a. Only Robi has this service in BangladeshCompetitive Context:
b.This liberates the experience from a web connection and makes it available to anyone with even the most basic mobile phone
c.It also lets you access the social network whenever you want, anywhere you bring your mobile making it a deeper part of your life
| Comparison | Robi | GP | BL | Airtel |
Service
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1st time in Bangladesh brought by Robi
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Charging for buying points:
| Points | Charge | Code |
150 points
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BDT 5
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CPOINTS 150
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350 points
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BDT10
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CPOINTS 350
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Points charging for using CIRCLE:
| Service | Points |
CREG
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User will get 500 points
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CPOKE
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System will charge 5 points
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CSHOUT
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System will charge 10 points
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CCOM
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System will charge 10 points
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CHAT ROOM
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System will charge 100 points
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CHAT msg
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System will charge 10 points
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Get registered:
To get registered simply dial *140*8880#
Two options will appear: 1. REG 2. JOIN
Choose option 1, and then enter your name.
You can also use the shorter form
CREG [space] [your chosen nickname] send to 8880
Notes:
- Nicknames are not case-sensitive.
- Ninja, ninja, NiNjA are all the same.
Create your own Circle
Create your own circle where members can join and receive your shouts, comments & pokes.
Likewise, you can join circles of other members and receive their shouts, com & pokes
To join a member’s circle, just dial *140*8880#
Two options will appear: 1. REG 2. JOIN
Choose option 2, and then enter your friend’s name
You can also join other’s CIRCLE by sending CJOIN [nickname of member] to 8880
Getting out of a member’s circle
• To leave a members circle, send
CXJOIN [nickname] send to 8880
POINTS purchase & share
Points are the currency you use in CIRCLE.
• All transactions involve points. You either gain points or use points.
Check points balance:
• You can always check your points balance by sending CBAL to 8880.
• When you run out of points, you can purchase them by sending
CPOINTS [150/350] to 8880
Eg: CPOINTS 150 and send to 8880
• You can share points with others by sending
CSHARE [amount] [nickname] to 8880
Eg: CSHARE 10 ninja and send to 8880
GETTING HELP
• Interaction with CIRCLE is always done through keywords.
• You can get help with these keywords anytime by sending CHELP send to 8880.
• You can also get help about a specific keyword.
CHELP CPOKE to 8880
• Returns information about CPOKE keyword
Looking for members
When you are new, you can always look for members to make friends with.
• Send CWHO to 8880 to see some members you can communicate with.
• You will receive a list of nicknames, not their phone numbers!
Find out about someone
If you want to know something more about a person before you decide to
communicate, you can use the CWHO command as well.
Write CWHO [nickname] send to 8880
• Just add the nickname of the person you are trying to find out after CWHO
CWHO ninja to 8880
System will generate info against the nick you asked for.
Circle: 250 (Number of members in ninja’s circle)
Shouts: 1250(Number of shouts ninja has sent)
U r in Ninja’s circle
If you want to know the CIRCLE members of a person
Just send CWHO [nickname] fol and send to 8880
• System will generate list of CIRCLE members of the specified person you wanted to know.
Your own information
Others may want to know who you are too!
• You can set your name, birth-date and gender with CSET
CSET N [name] for name.
CSET B [DDMMYY] for birthdate
CSET G [M/F] for gender
CSET N Moshiur > 8880
CSET B (ddmmyy)> 8880
CSET B 180680> 8880
CSET g m > 8880
Communicating with Others POKE
Poke is a fun way of telling someone that you are thinking of him/her
• The message is sent straight to their phones and not to their SMS inbox
• To poke, simply send CPOKE [nickname] [msg] to 8880
CPOKE Ninja lunch today? Send to 8880
SHOUT MESSAGE
You can shout a message out with the CSHOUT keyword.
• Your shout message will be sent to all the members of your own circle.
• Simply send CSHOUT [your shout message] send to 8880.
CSHOUT Briyani in Boro Hazi is so yummy! Send to 8880
Commenting on shouts
What if you want to comment on a shout message?
• You can do that with CCOM
To comment just write CCOM [name] [msg]
Ninja: Briyani in Boro Hazi is so yummy!
CCOM ninja Fakruddin is better! Send to 8880 To
Chat Services Chat rooms in Circle
- You can create a chatroom and invite friends to chat at any time.
- A chat room is kept for a period of 3hours. However, you can extend this if the chat session needs more time.
- Chatters can enter and exit the chat room at any time during the session
- To create a chat room, send CHAT ROOM to 8880
- Once the room is created, you can invite friends to join by sending CHAT INVITE [nickname]
- You can also invite many friends at once by sending CHAT INVITE [nickname1] [nickname2] [nickname3] ... CHAT INVITE ninja moshiur jane jackel send to 8880
- Users need to receive an invitation in order to join a chat room.
- Once the invitation is received, the invitee can enter the chat room by sending CHAT ENTER [initiator’s nick] send to 8880, like CHAT ENTER ninja send to 8880
CHAT Keywords
Here are other chat keywords
KEYWORD DESCRIPTION
- CHAT: Returns the list of CHAT keywords
- CHAT INFO: Returns some information about the chat room
- CHAT LIST: List the nicknames of those who are in the chat room
- CHAT OUT: Get out of the chat room
- CHAT KICK [nick] :Kick a user with given nickname out of the chat room (can be used only by the creator of the chat room)
- CHAT CONT: Continue using the chat room after the expiry time (can be used only by the creator of the chat room)
Write CPOKE [msisdn] then send to 8880 System will generate a sms asking that person to join CIRCLE. Here B party will get sms mentioning the senders nick.
Leaving CIRCLE: CSTOPWhy would you want to leave such a fun service?
- Anyways, if you have to leave, you can send CSTOP send to 8880.
- Your nickname, points and friends will be kept for 90 days.
- If you rejoin within 90 days, you may get them all back.
- If you come back later than 90 days, you will have to start afresh.