List of phones compatible with video downloads. All camera phones are compatible with picture downloads.   Welcome to the MTN 2006 World Cup value added service. MTN is offering her subcribers the oppurtunity to participate and get a feel of the World Cup. Get value added service by "Downloading the World Cup Contents", participating in the "Predict & WIn" competition and expressing yourself through "SMS to TV".   Content Downloads : video, pictures and text Video Allows you view up to 12 video clips of 20 secs each for each match. Simply send, for example “video ger vs crc ” or any other match fixture to 35050. Get 12 video clips on the match. Picture Allows you view up to 12 pictures for each match. Simply send, for example “picture ger vs crc ” or any other match fixture to 35050. Get 12 video clips on the match. Text Allows you view up to 5 text message content for each match. Simply send, for example “text ger vs crc ” or any other match fixture to 35050. Get 12 video clips on the match.   Predict & Win Promo This involves the subscribers being able to predict the outcomes of daily matches with the chance to win fantastic prizes. There are 3 variants of the Predict and Win Promo with each variant receiving major attention during different phases of the competition to maintain excitement. The variants are: Predict Match Winner Predict Tournament Winner Predict Most Valuable Player (MVP)   SMS to TV The service affords subscribers the opportunity to send SMS from their mobile phones to shortcode 2006 either expressing their passions and opinions or sending greetings to loved ones. The sent messages will be scrolled on TV.   Price/cost: N50   Shortcode: 2006 The service has been structured to be as easy as possible. It works as follows: • Subscribers will send a text message to the advertised shortcode with the keyword (‘’TV). E.g. “TV Zidane is the best” is typed and sent to shortcode number 2006 with the keyword ‘TV’. • The SMS message is filtered to remove inappropriate language (swearing etc) as well politically motivated texts (e.g “OBJ for 3rd Term”) • The text message is displayed/scrolled on TV       Preliminaries FIXTURES KEYWORDS e.g video ger vs crc, same for pictures & text Germany vs Costa Rica ger vs crc Poland vs Ecuador pol vs ecu          England vs Paraguay eng vs par Trinidad & Tobago vs Sweden tri vs swe Argentina vs Cote d’Ivoire arg vs civ Serbia & Montenegro vs Netherlands seg vs ned Mexico vs Iran mex vs irn Angola vs Portugal ang vs por Italy vs Ghana ita vs gha USA vs Czech Republic usa vs cze Brazil vs Croatia bra vs cro Australia vs Japan aus vs jpn France vs Switzerland fra vs sui Korea vs Togo kor vs tog Spain vs Ukraine esp vs ukr Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia tun vs ksa Germany vs Poland ger vs pol Ecuador vs Costa Rica ecu vs crc England vs Trinidad & Tobago eng vs tri Sweden vs Paraguay swe vs par Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro arg vs scg Netherlands vs Cote d’Ivoire  ned vs civ Mexico vs Angola mex vs ang Portugal vs Iran por vs irn Italy vs USA ita vs usa Czech Republic vs Ghana cze vs gha Brazil vs Australia bra vs aus Japan vs Croatia jpn vs cro France vs Korea fra vs kor Togo vs Switzerland tog vs sui Spain vs Tunisia esp vstun Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine ksa vs ukr Ecuador vs Germany ecu vs ger Costa Rica vs Poland crc vs pol Sweden vs England swe vs eng Paraguay vs Trinidad par vs tri Netherlands vs Argentina ned vs arg Cote d’Ivoire vs Serbia & Montenegro civ vs scg Portugal vs Mexico por vs mex Iran vs Angola irn vs ang Czech Republic vs Italy cze vs ita         Ghana vs USA gha vs usa Japan vs Brazil  jpn vs bra Croatia vs Australia cro vs aus Togo vs France tog vs fra Switzerland vs Korea sui vs kor Saudi Arabia vs Spain ksa vs esp Ukrain vs Tunisia ukr vs tun       1) CONTENT PACKAGES These are packages to which a SUB can subscribe to receive exclusive content. SUBCRIPTION CHANNEL VERSION DESCRIPTION SAMPLE MESSAGE BUSINESS RULES 2002 ARCHIVE   Video Various moving images of the 2002 FIFA world cup. Provides up to 5 clips per game. Each video clip is 20 seconds long.   