HOW OUR MOBILE PHONE REALLY WORKS

Have you ever known anyone to ponder on how we manage to seamlessly communicate with others on our mobile phone? And other people do not seem to understand the wireless connection and a proper two-way conversation. Well, this might be a weird thing to ask or ponder on. But it is an abiding question at the back of the mind of many. Also, we do not have to necessarily assume this to be merely a technological wonder. We can actually get to know how this connection come about.

mobile phoneFor one, VTpass, as an online payment platform, leverages on this seamless connection to provide the best of service for her customers. So that just by logging on to vtpass.com, you can get your daily services. You are looking to buy airtime and data, pay electricity bills and cable tv subscriptions? Then vtpass.com will work just fine for you. So, coming to our phone and the endless calls we seem to always make and receive. Not just that, we can even get information on the Internet, play game, watch TV and integrate other devices into our phones. How does it all really work?

Now, the mobile phone is a radio, a sort-of higher grade radio. But a radio still.radio,phonee

In fact, when the cell phones were not available, people with means could install radio telephones in their cars. But then, there was one central antenna tower per city, and perhaps 25 channels available on that tower. What this meant was that meant that the phone in your car needed a powerful transmitter — big enough to transmit through a long distance. It also meant there just were not enough channels to go round for everybody. Only a few people could use the radio-telephone.

The innovation of the cellular system laid in the division of cities into small cells. This meant extensive frequency reuse across a city so that millions of people can use cell phones simultaneously.

phone,vtpassA walkie-talkie kind of works in the same way. So, understanding the walkie-talkie will lead to an understanding of the cell phone. But of course, the cell phone works in a more complex way.

Now, the walkie-talkie is a half-duplex device. That is, two people communicating on a walkie-talkie use the same frequency, so only one person can talk at a time. On the other hand, a cell phone is a full-duplex device. That means that you use one frequency for talking and a second, separate frequency for listening. Both people on the call can talk at once.

And then, a walkie-talkie typically has one channel. A typical cell phone can communicate on 1,664 channels or more. Also, while walkie-talkie can transmit about 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) using a 0.25-watt transmitter.Cell phones operate within cells, not transmitters, and they can switch cells as they move around. Cells give mobile phones incredible range. Someone using a cell phone can drive hundreds of miles and maintain a conversation the entire time because of the cellular approach.

phone,vtpassHence, the mobile or cell phones basically use cells to operate. The carrier chops up the city into cells. Cells are normally thought of as hexagons on a big hexagonal grid, like this. Basically, these are what we call masts

What further aids the cell connection is the use of low power transmitters. This allows for the same frequencies to be reused in nonadjacent cells. Each cell has about 56 voice channels available. In other words, in any cell, 56 people can be talking on their cell phone at one time. Analog cellular systems are considered first-generation mobile technology, or 1G. With digital transmission methods (2G), the number of available channels increases. And the increment has only continued with time.

Another thing you need to know is that all cell phones have special codes associated with them. These codes help identify the phone, the phone’s owner and the service provider. So these codes are responsible in some way for how calls are regulated by carriers.

phoneSo yes, there is a whole lot of story when it comes to how cell phones work. But you would have discovered from all indications that the cell phone we have in your hands or home is one wonderful device. And its usefulness cannot be overemphasized. Also, we cannot afford to take all the connection we have access to for granted. To keep connected, you are to regularly renew your airtime and data.

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And this is by all means very easy. All you need to do is to log on to vtpass.com. Hence, you can pay for your MTN, 9MOBILE, AIRTEL, GLO airtime and data services. And what’s more, Vtpass offers one a very convenient means of paying these bills in just three steps.

LOG ON TO WWW.VTPASS.COM

SELECT SERVICE

PAY

Also, pay your electricity bills, DSTV, STARTIMES, GOTV cable TV subscriptions. Indeed, technology has made everything so much easier; VTpass has made technology a messenger. And now, there is no stopping or slowing down for you.

SMALL BUSINESSES CAN ACTUALLY EXPAND THROUGH VTPASS

Fair enough, starting a business can be quite challenging. Due to the initial stress of gathering capital and selling out their brands, small businesses usually have challenging beginnings. But something else can be more challenging than this. And that is expanding a small business. What makes this challenging is the very idea of moving. Expanding would mean restructuring the entire system of a small business. And really, not many business owners can take this risk.

And to say the truth, this risk might not be worth taking. But there is a way you can actually expand your business without running the risk of closing it down.

And this is through the VTpass Happy Earner Program.

