Etisalat mobile customers rush for high school results over SMS

Subscription to this service has crossed 39, 282. Graduating students as well as their families have utilized this service to be informed of their results as soon as they are announced. This service has been launched by Etisalat in association with the Ministry of Education.

High School Results service allows the subscribed customer to receive notification of the results of their examination as soon as they are officially announced by the Ministry of Education. Customers can access more detailed results over eW@P. The service is powered by Emircom.

Mohammed Al Fahim, Executive Vice President- Marketing, Etisalat, said: 'This service has been popular right since it was first launched few years ago. We are realty glad to be close to our customer at what is normally a time of anxiety. We are proud of our technology that adds so much value to the lives of all our customers. We wish all students all the very best.'

To subscribe to the SMS service, students have to send an SMS containing their Student Examination ID to short code 1111. Etisalat will then send a message to confirm the Student ID and Mobile number information is correct, and the mobile user then confirms the details. Completing the registration enables users to receive their results on the registered mobile immediately after the official announcement by the Ministry.

Students and their families can also view the details of their examination results on EW@P. Students can subscribe to EW@P or (GPRS) by calling 122 for Wasel customers and 125 for postpaid GSM customers. For further information on the service, mobile users can call Etisalat Contact Center at 101. When logging on to the service on the EW@P/ GPRS, students need to enter their examination seat number and they will immediately be given access to details of their results.

Last year, 42,000 mobile users registered to receive High School Results by SMS notification, while the total number of students was less than 30,000. Within 20 minutes of the results being released by the Ministry, all registered users received the SMS notification. This year, Etisalat has renewed its commitment to the local community by offering attractive rates of 50 fils per SMS. Registration is open from June 15 until the announcement of results and requires only two short messages.