forwarding airtime via an SMS is more convenient when >> you want to share with others. As for the Mango Share service, it is >> very convenient for those of us who occassionally have the small >> denominations and yet would still want to buy some air time. I mean >> take it from me, the number of people likely to buy a Ushs 2000 >> airtime Pin Code is far higher than those that will buy one of Ushs >> 5000. So probably mango's strategy is to reach out to the low end of >> the market spectrum and allow them to spend in quantities that they >> are more comfortable with. The most ironic thing is that some of these >> guys might end up spending Ushs 10000 on airtime but in bits of Ushs >> 2000 yet if you told them to buy a card of Ushs 10000 at ago, they >> will riot :-). >> >> These are all market dynamics in my view that are arrived at hopefully >> with some good research background. Unfortunately some of them >> sometimes backfire right from the word go but again I will not >> hesitate to say that the mango Share is quite interesting. >> >> Wire >>> Not wanting to always turn the lug into some Marketing place or >>> Company bashing list, honestly is it more convenient scratching 5 >>> times and STILL sending the recipient an message or giving them a >>> call or just sending the message. >>> >>> Also Ziggy, if I intend to give you 2000/= am now past the point of >>> your 2 minutes argument, what the point of discussion is, is the >>> method of getting it to you. >>> >>> Is it more convenient to buy another card, scratch it 5 times and >>> then send you the message? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ziggy David Lubowa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:45 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: RE: lug_: The giant is moving >>> >>> >>> >>> I think it is pretty much the same concept , just different ways of >>> getting the job done. It seems it's now about who can offer the best >>> value added service if you would like to call it that. The mango >>> product is like the one in Tanzania and i think it is working fine. >>> As for MTN besides the fact that you can share airtime, how many >>> people would share airtime that is already loaded, infact think of >>> it this way most pre-paid subscribers who are willing to help you >>> use their phones >>> when you want to make a call, what they >>> >>> would say is " Please use 1minute or 2 minutes ) am sure all of you >>> who have ever borrowed phones to make a call always use about that >>> much, so i find it hard to believe that someone can actually send >>> you 2,000/= of there already loaded airtime without much of a >>> complaint. I think airtime that is not loaded yet like Mango's >>> airtime strip is more of a better innovation. >>> >>> I stand to be corrected on this :) >>> >>> >>> >>> - Ziggy >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:29:08 +0300, gittas wrote >>>> 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. 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"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 >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> This service is hosted on the Infocom network >> http://www.infocom.co.ug >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> This service is hosted on the Infocom network >> http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > -- > "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." 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