Ufone introduces an other exiting service for its customers, ‘My Status’, by which the customers can share their thoughts, ideas, status or any personalized message.
According to the service feature, once the customer set up the status, his/her contacts will start receiving it as a flash SMS anytime they call him/her.
Service Features:
Features of the My Status service include setting general status visible to all callers, specific statuses for a specific caller, blacklisting/whitelisting of numbers, subscribe to a Status Box to have multiple statuses set against callers randomly picked from defined statuses (a box can have a maximum of 10 different statuses) and much more.
How to Subscribe?
For SMS:
- SMS SUB to 6525
- You may set any status of your liking by simply sending your intended status to 6525
- Your default status (if you have not set anything yourself) is set to Ramzan Mubarik
- To set a status for a specific number please SMS phone number][Status], example: 0333xxxxxxx Hello!
For USSD:
- Dial *969# and follow the on-screen instructions
Charges:
- The service will be charged PKR 1+tax/day
Service Mechanics:
| Current Commands | Command Description |
|---|---|
| Sub | Register service |
| Unsub | Unregister service |
| Pause | Temporarily stop status sending |
| Resume | Resume status sending |
| Help | Help Menu |
| Off<space>phonenumber | Blacklisting a number |
| Off All | Delete Blacklist |
| Off All<space>Number | Delete one number from Blacklist |
| B#box id for example: B1, B2 etc. | Subscribe to Status Box (Status boxes contain predefined statuses) |
| Q#box id for example: Q1, Q2 etc. | Query the contents of a Status Box |
| On<space>phonenumber | Whitelisting a number |
| On All | Delete Whitelist |
| On All<space>Number | Delete one number from Whitelist |
| Stop | To stop receiving everybody’s Status |
| Stop<space>Number | Stop receiving one user’s status |
| Start | To start receiving Statuses |
| Start<space>Number | Start receiving one user’s status |
Terms & Conditions:
- Subscription is based on daily recursive model; only subscription charges apply
- There are no additional charges for using MyStatus service, i.e. users can change their status as many times as they please and make use of other features without being getting charged further
- This service is available to entire whole Ufone base.
- The contents and structure of the status is totally the user’s responsibility, Ufone will not be responsible for any illicit/offensive/ill statuses
- Character limit: 140
- In line with the regulatory requirements; MyStatus uses filters on certain keywords which cannot be part of a status. For such cases users will have to revise their intended status messages.
