WaridTel Launched Friend Finder
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Waridtel launched another Location Based Service that is truly first of its kind and will enable you to find the real time location of your friends, family members, children and/or your employees.To locate your friends with SMS
1. Just write “Find <0321XXXXXXX> and sms to 141 e.g if your friend have number 0321-1122222 you will send sms like this “Find 03211122222″ to 141
2. User-B will receive an SMS requesting to permit or deny User-A’s request
3. User-A will receive User-B’s response to request
4. User-A will then get location of User-B through SMS if approved otherwise a denial message will be sent
How do I locate a friend through MMS?
To Locate a Friend via MMS:
1. 1. User-A sends SMS to 141 by writing FINDMMS e.g
“Find032XXXXXXXX>
2. User-B will receive an SMS requesting to permit or deny User-A request
3. User-A will receive User-B’s response to request
4. User-A will get location of User-B through MMS* if approved or a denial message if not
*MMS settings and activations require
Additional features which you can use in the Friend Finder Service?
| SMS command | Description |
| Find<space><NUMBER> | Locate a user with specified number. The default response format is “Location of friend” [nickname/number] is: [place name], distance [distance] km” |
| Find<space><NUMBER><space>MMS | Locate a user with a specified number through MMS |
| Find<space><NICKNAME><space>MMS | Locate a user with specified nickname and to request the reply in MMS format |
| ADD<space><NUMBER> | Adds a friend with specified number |
| ADD<space><NUMBER><space><NICKNAME> | Adds a friend’s number with a specified nickname |
| Find<space><NICKNAME> | Locate a user with specified nickname |
| BLK<space><NUMBER> | Blocks a friend with the specified Number |
| BLK<space><NICKNAME> | Blocks a friend with the specified nickname |
| DEL<space><NUMBER> | Deletes a friend with the specified number from friends list |
| DEL<space><NICKNAME> | Deletes a friend with the specified nickname from friends list |
| HELPF | Provides user with a Help message for the service |
| HIDE | Hides the user so that none of his/her friends can locate him/her |
| LIST | Provides a list of friends |
| LIST<space>BLK | Provides a list of friends who have blocked this user |
| LIST<space>ALLOW | Provides a list of friends who have given the user permission to locate themselves |
| LIST<space>ASK | Provides a list of friends who require asking for permission to be located |
Service Charges for Friend’s Location Finder via SMS
For each request of finding Friend’s Location, Rs.3 + tax will be charged. On successful receiving the requested location of place, Rs.3 + tax will be deducted from your account.
Service Charges for Place Finder via MMS
For each request of finding Friend’s Location, Rs.3 + tax will be charged. On successful receiving of location of place, MMS retrieval charges, i.e. Rs.3 + tax will be deducted from your account.
* Service will not find you friend’s location if his/her mobile phone is switched off
You will need WAP/GPRS activated and settings installed on your handset to access through WAP
*To locate via MMS, you will need to have your MMS activated and settings installed on your handset.
* Maps service is currently available to subscribers in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi & Peshawar only
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This is just a money earning tactic by the WaridTel Pakistan. If the permission of the user B is required for user A to get exact location of the user B why he should not make a telephone call to his friend and ask him straight where you are right now? or simply send him a message asking for his location.
The 2nd strange fact is that Service will not find you friend’s location if his/her mobile phone is switched off and even then you will be charged for the service.