Through highly reliable sources, we are communicated that China Mobile is in serious talks with two telecom operators of Pakistan for acquiring them, especially Warid Telecom. In a recent development China Mobile has reportedly pitched Warid Telecom for acquiring its operations with management control. Inside sources from Warid, requesting anonymity have confirmed us that Warid posted a face value of US 2.5 Billion dollars for [...]

ZONG has announced its entry into the “Postpaid” market following a huge increase in its prepaid subscribers’ base across the country. A number of customized postpaid packages are on offer, to suit the vastly varied needs of individuals, large corporate entities and small businesses. The key features of the ZONG Postpaid include same airtime rates for both on-net & off-net besides keeping the rates competitive [...]

ZONG has announced ‘Keh Do Message Contest’ for all of its customers. Challenge is that you need so send maximum number of Keh Do Messages with-in a month to win On-Net Free Minutes. Zong on its website says “ZONG assures transparency & impartiality in the contest and gives equal opportunity to ALL to participate & win. The website shows weekly updates for Top 10 customers [...]

Zong has revamped its color tone for their website in Red Color to celebrate the Valentine’s Day. So let’s join hands with Zong – forget the grieves and spread the love : – ) Djuice is bring special gifts and iPods on Valentine’s Day -  for details click here [Thanks Owais] Ufone has come up with special services, for details click here Warid users check [...]

Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan, Federal Minister for Investment applauded China Mobile’s role for investing more than any other Chinese company in Pakistan; during his visit to Zong’s head office in Islamabad today, as reported by Geo TV. Mr. Luo Zhaohui, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan accompanied the Minister during his visit, said the report. Mr. Waqar Ahmed Khan was updated with China Mobile’s plans for investing [...]

Zong has once again knocked down competition by bringing in lowest tariffed 30 second billing package. This latest package offers 65 paisas per 30 seconds on all networks round the clock. Call Rates Voice: All networks in Pakistan: 65 paisa/30 SMS: All networks in Pakistan: Rs. 1/SMS MMS: All networks in Pakistan: Rs. 3/MMS GPRS: Rs. 15/MB Unlimited GPRS: Rs. 400/month Unlimited SMS: Rs. 3/day [...]

We know that activating and then setting up GPRS on you handset remains a tedious job for many customers. ZONG has taken customer care a notch higher by allowing subscribers the facility to use internet on their existing GPRS enabled mobile handsets without having to set new internet settings. This latest value add from ZONG allows its subscribers to use mobile internet with any settings [...]

The Ministry of Interior took serious note of the threatening letters to leading cellular phone companies in Pakistan and formed a strategy to provide a foolproof security to the companies. The Ministry issued a directive to all concerned law enforcement agencies to make a comprehensive security arrangement of the leading cell phone companies to create a sense of security among foreign investors. Law enforcement agencies [...]

Zong has enhanced its FREE PACKAGE, and allowed unlimited free calling on unlimited (on-net) numbers. You just need to Pay Rs. 1 per day per added number. For example, if you want to call 2 Zong numbers for free (During Nights) then you will be deducted Rs. 2 per day (Please correct me if I am wrong here) We know that Zong had an Package, [...]

As I have discussed in my previous articles about the importance of customer retention, better, late than never, Zong has reacted intelligently and launched Dormant Subscribers promo couple of weeks back. This promo comprises of recharge-based incentives, in which if dormant customer will recharge Rs.100 on its dormant connection since 1st September 2008 will get Rs.100 free minutes and 100 SMS and if subsequently continues [...]

We know that Mobilink and Telenor had increased helpline call’s rates (which are now Rs. 1.21 including tax per call), following them now Zong and Ufone have increased help line call rates too. Now all calls made on helpline will be charged Rs. 1.21 per call (including taxes) on all networks, except Warid. We are sure warid will follow the trend in a day or [...]

We know that PTA in collaboration with cellular companies, had been working to takeout all pre-active SIMs from market in order to decrease sale of illegal SIMs. Today, ‘The News’ while citing PTA’s spokesman has reported that no pre-activated SIM would be sold after January 31st. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and cellular companies are almost done with planning to introduce ‘inactive SIMs’ in the [...]

Check out this Interesting New Year AD by Zong (Published in Daily Jang) Bijli bachaon ga, ager ho gi tau (will save electricity, if there is any) Pooray saal aik he sim chalaon ga (will use only one sim throughout the year) Make a resolution of making a resolution this year Will not bore my boss with old excuses No lying to my wife Will [...]

We started a survey, asking our readers about which cellular company has the best customer care service, including Helpline, Customer Support Center and complaint resolution via Email. Survey was started on December 2nd, 2008. A reader could select only one company, while our system allowed a reader to participate in polls only once (with unique IP address and cookies enabled). Total of 2,160 readers participated [...]

Pakistan ended November 2008 with 90.41 million mobile phone users decreasing by 0.1 percent compared with 90.51 million in October 2008, according to figures from Pakistan Telecom Authority. Mobilink remains the market leader with 30.06 million customers, despite losing 827,000 customers during November, followed by Ufone with 19.1 million. Telenor was in third place with 18.88 million subscribers, followed by Warid with 16.66 million subscribers. [...]