Mobilink, the country’s market leader in cellular communication services and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, has announced its complete support and participation in the upcoming nationwide campaign against Polio. This support activity will include a public service SMS broadcast to inform more than 7 million subscribers in 48 high-risk districts across Pakistan, about the need to vaccinate their children ahead of the upcoming polio round. [...]

Mobilink presented a sum of Rs. 500,000/- generated through a special Pakistan Day fund, to the family of Mehdi Hassan Khan sahib, a true living legend in Pakistan. The King of Ghazal is convalescing after recovering from an ailment recently. The legendary superstar has been hospitalized since 13 Feb 2009 due to illness and old age. On the occasion of Pakistan Day on March 23, [...]

Mobilink proved its mettle on the cricket field by defeating Ufone convincingly by 35 runs in the Aligarh 20Twenty Cricket Tournament held in Lahore recently. Batting first, Mobilink cricketers rattled up a breezy knock of 206 runs in the allotted 20 overs with Hamad and Haider, two swashbuckling players, notching up 86 and 43 runs, respectively. The two talented cricketers batted with aggression scoring runs [...]

Mobilink today announced the launch of the latest blockbuster of 2009 “Fast and the Furious-4” in collaboration with Box Office, Pakistan’s leading distributor of international movies. Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice President Marketing, Mobilink Pakistan stated, “Recreational avenues are known to have a positive impact on social health. Keeping this in mind, Mobilink started a series of quality movie releases almost three years ago and has [...]

Jazz now offers all its new customers (including customers porting in from other networks) the chance to accumulate up to 1000 Free Minutes + 1000 Free SMS’s. Now, all eligible Jazz users can start accumulating these free minutes & SMS’s from the moment they start recharging their SIM. Every recharge rupee will entitle you to 1 extra free minute + 1 extra free SMS, which [...]

Mobilink may lose, this time Tariq Durrani, Regional Commercial Director for central region (Lahore), who will reportedly join Zong as Head of Sales and Distribution, told us sources familiar with the situation. Zong has not issued any notification yet for the appointment of Mr. Durrani, but our sources have confirmed us that high-ups at Zong have confirmed his slot as head of Sales and distribution. [...]

With Mobilink Indigo (Postpaid), customers can now enjoy absolutely free SMS while travelling abroad. This is for sure a tread for Indigo Customers. For Complete Tariff Details Download this Excel Sheet

Mobilink expands its International Roaming Coverage for prepaid users in Kazakistan and Maldives – with partner networks Kar-Tel in Kazakhstan and Wataniya in Maldives. Jazz Load, Jazz Share, Balance Inquiry (*111#) and Balance Charging through USSD (*123*14DigitCode# and press YES) is going to work at all international roaming destinations. However, Mobilink advises its customers to carry sufficient balance in order to avail service. Recommended balance [...]

Feeling the heat in postpaid market, Mobilink has introduced new Packages. First look give an impression that Rs. 100 Line Rent Package called “Hundred” will remain the hot seller with 20 paisas per SMS offer with it. Important Information Existing customers have automatically been upgraded with the new rates, package name transformations are as follows: Freedom-2              to       ‘i one hundred’ Freedom-3              to       ‘i four hundred’ [...]

Mobilink has apparently taken back Unlimited Daily SMS Package last night around 8 PM. Our readers started reporting that they are unable to get on board with this Package. When users subscribe to their SMS Package by sending *101*01*03#, the system respond with “the number you have entered is invalid” Just confirmed from CSR, and she said that Package has been dicontinued. Official Page also [...]

We are informed just a while ago by top level sources in Mobilink that Mr. Jahanzeb Taj is appointed as Vice President Sales at Mobilink by replacing Mr. Irfan Akram, who will be heading Customer Services now. Mustafa Peracha, who was VP Customer Services, has been given the portfolio of BBU (Broadband Unit), which was previously under Naeem Zamindar. Sources further confirmed that Naeem Zamindar [...]

Recently announced annual report of Orascom for year 2008 reveals that Mobilink closed the year with revenues of US$ 1,208 million and EBITDA of US$ 492 million. Report says that In local currency terms revenues in 2008 were up 12% reaching PKR 86 billion while EBITDA reached PKR 29.5 billion, up 2.5% over 2007. The decline in price per minute coupled with the depreciation of [...]

There is this strong rumor in the market that Mobilink is considering the option to roll back its Scratch cards of Denomination Rs.100 and Rs.300. The Reason for this rollback is the extensive pressure from the Mobilink Franchises across Pakistan upon the administration to take this service back. Franchises are exerting pressure due to the low percentage in the Scratch Cards. Our readers may know [...]

Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) has reported a 76 drop in full-year net profit to US$431 million, after one-off gains a year ago were stripped out. Excluding the one-offs, which had included the sale of its operations in Indonesia and Iraq, the firm posted a 7 percent rise in its full-year results. Full-year revenues rose by 13% to US$5.33 billion while net debt stood at US$5.1 [...]

Mobilink’s pollen service is a unique seasonal offering for people suffering from hay-fever or pollen/spring allergies. The best way to avoid allergies is to avoid allergens like pollen grains, which increase manifold during the Spring seasons of both Islamabad & Lahore. With Mobilink’s Pollen Services, getting the pollen air-suspension count & tips on how to avoid it are as easy as sending a simple SMS. [...]