HAPPY EARNER PROGRAM

money,vtpassEarn easy by partnering with us.
Join the VTPass.com Happy Earner Program and earn money online.
We have provided all the tools and resources you need to earn a commision with VTpass

There are 4 easy ways to Earn.

Join our Affiliate Programme

glo,easyshare, shareDo you have a website? Earn Happy by placing our affiliate banners on your website.
You can also share our affiliate links or embed our links in your Blog posts.

You get a commission on whatever was paid for through your affiliate links.

Get started today.

Set up in simple steps

1. Activate the affiliate feature
2. Generate an affiliate banner code
3. Place on your website and watch your earnings grow.

Then you can monitor, track progress and make changes to boost your earnings.

Place our Widgets on Your website

Through our widget, people can pay for services directly on our website.

Embed the VTpass Happy Earners widget on your website and earn commissions on purchases made through the widget.

You can place on your website sidebar and you can also create a page for it.

Step:
1. Activate the widget feature
2. Generate a widget code
3. Place on your website (sidebar or page).

Promote the buy page on your website.

Seat and watch your earnings grow.

Become a Terminal Agent

Don’t have a website? No need to worry.

Become a terminal agent and resell our services in your area.

You can still earn on VTpass by activating the Terminal agent feature.

Suitable if you have a shop, a student or in locations where there are physical customers.

You deliver services to your customers and they pay you cash.

Sell VTpass services to your customers from your location and earn a commission for every purchase.

Step:
1. Activate the terminal agent feature
2. Top up your VTpass wallet for easy payment
3. Market your services in your location and start earning

Refer a Friend

Simply share your referral link with your Friends & Family.

Earn a commission on any purchases they make for the next 30 days.

THE BUSINESS MIND

business,Ray Kroc,vtpassYou would want to know how to flick over to this great opportunity. But before that, you might want to hear the story of Ray Kroc, the McDonald’s fast food king. This Ray Kroc expanded a single McDonald in San Bernardino, California to a multi fast food chain. The very no. 1 all through the world.

In fact, there would no need talking about McDonald’s or what it means. But we should want to know how Ray Kroc engineered this to fruition. Well, there is one word to describe his business success. And that word is clairvoyance. What this means is that Kroc had the ability to foresee the potential in a small business. He could see a great opportunity and intuitively recognise it. Simply put, Ray Kroc had a business mind.

Every business he invested in was a product of his acute intuition. At first, he was just a hardworking salesperson for Lily Tulip Cup Co. Then he saw the opportunity in a five-spindled milk shake-mixing machine called a Multimixer. He gained the exclusive right to sell this milk shaker. Although this was not yielding much, he pushed hard. Then, finally, he saw the small hamburger stand in San Bernardino, California. Despite the small beginning of this store, Kroc saw an opportunity again and grabbed it. And now, his name is forever entrenched in history.

Evidently, VTpass Happy Earner Program grants small business owners a grand business opportunity to grow big. A business mind would read in between the lines and grab this great opportunity. Be that business mind today by following through with VTpass Happy Earner Program.

How to Start

1. Register on the website, vtpass.com

2. Log in to your account

3. Visit the earnings page/partner with us.

FIVE NEW REALITIES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

Daniel Newman, a principal analyst and a digital expert, talked about the happening digital transformation in one of his articles. And in this article, he went on to mention some trends that must characterise the digital world. And that too in the year 2017.  So, he talked about expecting more of adaptability and top-notch user, customer experience brands.

Also, he advocated for the “Fail fast, succeed faster” mentality. Literally, this is his way of talking about the proactive innovations that will pervade the year. These proactive digital innovations will open the way to being able to work and do things from anywhere and at any time. In the long run, Newman’s model for the year 2017 is this:

An organization that can change both its technology and its culture rapidly

Agile, adaptable and designed to thrive long into the future where change is the only constant.

But the question now is has Newman’s model materialised over the months this year? Rather than give a conclusive answer, you would like to check up on vtpass.com to see for yourself. The adaptability, user-friendly nature of this online payment platform is on par with Newman’s model.

And there are more.

NEW REALITIES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency has been in the jig for a very long time now. But it seems to only have very recently garnered a wide interest in all spheres. And even in the most remote part of the world. This is because it has stepped on just the right buttons in the digital world. The transparency, workability, and adaptability of Bitcoin, for instance, has made it a wild card. Right now, Bitcoin as a digital currency is competing on the same level with physical currencies. If not, on a higher level.

