By RACHNA LAL
Developed by a team of fresh programmers, Telecom Fiji’s MyConnect app on Google’s Playstore has gained quite a lot of recognition.
In less than two months of its release, there has been approximately 400 downloads with 90 per cent being active in the past week.
Telecom Fiji chief executive, Mothilal De Silva, said the major highlight was that the app is now listed in the “Top Free in Android Apps” at 378th position.
He noted this was surely a big achievement as there are hundreds and thousands of apps on Google’s Playstore.
“We released this app to the public on January 3 with a mere Ad widget on the my.connect portal,” Mr De Silva said.
“The app has made it to number 378, which is surely something for an app that has such a relatively small consumer base.
“These apps don’t get listed here because of its massive number of downloads, otherwise we would never made it to the top 1000 perhaps.
“But because of users’ reviews, this ranking states how well the public has accepted the app and have left behind good reviews.”
Being the first
Mr De Silva said being the first of its kind and probably being the first company to bundle their service with a locally-built mobile app, this was a very good achievement.
“And this was from that simple ad on the portal and word of mouth, imagine the numbers when this is marketed properly to the public,” he said.
“This sets us in the eyes of the world and lets them know that we are more than capable of competing with the rest of the world.”
Mr De Silva said the Connect Wifi app has not received any advertising on any platform yet and it can also be a big selling point for their services.
“It would be nice to see some word about this as it makes the experience of the user more pleasant when using our services,” he said.
Telecom Fiji has also introduced a new feature to the Connect Wifi App: “Find your closest hotspot”.
Mr De Silva said this feature pinpoints the current location of the user and gives them a map view of where to find the nearest Connect Wifi hotspot.