Manya garners the most votes for the month of October 2015
David Lutalo’s“Manya” single grew in popularity with 10,964new downloads in October to win the MTN CallerTune of the Month award for the second time. The same songgarnered 6,692uniquedownloads to win the prize for the most downloaded MTN CallerTune for the month ofSeptemberin the on-going MTN CallerTunez Online awardsinitiative.
“We are pleased to once again reward David Lutalo for his great song Manya that has become a household tune to MTN customers andmusic lovers across Uganda. Manya has truly grown into a massive tune on our CallerTunez portal from 6,692 new downloads in September to 10,964 new downloadsin October.It’s exciting to note that our customers appreciate Ugandan music and are consuming it in innovative ways like through MTN CallerTunez,” said MTN’s Chief Marketing Officer,Ms. Mapula Bodibe.
David Lutalo becomes the first artiste to win MTN CallerTune of the month for two consecutive months. He will get UGX. 2.5M from MTN Uganda as an appreciation for his efforts. Rema Namakula was the first winner of the MTN CallerTunez Award in the inaugural month of August with her song Muchuzi.
“It’s a blessing that I have once again won the MTN CallerTune of the Month in the ongoing MTN CRBT online awards. I am grateful to MTN Uganda for creating the awards which are clearly improving and extending our music’s reach. CallerTunez offer Artistes with a revenue generating alternative more so now when there is no copyright laws implementation and our CD sales continue to decrease.” Remarked David Lutalo.
To participate in the CallerTunez online awards, customers simply need to dial *170*2#and download a CallerTune of their choice at only UGX. 550 per month. Lucky customers that participate in downloading CallerTunezstand a chance to win up to UGX 1,000,000 and Huawei devices every month.
On his part, Korubare Fulugyensiyo, a resident of Isingiro and winner of MTN CallerTunez customer of the month of October commented, “I am very happy to have wona Huawei Tablet but happier that MTN Uganda always promises and delivers. I call upon all customers to take part in the MTN CallerTunez Online awards by downloading a tune of their choice. They may be the next winners.”
MTN continues with its vision of delivering a bold new digital world by innovating through initiatives like CallerTunez online awards. For artistes, CallerTunez are fast becoming an alternative business model, complementing other revenue streams and for customers it’san affordable way of entertaining themselves while supporting their own.
“The awards are to appreciate the artistes who produce the music and the customers who consume the music. I encourage all our customers to download a CallerTune of their choice”, concluded Ms. Mapula.
MTN CallerTunez Factsheet
MTN CallerTunez is a service which allows a mobile subscriber to personalize the conventional ring-back tone that the calling party will hear while waiting for the called party to accept the call.
MTN has made it possible for the subscriber to personalize this tone with interesting content including music, personal recordings and other sound clips of the customers’ choice. Types of CallerTunez include music, comedy skits, sounds and sound bites.
MTN launched the CallerTunez service in April 2010 and is currently subscribedbyover 1,400,000 customers.
To subscribe to MTN CallerTunez;
- SMS the word Jointo 170 or dial *170*1# or visit mtn.co.ug/callertunez for details.
To download MTN CallerTunez;
- SMS the word Tuneand the code of the callertune to 170
e.g. to download the Nkola Byafayo by Bebe Cool, please SMS Tune
5024479 to 170 or dial *170*2# and the follow the prompts.
For further information, please dial *170#, visit www.mtn.co.ug/callertunezfor more on MTN CallerTunez or call our Customer Care helpline on 100 for To participate in the MTN CallerTunez online awards, customers simply need to dial *170*2# and follow the prompts to download a caller tuneof choice at only shs.550.
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