i had subscription to ur service in my former mobile connection. but nw i changed to airtel. can i know weather u guys hav service with airtel?? i mean like breaking news?? i see that you already provide your service through the airtel live menu but i cant be bothered to go through that all the time just to check the news.

I now get timely and accurate news through JasmineNewsWires on processes and events that are important in Sri Lanka via SMS. As recently as five years ago, rumours would have been quicker. Today, SMSs from repuated news services like JNW or LBO trump malicious rumours that rake up violence. There are now multi-lingual mobile based instant messaging solutions for use in disaster situations, amongst others, to strengthen understanding of needs.Ken Banks and his sterling work with FrontlineSMS is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible using mobile phones to engender a whole raft of progressive and sustainable social change.

I want to know, whether your service available to Airtel Subscribers?

Thank You,
KT.Sarangan
Colombo.

I want to know, whether your service available to Dialog GSM Subscribers?

I do not have statistics to prove my point, but it is my observation that the subscriber base for Ada Derana alerts is way higher than that for JNW. I came to this conclusion, merely by observation, as most people seem to be using/talking about Ada-Derana news alerts, and not many seem to know much about JNW. Besides I dont see JNW alerts through mobitel promoted as aggressively as Ada-Derana.

Competition is always healthy, and im sure that both Ada Derana and JNW will benefit from it, including the journalists involved, as well as the consumer who will be ensured of a fair price.

Regarding the decision by mobitel/tigo/hutch/suntel to offer the service at Rs. 30, while accepting that the amount seems just right, it still suggests that it would have been influenced by Dialog’s initial decision to price Reuters alerts at Rs. 30 per month.

I as a subscriber would hope that all alerts are free, but however I understand this is not realistic, so all in all, Rs. 30 is great, regardless of who charges it.

The other point I wish to highlight, hoping it would be taken in the light of constructive critisism, is the fact that JNW seems to be sending far too many news alerts , some of which are not important enough to qualify as “SMS breaking news content” in my humble opinion. Reuters used to do the same, if not worse, but Ada derana seems to be doing a very good job of sensing what is important to subscribers and ensuring they do not load the Customer with news alerts.