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  Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom] John Mayson <john@mayson.us> - 2011-04-11 09:38 -0500
    Re: Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom] bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) - 2011-04-11 21:30 -0500
      Re: Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom] John Mayson <john@mayson.us> - 2011-04-12 19:33 -0500
      Re: Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom] David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com> - 2011-04-13 13:53 +1000
        Re: Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom] "Michael G. Koerner" <mgk920@dataex.com> - 2011-04-14 19:36 -0500
    Re: Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom] Abu Asmara <abuasmara50@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 09:39 -0700

#338 — Islamic Mobile Service from SalamFone [telecom]

Interesting...

Salamfone Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Reach Telecom has launched
the first ever Shariah Compliant mobile service in the world, and it
is now offered in Malaysia. The Mobile Virtual Network Operator(MVNO)
will operate using the Maxis 2G network.

[Moderator snip]

Some of the services on SalamFone:
Infaq-One sen will be donated by Salamfone every time a customer calls another Salamfone customer
Talian Hidayah dedicated Islamic helpline
Islamic Auspicious Days reminder and Bonus
Free Inspiring Religious SMS
Islamic Tunes Nasyid and Islamic RBT
Subscription Islamic Value Added Services
Reload Transfer

More at... http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2011/04/islamic-mobile-service-from-salamfone/

***** Moderator's Note *****

I don't usually run PR notices like this (Sorry, John), but I'm making
an exception because I'm curious what the readers think about this
kind of marketing pitch.

Bill Horne
Moderator

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#346

In article <BANLkTim4vPLRA1MgOXGJBLNXKoRr0QszDA@mail.gmail.com>,
John Mayson  <john@mayson.us> wrote:
>Interesting...
>
>Salamfone Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Reach Telecom has launched
>the first ever Shariah Compliant mobile service in the world ...
>
>***** Moderator's Note *****
>
>I don't usually run PR notices like this (Sorry, John), but I'm making
>an exception because I'm curious what the readers think about this
>kind of marketing pitch.

As it apparently involves sending SMS messages and calls to the phone
at random times, it should discourage the use of those phones as detonators
for the not-so-smart bombs wearing clothing by duPont. 

This sounds like a good thing to me.   *grin*

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#350

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Robert Bonomi
<bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
> In article <BANLkTim4vPLRA1MgOXGJBLNXKoRr0QszDA@mail.gmail.com>,
> John Mayson  <john@mayson.us> wrote:
>>Interesting...
>>
>>Salamfone Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait's Reach Telecom has
>>launched the first ever Shariah Compliant mobile service in the
>>world ...
>>
>>***** Moderator's Note *****
>>
>>I don't usually run PR notices like this (Sorry, John), but I'm
>>making an exception because I'm curious what the readers think about
>>this kind of marketing pitch.

No worries.  I realize not everything I find interesting will make it
into the annals of telecom history.  :-)

> As it apparently involves sending SMS messages and calls to the
> phone at random times, it should discourage the use of those phones
> as detonators for the not-so-smart bombs wearing clothing by duPont.
>
> This sounds like a good thing to me. *grin*

Hmmm.... didn't think of it that way.  I had never heard of a
religious-based phone service.  I just thought this was curious.

John

-- 
John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA

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#354

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:30:40 -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:

> In article <BANLkTim4vPLRA1MgOXGJBLNXKoRr0QszDA@mail.gmail.com>, John
> Mayson  <john@mayson.us> wrote:
>>Interesting...
>>
>>Salamfone Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Reach Telecom has
>>launched the first ever Shariah Compliant mobile service in the world ...
>>
>>***** Moderator's Note *****
>>
>>I don't usually run PR notices like this (Sorry, John), but I'm making an
>>exception because I'm curious what the readers think about this kind of
>>marketing pitch.
> 
> As it apparently involves sending SMS messages and calls to the phone at
> random times, it should discourage the use of those phones as detonators
> for the not-so-smart bombs wearing clothing by duPont.
> 
> This sounds like a good thing to me.   *grin*

Unless these random messages appeared at least every couple of hours, then
they would be ineffective as any such "discouragement". How do you think
people would react to random messages arriving ~10 times a day to their
phones?

-- 
Regards, David.

David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.

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#361

On 2011.04.12 22:53:18, David Clayton wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:30:40 -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:
>
>> In article<BANLkTim4vPLRA1MgOXGJBLNXKoRr0QszDA@mail.gmail.com>, John
>> Mayson<john@mayson.us>  wrote:
>>> Interesting...
>>>
>>> Salamfone Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Reach Telecom has
>>> launched the first ever Shariah Compliant mobile service in the world ...
>>>
>>> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>>>
>>> I don't usually run PR notices like this (Sorry, John), but I'm making an
>>> exception because I'm curious what the readers think about this kind of
>>> marketing pitch.
>>
>> As it apparently involves sending SMS messages and calls to the phone at
>> random times, it should discourage the use of those phones as detonators
>> for the not-so-smart bombs wearing clothing by duPont.
>>
>> This sounds like a good thing to me.   *grin*
>
> Unless these random messages appeared at least every couple of hours, then
> they would be ineffective as any such "discouragement". How do you think
> people would react to random messages arriving ~10 times a day to their
> phones?

Seeing as there is a general call to prayer five times a day in Islam, it
could be useful for that.  Also for local 'break the fast' times during
Ramadan.

Another 'App' could, using GPS and other technological cues, point the user in
the direction of Mecca for those prayers (an app that could also be useful to
the Jewish crowd for prayers that require the user to face Jerusalem).

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Regards,                                    |    |\    ____
                                            |    | |  |    |\
Michael G. Koerner               May they   |    | |  |    | |   rise again!
Appleton, Wisconsin USA                     |    | |  |    | |
___________________________________________ |    | |  |    | |
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#675

On Apr 11, 10:38 am, John Mayson <j...@mayson.us> wrote:
> Interesting...
>
> Salamfone Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Reach Telecom has launched
> the first ever Shariah Compliant mobile service in the world, and it
> is now offered in Malaysia. The Mobile Virtual Network Operator(MVNO)
> will operate using the Maxis 2G network.
>
> [Moderator snip]
>
> Some of the services on SalamFone:
> Infaq-One sen will be donated by Salamfone every time a customer calls
>    another Salamfone customer
> Talian Hidayah dedicated Islamic helpline
> Islamic Auspicious Days reminder and Bonus
> Free Inspiring Religious SMS
> Islamic Tunes Nasyid and Islamic RBT
> Subscription Islamic Value Added Services
> Reload Transfer
>
> More at...
> (Partial URL clipped - bh)
>
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> I don't usually run PR notices like this (Sorry, John), but I'm making
> an exception because I'm curious what the readers think about this
> kind of marketing pitch.
>
> Bill Horne
> Moderator



bill
it is a sales gimmik. there is no such theing as Islamic prepaid
telephone. the 1 sen to Islamic charity is no problem when they are
making a lot of monies since the sales price is very expansive. and
you know who make the most - maxis . last year maxis make 7billion
ringgit. so what  is the problem sending a few winners of a gambling
draw (not Islamic at all) to go to haj and umrah.

abu

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