Subscribe Worldcup Subscriber sends SMS message with acceptable format as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 5 bookmarks of the videos requested. Each bookmark would have a brief text description of the video content Subscribers choose to download clips by clicking the bookmark(s) received. These links remain active for up to 3 months. Size of each video clip would be between 150 – 300kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). MATCH Video These are moving images of various exciting moments during the match. Each video clip is 20 seconds long. There are up to 12 clips per game. The videos would include; goals, red cards, near misses, dribbles etc. BrazilGermany Video Subscriber sends SMS message with acceptable format as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 12 bookmarks of the videos requested as they are made available during the game Each bookmark would have a brief text description of the video content Subscribers choose to download clips by clicking the bookmark(s) received. These links remain active for up to 3 months. Size of each video clip would be between 150 – 300kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). Picture These are still images of exciting moments during a match. BrazilGermany picture Subscriber composes SMS messages with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 12 bookmarks of exciting moments during the match. Subscribers choose to download pictures by clicking the bookmark(s) received. These links remain active for up to 3 months. Size of each picture would be between 10kb – 50kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). Text This content version would comprise of real time information on each of the matches of the World Cup BrazilGermany Text Subscriber composes SMS messages with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 5 SMS messages containing match highlights during the game. After receiving the 5th message, subscriber will receive a message telling them to re-subscribe if they want additional messages for the chosen game. COUNTRY Video These are moving images of various exciting moments of a particular country. The videos would include; goals, red cards, near misses, dribbles etc. England video Subscriber composes SMS message with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 12 bookmarks of the videos requested. Each bookmark would have a brief text description of the video content Subscribers choose to download the received video clips by activating the bookmark(s) received. Size of each video clip would be between 150 – 300kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). After receiving the 12th download link, subscriber will receive a message telling them to re-subscribe if they want additional download links for that country. Picture These are still images of exciting moments of a selected country England picture Subscriber composes SMS messages with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 12 bookmarks of exciting moments of the selected country Subscriber chooses to download all or some of the bookmark received. Each bookmark would have a brief description of the picture content. Size of each picture would be between 10kb – 50kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). After receiving the 12th download link, subscriber will receive a message telling them to re-subscribe if they want additional download links for that country. Text This content version would comprise of real time information on each of the participating countries of the world cup. England Subscriber composes SMS messages with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives latest information on the country. After receiving the 5th message, subscriber will receive a message telling them to resubscribe if they want additional messages for the chosen game. PLAYER – List of players would be sent on or before the 20th of May 2006 Video These are moving images of various exciting moments of selected stars. The videos would include; goals, red cards, near misses, dribbles etc. Ronaldinho video Subscriber composes SMS message with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 12 bookmarks of the videos requested. Each bookmark would have a brief text description of the video content Subscribers choose to download the received video clips by activating the bookmark(s) received. Size of each video clip would be between 150 – 300kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). After receiving the 12th download link, subscriber will receive a message telling them to resubscribe if they want additional download links for that player.   Picture These are still images of exciting moments of a selected individual. Ronaldinho picture Subscriber composes SMS messages with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 35050 Subscriber is billed N100 for message sent. Subscriber receives up to 12 bookmarks of exciting moments of the selected individual Subscriber chooses to download all or some of the bookmark received. Each bookmark would have a brief description of the picture content. Size of each picture would be between 10kb – 50kb. The download process would be billed at regular GPRS rate (70k per second). After receiving the 12th download link, subscriber will receive a message telling them to resubscribe if they want additional download links for that player. Text This content version would comprise of real time information on a selected individual. Ronaldinho news Subscriber composes SMS messages