Driverless

At a point, people thought it was impossible to have a driverless car. But just this year, a lot of driverless innovations have emerged. Ford is one of the powerful forces when it comes to the invention of driverless cars. This innovation meant to make life easier has Uber and Google incorporated this as one of their goals . And in fact, these driverless cars are slowly emerging out of the works to be a new reality

Bad-ass iPhones

It is no news that Apple has released its new line phones- iPhone 8 and iPhone X. The exquisite features on these devices are relatable to Newman’s words. Presently, these iPhones are rocking the world.

VTPASS

newman stated a point that was really punchy. According to him, “digital transformation isn’t only about technology. It’s about bringing together the power of technology with a culture that embraces the change.” And believe it, Vtpass, as an online payment platform has arisen to this task- merging dynamism with technology. In responding to the needs of people across the country, it has now been made possible to make bills anywhere and anytime. You can now pay your electricity bills, phone airtimes, cable tv subscriptions, data subscriptions and much more in 3 easy steps. All you need do is log on to vtpass.com, select your service and pay. It’s as easy.

Inevitably, this puts this service as one of the new digital trends that is in not time bound to break barriers.

THE “WHAT IFs” YOU MIGHT NEVER FIND ANSWERS TO

Let us play a what-if game

Think farther than wherever you are. And ask yourself,

What if there was only darkness in the world, nothing else? How would it feel to grope in the dark, looking for something? Maybe even trying to reach and hold the hands of a lover or simply see a face. But not being able to because there is no light, only darkness. Maybe in some distant past, darkness was something familiar, something you could sleep with. However, it would seem like it is a bit hard to imagine darkness now. Most of all, not with the advent of electricity and its accompanying merits- TV experience, lit chandeliers on and on. Better still, due to the oncoming of electricity distribution companies, good electricity has come to stay in Nigeria, and the darkness has been made to stay out in the dark.

So you would agree that there ain’t no reason you should ever want to imagine darkness. Not for one minute. But what if things happen and for whatever reason, you are not able to get electricity. Talk of the unavailability of time to pay the bills. Or the far distance of the outlets or just maybe it’s a weekend, an off day for everyone.

whatWell, with vtpass.com, you can have all the light you need at any time and from anywhere. Just so you know, vtpass.com is an online payment platform where you can pay and buy your everyday services. You can get your 9mobile, MTN, AIRTEL, GLO phone airtime and data subscriptions. You can as well as renew your DSTV, GOTV and STARTIMES cable TV subscriptions and electricity bills.

But do you think there is nothing as good as paying physically? Good thought. But what if the rain is splattering outside and you urgently need to get airtime to make an emergent call? What if you are having an exam the next day, you don’t know the venue but you can’t bear to stand up? What if your data finishes just when you are streaming a football match? Or your favourite sit-com. What if you are having a TV time with your girlfriend and the decoder stops in the middle of a thrilling movie?

There are certain “what-ifs” you might never find answers to. But with vtpass.com, you are sure to always get answers and solutions to your immediate problems. Log on to vtpass.com now to pay for your phone airtime, data and tv subscriptions as well as electricity bills.

With VTpass.com just a click away, there will be not a single what-if to answer for.

Social media: Growing your business by staying connected

Owning a business has become quite a trendy thing these days. In the past, it was convenient enough for people to sit behind desks and earn salaries. But this is no longer the case. Everyone wants to become their own boss. The shift to entrepreneurship by most people has prompted one motivation- growth.

Indeed, beyond owning a business, managing and growing that business is of more importance. Subsequently, many entrepreneurs without the skills to grow their business soon watch their businesses drown. Again, other people think it takes quite a lot to expand so they just choose to remain small. Well no, it takes less than you think to grow a business. Actually, it takes you to know and do just one thing.

Connect.

What does this mean? Let’s paint a case scenario. Before then, you would like to know about VTpass. VTpass is an online payment platform that allows you to pay for your electricity bills, cable tv subscriptions, phone airtimes and data subscriptions etc. with ease and speed. Ok? Now, you probably might not have known about this, but now you know. And by all means, you would need this service one day and use it.

So, if you were paying any close attention, you would know that what just happened now was marketing. Right? But no, there was no human marketer or vendor that walked up to you to say, “Hey, here is VTpass.” Rather, you clicked up right up here to see this. Because somehow it came off as something you liked to check out. Hence, much more than marketing, what happened up there was connecting.

