Most of you have seen the Mobily(Saudi telecom) TV advertisement push to talk (PTT) service, its the one with the guy using his phone as a walkie talkie trying to locate a car around the suburbs, which gives you a sense that he is following a girl around, then to every bodies surprise its his grand mother with her 3abaya getting caught between the door, trying to warn her. Never mind the TV ad, the service is that you can use your phone with other friends within certain proximity to talk using a single button simultaneously and free, like using a walkie talkie. You do not call your friends using the send button you just connect with them using a single button. So why is MTC not providing such a service, arent these guys one of the top players in the region now, or are they concentrated with openening 2 branches in the African continent, one in the north and one in the south, like Kuwait! Such a service is very useful instead of calling a friend or a group of friends who are lost in marina for example, just use the PTT serivce to find them. Or maybe they think its a security issue. Howcome Mobily telecome have got such a great service and we dont?!
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April 14th, 2007 at 9:28 am
I was talking to a friend in MTC. and they are thinking of lunching PTT put not Free
April 14th, 2007 at 9:45 am
They are still thinking, in business you dont think, you act!
April 14th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I think wataniya already has it…. but again the service is neither very popular nor has it been advertised much.
April 14th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
why would they give you anything free ? they act the worst in kuwait
check how many kuwaiti work in the kuwaiti branch
check how many lebnanse in lebanon
check how many bahraini
yeah quite shocking
April 14th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
what amazes me is how Saudi was always behind when it came to telecom and i-net. and now, they’re surpassing others like Kuwait & Bahrain! lil asaf in Bahrain, they try to ‘upgrade’ to the best ways to rip off customers as opposed to providing better services!
April 15th, 2007 at 1:58 am
MTC is forgeting its real customers, do you guys remeber the days when we had no caller id, it was like 50kd per month.
April 16th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
they want to, they’re jus thinking of the price tag right now… money suckers
April 17th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Money suckers big time,
April 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Wataniya has a Push to talk service. It should be activated, but then the people in your group should also I guess
April 17th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Really never saw the ad anywhere?!!?
April 24th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
[...] over at io81, asks a simple loaded question about why their local telecom company isn’y providing a Push [...]