The war is on amongst telecommunication giants and once again sending very strong signals to those new companies wishing to join the industry to better come with very attractive packages or risk being pushed out before starting.

Uganda now has five telecom operators and more are yet to come. MTN, UTL, Zain, Warid and Orange are currently up and serving the country of about 31Mn people. Early this year MTN launched its mobile money transfer (Mobile Money Transfer Now in Uganda) within the country where by users could send money to any mobile phone in the country. In less than six months Zain has retaliated with even a bigger version which they say is more than money transfer because one will be able to send money not only in Uganda but to East Africa.

The service dubbed Zap can be used to pay bills and pay for goods and services, withdraw money from one's bank account and also send airtime to any Zain phone in East Africa among others. However as Zain was launching the Zap, MTN in partnership with Google and Grameen foundation were launching the Google SMS.(Google Launches SMS Service in Uganda).

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Google in partnership with MTN Uganda and other companies have launched a Short Message Service (SMS) to improve the flow of information to those with no access to the internet. The mobile phone will be handy in this service.

6001: SMS Tips which can be accessed by sending a message to 6001 will return with Health tips and Agricultural tips, weather plus details of a clinic near your location.

6006: Google SMS Search returns with horoscope information, stock quotes, flights and currency converter among others.

6007: Google Trader is what was most interesting. With this you can sell and buy using your mobile phone. The aim of this will be to find what you need to buy or what you want to sell. To start using this service you send REGISTER to 6007 and you will be registered after a confirmation message returns.

You can reply to that message with a word SELL if you want to start selling followed by the details of what you want to sale, pricing and contact details to 6007.

For as long as you are a registered you can sell as many items as possible which comply with the law of the land. For details on how to delete or list items and other policies you can visit this link. http://www.google.co.ug/mobile/sms/#6007

Bebe Cool's ex wife Zuena Kirema will soon release a song. Zuena who split with Bebe Cool a few months back has kicked off with her singing career and already in studio recording her first song.

In her words she says "I will release a song soon, I can't promise when, but I will not be a one hit wonder, that I promise, " Zuena said. In the Daily Monitor sqoop Zuena was asked if she intends to take the same trend as her hubby, and sing about their relationship, she responded that "For example, if we get back when my singing career is on the rise, yes I could do something to answer Agenze, like Nkomyewo."

Meanwhile the ex hubbies Hummer is stranded at Saitama port in Japan over parking fees. He cleared all the outstanding dues except for parking from the time of the first deposit todate.