Smart Telecom which has been the most generous telecom when it comes to giving data bundles are a ridiculous costs has made a few changes.
The prices didn’t go up but rather the quantity you get has gone down by a lot of megabytes. You will definitely need to adjust your browsing habits, less “nothing” and kitten videos.
Here are the changes to the Daily bundles are;
249shs – 25MB from 50MB
499shs – 120MB from 350 MB
999shs – 500MB from 1.5 GB
Here are the changes to the Weekly bundles are;
1999shs – 120MBs
4999shs – 1 GB
Here are the changes to the Monthly bundles are;
4999shs – 400MBs from 1GB
9999shs – 1 GB from 2GB
The new prices have been posted on Twitter account of Smart Telecom
Vodafone has decided to take on the telecom war in Uganda by introducing cheap unlimited internet bundles and bundling these bundles with a free MiFi, dongle or Indoor router for new users who register purchase unlimited data bundles.
The new unlimited data bundles begin at 149,900/- shilling for a 2 Mbps connection which comes with either an LTE dongle or Free MiFi and 199,000/- for a 6mbps bundle and a juicy 10mbps at 349,000/- which comes with a free Indoor CPE Router. This is among the first internet package that worth the money considering the speeds are really fast. Youtube videos don’t buffer and they usually automatically load at a 1080p quality on when will 3 devices are connected to the mifi router.
These deals are so attractive considering that no initial payments are required to buy the router then pay for the internet bundle like other telecoms are doing. You are basically paying for the unlimited bundle and walking out with a free dongle or router.
Another shocker is how the mifi comes with 2 sim cards that are one number and are connected to the same data package meaning you can decide to plug the sim into your phone and leave the mifi working at your home. This however saw a reduction in connections speeds since the speed cap had to be shared between several devices. The Vodafone website says you get a 2mbps package when you buy the mifi at 149,000/- but users are actually getting the 6 mbps bundle.
Vodafone also has unlimited data bundles that last a day, week and month unlike its competition, for example you can either pay UGX17,900 or UGX69,900 for the daily and weekly unlimited data plans.
Here is a screenshot of Vodafone Uganda’s internet deals
Its not all sweets and candy
The unlimited Internet bundles have speed caps and Fair Usage Policy (FUP) caps meaning you are granted access at the purchased bundle speed for a particular amount of data that is subject to the particular bundle then your speeds are dropped to 256kbps once you exceed the FUP cap.
Product
Download Speed*
Validity
FUP Cap
Price (UGX)
Unlimited 2mbps/ 1day
2mbps
24 hours
1.5GB
17,900
Unlimited 2mbps/ 7days
2mbps
7 days
8GB
69,900
Unlimited 2mbps/30 days
2mbps
30 days
35GB
149,900
Unlimited 6mbps/30 days
6mbps
30 days
50GB
199,900
Unlimited 10mbps/30 days
10mbps
30 days
60GB
349,900
At the end of the day
You are taking home a fast internet connection which comes at a great value.
A new Raspberry Pi dubbed “Raspberry Pi 2” has been announced. The Raspberry Pi is low cost computer that has been meant for use in electronics projects, assisting experiments, and teaching kids how to code.
The new Raspberry Pi 2 comes with twice the amount of ram and improved performance (6 times faster) compared to its predecessor without a change in its price. The new Pi will cost $35. My geeky friends have even more reasons to celebrate since the new Raspberry Pi 2 comes with support for windows 10, something that developers haven’t been able to do properly without use of outdated windows versions.
The new Pi packs 1 GB of RAM, quad-core ARMv7 processor clocked at 900MHz which can be overclocked, 4 USB ports, an Ethernet and HDMI port.This leave us wondering about the possibilities of a $35 computer considering that windows is giving out a free Windows 10 license for the Raspberry Pi through Microsoft’s Windows Developer Program for IoT later this year.
What this means for Africa?
We are generally excited because we have something relatively cheap to use as we build and experiment on computer and electronic projects that developers have found difficult to execute due to financial implications. The Developer community can now focus on the code rather than optimization for performance. Bringing Windows 10 on board will have cheap computer solutions built for rural areas in Africa which will boost ICT
The Pirate Bay has managed to comeback online after after its shut down by Swedish Police 7 weeks ago. A Phoenix has replaced the infamous pirate logo to celebrate the site’s rise from asses.
The Pirate Bay has proved to be quite resistant considering that police authorities were hunting down it’s founders and some of its founders had broken away from the torrent website.
Its is believed that the website runs on multiple virtual hosts from unknown hosts around the world which means that no single server room raid could take down the website.
Torrent users are definitely going to celebrate another ‘win’against the authorities since a Phoenix has risen.
Yes, you read that right. The money bags at Microsoft have splashed a few million dollars into Cyanogen’s research. The motives of these guys is not yet clear but this is most definitely coming to bite the Google boys and their Stock Android in the b#tt.
Surely, there are many ways to get back to your competitor. These guys are being referred to as minority investors who are fueling Cyanogen with a whooping $70 million for the start. This company-Cyanogen Inc. is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars as put by investors. Currently, the boys over at Cyanogen have raised about $100 million through financing and trust me. That’s more than enough money to start a war in the already boiling heat amongst the big names in the Operating System business.
Windows Phones have notably been loosing out on the party between iOS and Android. So they figured out that Cyanogen would probably shake things up with an entirely different strategy…
Reports also suggest that Phones shipped with Cyanogen will most definitely come with Bing and other Microsoft services pre-installed ditching all Google’s apps and services-pretty smart huh?
Okay despite all that, Microsoft is known for being a spendthrift-flashing money in every direction. So, this will not be a guarantee that Cyanogen will grow to ultimate success over night.
OnePlus, the company behind the budget priced monster spec smartphone the OnePlus One has announce that it has been working on a new Rom dubbed “Oxygen OS”.
Oxygen OS whose name was chosen by one of its Forum users will is a move to roll out their own company built operating system after getting issues with Cyanogenmod in India.
OnePlus said more information will be available on 12th February and according to TechCrunch this will not be an official rollout but rather a tease and feature showcase that will result in a future rollout.
This move might result in a better experience for its users who stated in the comments that they care more about performance.
Google announced ‘Send Money in Gmail’ which is a service that enable users send and receive money to anyone straight from their Gmail accounts using the Gmail desktop version.
To send money in Gmail, hover over the attachment paperclip, click the £ icon to attach money to your message, enter the amount you wish to send, and press send. You can also request money in Gmail by hovering over the attachment paperclip and clicking the £ icon to attach the request to a Gmail message.
Users who receive money for the first time are required to set up a Google wallet account where they can link it to their debit cards and bank accounts.
A twitter update today launched new twitter features like Group Direct Messages, Direct mobile capture and sharing.
You can start a private group conversation with up to 20 of your followers in form of group Direct Messages.
Users will now be able to use their mobile phones to record and share videos directly from the Twitter app. I believe this some sort of war against Instagram after the micro-blogging website asked it celebrities to stop sharing Instagram links and post photos directly to Twitter.
The recorded videos can be up to thirty seconds long and the app lets users edit the video within the app.
An iOS update has been pushed and an android update is on its way.