To grow a business, you should always want to connect with your target customers on all levels. Those who could use your services are out there. But if they do not know about what you can offer them, there is no way about it. Getting them to know about what you do should not just be by advertorials and jingles. This makes people feel you are trying to sell something to them. And people don’t show interest in anything that is trying to get itself sold.

So, what you should rather be doing as a business person is interacting and connecting with the mass of people out there. The several social media platforms available have made this quite possible and convenient to do this. Consequently, you can grow your business just by paying attention to social media marketing. Here are a few basics you should know about it.

BASICS OF SOCIAL MARKETING

It’s basically what you already know

Social media marketing is nothing over the top. In fact, it is something you are well familiar with. If you are on Twitter or Whatsapp or Instagram, then you already are familiar with what social media marketing. Essentially, there is no difference except this is on a larger, more purposed scale.

What social media do for your business

Social networking helps you interact with and build a relationship with customers and non-customers. In fact, a whole community can be created online. It helps your customers and the wanna-be customers reach you directly and easily. Just as you can communicate with them virtually. Now that you know this, what you have to do is select the potential platforms you want to work with. And if you do not have time on your hands, you can hire a social media marketer. Also, be clear about the service you want to promote. Then every now and then, take note of your progress through performance metres.

The bottom line is discovery: Aim to be discovered as a brand

As social media has the ability to make things go viral, you should target your participation towards a purpose. And that is to be discovered by the appropriate audience. This should mean that you should not just post or engage people randomly. You should make posts that shed light on your services. Also, target an audience. Social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn help you easily do this.

Don’t be the only one conversing

When using social media to promote your business, try as much as possible to engage your audience. Do not be the only posting. Draw your visitors into several conversations. Also, get them to comment on your products and services. This way, you get to know your level of performance and aim for betterment.

Set a culture and familiar tone

When you hear MTN, what comes to mind is yellow, a lot of smiles and the motto, everywhere you go. Same goes for VTpass. We have our motto colours as blue and red. And our slogan is Payment at your convenience. Because this is what we essentially do. We make it easier and convenient to make payments for phone airtimes, data subscriptions, cable tv subscriptions and electricity bills.

Now taking a cue from this, you can as well give your brand an identity. This you can do by repeating a slogan or theme colour or logo description, phrase. Anything that makes people identify and remember what you do easily.

Platforms

Of course, there are various platforms through which you can get on social media marketing. For example, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook are popular social media platforms. But we also have Yelp, Foursquare, Blogs, Whatsapp, YouTube, LinkedIn etc. Just make sure to use those avenues that are popular with your target audience as well as serve your own purpose well.

To cut the long story short, your participation on the global front also determine how far your business will go. You would need a lot of vtpass.com for this to get your head in the game. VTpass allows you to get all the data and airtime and electricity you need at the quickest time possible. Just log on to vtpass.com now to stay connected and grow your business.

A TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS FROM VTPASS

5th of October looks quite like every normal day. Time is still as busy as ever and life, well, it still goes on alright. But today isn’t anything like any other day. Today is Teacher’s day. Almost everyone who has had to face the wrath of a teacher for not doing an assignment will know the immense significance of this day. Teachers are the muscles of knowledge and innovation. They have served as the cornerstones of the great minds and geniuses we have now.

VTpass, as an online payment platform, offers a digital service by making it easier and quicker for you to pay for your phone airtime, cable tv subscription, data subscription and electricity bills. So, in this regard, we understand just what it means to serve an audience and satisfy them adequately. Just like teachers, the very satisfaction of our customers is our utmost concern. To get admitted to the payment platform that always serves and satisfies, simply log on to vtpass.com.

So, the enormous importance of teachers cannot be overemphasized. And VTpass, in recognising this importance, celebrates our teachers on this day. We say thank you to each and every loyal teacher who has served the society by breeding powerful minds and hearts that go on to become great ambassadors and propagators of groundbreaking ideas. Consequently, we will go on to feature some of the quotes made by celebrated people about teachers and their immense impacts on them.

