Mobilink reported steady third quarter with Rs. 25.5 billion in total revenues for third quarter of ongoing fiscal year, up from Rs. 24.45 billion during same duration last year demoing a growth of mere 4 percent, said the financial release issued by its holding company VimpelCom yesterday. Mobilink said that steady growth in revenues is due to service suspension at two major occasions by the [...]

Exactly like we told you, Waseela Microfinance Bank has now announced the commercial launch of its branchless banking in Pakistan in partnership with Mobilink. This announcement follows the approval by the State Bank of Pakistan for Waseela Bank to launch Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in Pakistan. Mobilink sales channels are told that commercial operations will start from November 19th, 2012. In a statement issued by [...]

Mobilink has confirmed that its parent company, Orascom Telecom, has outsourced its network, including the design, purchase, deployment, and maintenance of next-generation mobile network equipment and supporting services, for the next 5 years to Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent. The country was divided into 3 regions out of which 2 have been awarded to the Chinese equipment maker Huawei and 1 is assigned to French vendor Alcatel-Lucent. [...]

State Bank of Pakistan has given the required approvals to Waseela Bank, a subsidy of Orascom Telecom and sister concern of Mobilink, for the pilot launch of Mobile Financial Services in Pakistan, we have confirmed with sources. Mobile Financial Services license from SBP was issued yesterday and now Mobilink is all set to launch the services before December 2012, or in last week of November [...]

Mobilink is offering this amazing call plan for variety of calls offered at extremely low rates. If availed, with Mobilink Re. 1 offer, you can: Make Call to Mobilink numbers: Re.1+Tax / Hour Make Call to other local networks: Re.1+Tax / Min Make International calls to USA, Canada & UK (Landline): Re.1+Tax / Min How to Avail Re 1 Offer: Dial *267# (one-time fee: Rs.5+Tax), [...]

Jazba has announced winners of ‘Game Banao Gey’, a one of a kind mobile game development competition where game developers could submit their super-slick mobile game, and get a chance to win CASH and other fabulous prizes. The innovative drive was launched in collaboration with We R Play. Abdul Aleem Akhund was as declared the winner of the competition who will receive prize money of [...]

As October is marked as Pink Ribbon Month, Mobilink in collaboration with Pink Ribbon Campaign has highlighted its support for ‘Pinktober – the Breast Cancer Awareness Month’, by turning the Pakistan Monument pink with lighting effects. This initiative is in accordance with international support for ‘Pinktober’, which has seen famous monuments such as the Pyramids (Egypt) and the Merlion (Singapore) also turned pink to create [...]

Egyptian telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom Holding, that holds 49 percent stakes in Mobilink, has said that it will change its name to Global Telecom Holding before the end of 2012. Orascom, in a statement issued yesterday, said that the decision was taken in a board of directors meeting that will be presented to shareholder assemblies expected to convene next month. Statement said that the decision [...]

Growth in number of subscribers and Average Revenue per User (ARPU) are indicators of how fast telecom revenues are growing in a market relative to subscribers. In Pakistan, like most emerging markets, the subscriber base grew exponentially however the revenues of telecom operators didn’t go up in same proportion. Keep reading to know why! Pakistan’s telecom market, in past 4-5 years at least, is largely [...]

Mobilink has delivered over 120 tons of food and water supplies to the Pakistan Navy as flood relief for over 14,000 flood victims in Balochistan, in a ceremony presided over by Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Rear Admiral Zafar Abbasi, Commander (Coast), Pakistan Navy. The effort in Balochistan is the second phase of Mobilink’s flood relief initiative for 2012, [...]

Mobilink and UNICEF have joined hands to launch Global Handwashing Day across Pakistan. The initiative was launched at a local school, with participation by representatives of the Federal Ministry for Climate Change, UNICEF and Mobilink Torchbearers. Global Handwashing Day is a broad-based initiative to spreadhand wash hygiene-awareness, educate children on the proper technique of handwashing as well as reaffirm a commitment to proper hygiene. UNICEF [...]

Mobilink has announced a new offer named Number 1 Offer, which will allow its customers to avail 150 on-net Minutes, 150 All-Network SMS and 150 MB Internet per day at a fixed daily charge of Rs. 9.99 plus tax per day. Free minutes/SMS/Mobile Internet can be used between 12am-7pm only. Mobilink said that this offer is available on Jazz 24 Ghanta Package. Offer Details: Daily [...]

Mobilink, in continuation of its efforts to reach out to flood affected areas across Pakistan, has partnered with the Pakistan Navy to provide relief to flood victims in Balochistan. This effort follows Mobilink’s initial phase of flood relief activation that had reached thousands of victims in Southern Punjab, the. Mobilink’s initial flood relief activity, organized in September, had focused on victims in the vicinity of [...]

Police has raided a Mobilink office in Sargodha after getting tipped, allegedly from a franchisee, and has recovered a dump of pre-activated SIMs from the building, told us sources in the market. According to sources, due to a rift between Mobilink and Franchisees over recent commissioning restructuring, an annoyed franchisee tipped the police with the information about stock of pre-activated SIMs stored in Mobilink office. [...]

Mobilink has snatched Sohaib Mustafa from Telenor Pakistan for its Public Relation and CSR functions, we have confirmed with sources. Sohaib had been working for Telenor Pakistan’s PR department for last five years to manage media relations. Sohaib Mustafa brings expertise with him in communications strategy, corporate media strategy and execution, crisis communications, media training, conventional and digital media relations. Telenor Pakistan, which is long [...]