with acceptable message as specified under “sample message” to shortcode number 2006 Subscriber is billed N50 for message sent. Subscriber receives latest information on the individual. After receiving the 5th message, subscriber will receive a message telling them to re-subscribe if they want additional messages for the chosen player. back to top ] 2. PREDICT & WIN PROMO This involves the subscribers being able to predict the outcomes of daily matches with the chance to win prizes. There are 3 variants of the Predict and Win Promo with each variant receiving major attention during different phases of the competition to maintain excitement. The variants are: Predict match winner: Predict Tournament winner: Predict MVP Variant Attention Phase PRIZES HOW TO PLAY Predict match winner 1ST Round 10 winners per match will emerge daily and the prizes to be won includes: Football, Umbrella, =N=1,500-recharge card, mono-strap bag and T-Shirts. Text your prediction for any match with your name and location to ‘2006’. Eg, “Brazil beat Ghana, Tunde Giwa, Iyanu-Ipaja, Lagos.” Predict Tournament winner Round of 16 10 People win N50,000 Send your prediction for overall champion with the keyword Champion to shortcode ‘2006’. Eg, “Champions Germany,  Emeka Ibrahim, Port-Harcourt” Predict MVP Final Stages (qtr, semi and final) 10 People win N50,000 Send your prediction for tournament MVP with keyword MVP to shortcode ‘2006’. E.g. MVP Ronaldo,  John Emmanuel, Kano” How to Redeem your prize: Prizes for all correct prediction will be redeemed at MTN Service centres/connect stores nearest to you. For the Match winner predictions, the competition works as follows: Subs text in their predictions for each match before the start of the match on a daily basis.  At the end of each match, Mtech will run electronic draws and select 10 winners per match which will be forwarded to MTN   The winners will then be contacted by MTN and arrangements are made to give them their prizes. Mtech will ensure winners names will be scrolled on the TV the next day, before the day’s match, at half time, and after the match..  Their will be different prizes to be won at different stages of the competition. The following table outlines the competition stages and the prices, and how to play.  The fixtures for the first game will start being communicated on all the programs in the run-up to the tournament kick-off in order build momentum. This would be bolstered by MTN sending out a bulk messages to its subscriber base informing them about daily match fixtures and reminding them to predict. Price/cost: N50 Shortcode: 2006 The action parties in this initiative are MTN and MTech MTN shall do the following: Send Message blasts to subscribers telling them about the Predict and Win Promotion and also directing them to MTN wbsite where they will see other content packeges Put Daily fixtures and invitation to predict winners in USSD message back. Get the prizes to the winners. MTech shall do the following: Create an intelligent follow-on SMS ad inviting subs who participate in predict and Win to try out the World Cup content e.g if a subscriber predicts that Brazil will win a game, we send the sub a follow –on text saying “Hi, wanna get video clips and pics of Brazil’s exciting moments in 2006 World Cup? Text Brazil Video to 35050 to subscribe (N100)”. Design a website where information on World Cup download/contents will be accessed. Liaise with MTN technical unit in advertising daily match fixtures on USSD message in order to tie in the Predict and Win initiative with the World Cup Content. Provide logs of daily winners and ensure scrolling on TV after clearance form MTN daily. [ back to top ]           3) SMS-TV The service affords subscribers the opportunity to send SMS from their mobile phones to shortcode 2006 either expressing their passions and opinions or sending greetings to loved ones. The sent messages will be scrolled on TV. The service will be available during all the highlight and preview programs for the World Cup as well as during the match programs (but not during actual live matches)  of the tournament. The service has been structured to be as easy as possible. It works as follows: • Subscribers will send a text message to the advertised shortcode with the keyword (‘’TV). E.g. “TV Zidane is the best” is typed and sent to shortcode number 2006 with the keyword ‘TV’. • The SMS message is filtered to remove inappropriate language (swearing etc) as well politically motivated texts (e.g “OBJ for 3rd Term”) • The text message is displayed/scrolled on TV   Price/cost: N50   Shortcode: 2006 The scrolling band on the screen for SMS-TV will also be used to prompt subscribers to participate in the Predict and Win Competition for the next set of games as well as to announce the winners for the previous day. [ back to top ]