Hello Mayeenul and Shabab, Grameenphone had enabled zero.wikipedia.org for free access for testing. It wasn't supposed to be launched yet, that's why there wasn't any promotion. I will meet with them next week and make launch plans.
Thanks for letting me know about the Banglalink SMS, that makes me happy. I will ask them for click-through data on the SMS.
Thanks, looking forward to meeting you all next week -- and yes let's rock the event!!
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:54:00 +0600 From: Shabab Mustafa shabab.mustafa@gmail.com To: Discussion list for Bangladeshi Wikimedians wikimedia-bd@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-BD] Wikipedia Zero press - Banglalink Message-ID: CACDKy7tzY=MbwXS2KeBZ2zQM+5rbdJLBeszsB7Lr+JWMs5XmdQ@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hello Everyone.
Sorry for joining a little late. Schedule got busy lately.
Idea of press event sounds great! I ditto with Carolynne, due to highly competitive position in market, joint press event sounds distant from possibility. But in fact we can shift this limitation to a powerful advantage. If we can manage a fairly good coverage in the media with Banglalink, glorifying their nobility and social responsibility by supporting our cause, I guess the other competitors will launch their services sooner than later, just to catch up.
We can take Facebook Zero as an example. GP has started this service for a long time. but due to lack of proper promotion, this message didn't reached to the mass until recently. And when it did, Banglalink also started the same service just a few weeks back.
So, let's rock the press event!
Best,
Shabab Mustafa