 WORDS MADE BY GREAT PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS

  1. teacI am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well- Alexander the Great
  2. teacher,,vtpassLet us remember: One pen, one book, one child and one teacher can change the world- Malala Yousafzai
  3. teacher,vtpassI know I wouldn’t be where I am today without my fourth-grade teacher, Mrs Duncan- Oprah Winfrey.
  4. teacher,vtpassis the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy and creative expression and knowledge- Albert Einstein
  5. teacher, stevie wonder, vtpassMama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness- Stevie Wonder
  6. teacher, joyce meyer, vtpassTeachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges- Joyce Meyer
  7. teacher, bill gates, vtpassTechnology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important… If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school- Bill Gates
  8. aristotle, vtpass, teacherThe one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching- Aristotle
  9. teacher, maxwell, vtpassA world of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life- John Maxwell
  10. teacher, obama, vtpassloved the law school classroom: the stripped-down nature of it, the high-wire act of standing in front of a room at the beginning of each class with just blackboard and chalk, the students taking measure of me, some intent or apprehensive, others demonstrative in their boredom, the tension broken by my first question — “What’s this case about?” — and the hands tentatively rising, the initial responses and me pushing back against whatever arguments surfaced- Barrack Obama.

VTPASS OFFERS YOU A TRAILING SERVICE

teacher, teacher's dayWell, there you have it, the landmark words said by mindblowing people about their teachers, or about themselves, if they were teachers. Really, it becomes evident that teachers are life-changers and they constantly make indelible marks on the shores of history. This is what vtpass.com prides itself in doing- changing lives, serving generations and leaving indelible marks on the footprint of time.

By logging on to vtpass.com, you can, from anywhere and at any time, pay for your 9mobile, MTN, GLO, Airtel airtimes and data subscriptions. You can as well pay for your electricity bills and constantly renew your DSTV, GOTV and STARTIMES cable TV subscription. The convenience, speed, and user-friendly support that comes with making payment for your everyday services through vtpass.com is immense.

Indeed, Jeff Bezos was right when he said, “The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you, it just works”. Well, by logging on to vtpass.com, and letting us help you pay your bills, this is exactly what you will get.

INTERNET BROADBAND AND HOW IT WORKS

If you were the regular office guy or babe who has to stare at a laptop 24/7 and go global right from your small cubicle or closet at work, then you would already realise that you cannot, no, you must not rely on just any data provider to get vital work stuff done. There are various ways to buy data to keep your laptop plugged into the rest of the world and work more effectively. And one of these ways is through the many available internet broadband options.

Whatever the case, getting a good data connection and staying tuned has been made easier to access through the fast leading online payment platform, vtpass.com. At vtpass.com, you can easily make payments for your phone airtimes, data subscriptions, electricity bills, cable TV subscriptions. And subsequently, you can pay for your Broadband services.

When it comes to the internet connection, broadband is used to refer to speedy internet access that stays on at any point you want it to. It is also faster than the other conventional ways of accessing the net. In Nigeria, internet broadband has not always been much of an option until the recent past. But right now, Nigeria is one of the leading nations in Africa to which the superfast 4G LTE Broadband has been introduced. Despite still being a nestling sector in telecommunications, there are quite a few good companies who provide the 4G LTE Broadband services in Nigeria. And who are they? That’s what you are about to find out.

LISTS OF TOP 4G LTE BROADBAND PROVIDERS IN NIGERIA

SMILE COMMUNICATIONS NIGERIA

smile,broadband,vtpassDespite being a newcomer in offering broadband services, Smiles has become one of the three biggest contenders in the market. More than that, they offer the widest range of internet coverage. Starting from Oyo state and then moving to Lagos state, Smiles has grown at quite an admirable rate.

Recently, Smiles has partnered with Samsung to produce the first 4G LTE complaint Smartphone in Nigeria. Not just that, the portability of their broadband options and its affordability for all have made many say they are indeed the first 4G LTE service provider in Nigeria.

SWIFT NETWORK LIMITED

spectranet,broadband,vtpassThis is yet another very fast broadband service provider. They also have the advantage of being one of the first internet service providers in Nigeria. This is so because they commenced their operations in 2002. Usually, their service stations are very much accessible. Also, they have several unlimited data plans that are readily available. The one disadvantage to this network is that they are based mainly in Lagos and its availability.

SPECTRANET

spectranet,vtpassThe list will not be complete without the mention of Spectranet. They are one of the abiding internet service providers in Nigeria. And they operate at the seats of economic growth and expansion- Lagos and Abuja. Spectranet operates in the same manner as Swift.

At the core of all these broadband services is vtpass.com. Visiting vtpass.com grants you guaranteed ease and swiftness in paying for and buying such services as MTN, GLO, 9MOBILE, AIRTEL airtimes and data subscriptions as well as your electricity bills, DSTV, STARTIMES, GOTV subscriptions and so much more. And this can be done in three easy steps- LOG ON TO WWW.VTPASS.COM, SELECT YOUR SERVICE AND PAY.

Visit vtpass.com now for an easy route to convenience.