Ok I knew blogs had impact on people, and I knew our blog had a big audience, but when I was writing my post, and leaking the news to you guys about zain’s new MicroSim Cards, I didn’t expect to cause 2 big companies like Wataniya and VIVA to panic!
Our friends over at Buzberry and Frankom just posted Viva’s MicroSims and Wataniya’s press release, respectively. Coincidently just 2 days after the Zain news leak.
I’m so enjoying watching companies trip over each other over a post ๐
well its a WIN-WIN case for u….WOOHOO
ahh..the feeling of having the country running in ur hands is amazing!! think of it..u just caused 3 GIANT TELECOM comanies in a STRONG ECONOMIC country fight over who releases the sim card first
*thumbs up and a wink*
wicked ๐
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No worries at all .. Apple and Steve are the winners after all. From customer point view, I car about price and service not about who gets it first, yes it may reflect company leadership but this is for them to brag about in their cubes .. and why is it only happen among mobile companies and not other businesses ๐
ya jima3a eshfekom tara kil el sharikat bel kuwait yayben el micro sim, mn bidayat April for test, bs awal sharika a3linat 3ana eb shakil rasmi el wa6aniya !! thats it ! laish ma36en el mawtho3 akbar mn 7agah o emkabrenah ! I have friends in WATANIYA O ZAIN oO VIVA oo kilhom galooli we have it mn gabel 3 weeks taqreban for tests
bs el wa6aniya saraw she6ar o a3linaw eb sefa rasmiya hatha kil el mawtho3, wela mawjod 3end zain o viva
o shay 6abee3i yaybena 7ag el ipad ya3ni 7ag sheno yaybena nokia E52 wela 7ag telefone bo light? lol
Well guys, I just called Wataniya’s contact center. Agents have no clue about prices nor packages… it’s just “Microsims are gonna be available on Sunday!” DUH! what’s the use then?
VIVA and Zain were really smart to keep it low for their iPad internet packages, what is the point of being first if you do not have an offer?
Wise ppl say: “Better late than Sorry”
I have a post abt that:
http://www.blog37.net/blog/2010/04/microsims-microsims-microsims/
Nasser :
offer for what ? they already have Data packages ? thats it ! so just change ur sim card and go !
@M
How about special rates since you won’t be using P2P traffic on the iPad? maybe business packages? or consumer packages? custom packages?
Nasser, Zain already has the 7KD for 1GB offer.. which is sufficient for phones .. I doubt they’ll go lower than that… Knowing our three telecoms, they would probably all agree on a price.
manayer hehe ๐
swera ๐
Frankom 7ilwa minsibag libag.. o khosh 9edfa enhom faj2a 7assaw enhom lazim yasbegoon hehe
360dewan it is for them to brag about, thats for sure, but thats beside the point.. in this case WE are bragging about the whole thing and how it caused major companies to rush and announce things all of a sudden ๐
M Agreed it’s no big deal at all… but, just like 360dewan, you missed the point of this post. I’m not making a big deal out of the companies having micro sims.. but how a single post on our blog had giant companies rush to run press releases and push news on blogs because we leaked a piece of info. Hence the title โSOME contrast Ruffle Giant Feathersโ… I guess I wasn’t clear enough ๐
Nasser No prices set yet for Wataniya’s microsims? I mean the chip itself?
s I would be really angry at a 1GB limit ๐
LOOOOL!!! suckerssssssssssssss 7eeeelllhom beeennhom!
wow that is so cool!
S: you are talking about something different ! this data package is for the voice line which you can use it for the smart phones !
eshterakat el internet 3endhom as3arha qair ya3ni for example zain have two internet packages which is 13.5 KD sor3eta 600 KB o unlimited usage, o 3endhom 27KD o el speed up to 7.2 o also unlimited hathi 6ab3an eshterakat el ego o etha old customer just change ur sim card with the new micro sim and thats it
VIVA 3endhom el monthly subscription data eb 24 KD, o 3endhom offer etha teshtrek two years bel data eser el subscription fees 18 KD monthly o 6ab3an el sor3a 3end VIVA wa7da which is up to 7.2 mo nafs zain wa7da madri chm o el thanya 7.2
o bel nesba 7ag el wa6aniya madri sara7a 3an as3arhom
Shof hathi as3ar zain
http://www.kw.zain.com/kw/af/core/home/channel.do?channelId=-9575&selectedChannels=-9575,-9594,-8156,-8155,-8153&lang=en
o what you are talking about is here for mobiles
http://www.kw.zain.com/kw/af/core/home/channel.do?channelId=-10997&selectedChannels=-10997,-9575,-9594,-8156,-8155,-8153&lang=en