اسے اردو میں پڑھیے As anticipated, Zong, in collaboration with Askari Bank, has today officially announced the commercial launch of its mobile financial services called “Time Pey”. Timepey users will be able to pay utility bills, transfer money to specified recipients anywhere in the country, deposit and withdraw cash and carry out account transfers. Zong claims that user convenience has been kept as the foremost [...]

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے Zong has announced the winners of its Carnama offer, said a statement issued by the firm. Through this offer the telecom giant has rewarded 5 fortunate subscribers with brand new Honda Civic cars and 40 subscribers with motorbikes. Names of the winners were selected by conducting a lucky draw which was carried out by CEO Mr. Fan Yunjun accompanied by CCO [...]

Zong and Huawei Pakistan have established a state-of-the-art GSM laboratory and training centre at National University of Science and Technology (NUST) to liaison with the telecom industry’s needs by creating a bridge between the academia and the corporate world. With the expertise of China Mobile Pakistan and Huawei’s investment of US$ 1.3 million in hardware, the GSM laboratory will be providing exposure and hands-on experience [...]

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے Zong has turned around life of an individual by awarding him the prize money of Rs. 10 million under its Karoron ka 10 Offer. The campaign launched recently was open for all prepaid subscribers of ZONG and anyone spending Rs. 10 plus tax daily on their ZONG connections for minimum 5 days continuously, automatically became eligible for the lucky draw. This [...]

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے Head of Mobile Financial Services at Zong, Mr. Ali Raza Shah, has resigned just ahead of commercial launch of branchless banking that the company is planning in first week of December, we have confirmed with sources. When asked the spokesperson of Zong, he denied any such development, however, ProPakistani got multiple confirmations on the information. Resignation of Mr. Ali Raza Shah [...]

State Bank of Pakistan has issued branchless banking license to Zong and Askari Bank this Friday, told us an official from Zong. Zong in collaboration with Askari Bank will be launching a complete branchless banking solution including wide spectrum of services like mobile account, money transfers, utility bill payment etc. Zong and Askari entered into a pilot project on 22nd May’2012 which went under SPB [...]

Zong has announced this new offer through which customer can enjoy FREE subscription to Dial Tune (RBT). The service is absolutely free for one complete month.   Customers wishing to avail this service just have to type “MENU” and send it to 6251 in order to get the list of popular dial tunes. Then select dial tune by replying the number against each tune mentioned [...]

Zong has introduced this new offer through which subscribers can make calls to all ZONG numbers from 6AM to 6PM daily for next 30 days, if they recharge their account with Rs. 100 in a single go. So all you have to do is to buy a new Zong SIM, or port-in your current number to Zong and recharge Rs. 100 to start availing this [...]

Zong yesterday announced its CAR-Nama offer, under which it will be giving away 5 new Honda Civic cars and 40 motorbikes through a lucky draw to its customers. To be eligible for the prize all that one needs to do is to consume a minimum balance of Rs 200 plus tax till November 25, 2012. First 5 customers picked via lucky draw for the final [...]

Zong has announced a discount offer of 25 percent on International Calls made to Saudi Arabia and UAE, that comes with a daily charge of Rs. 2.22 plus tax per day. With Zong’s International Call offer, all Zong prepaid and postpaid customers can make International Calls to Saudi Arabia and UAE for Rs. 2.22 per 15 seconds (or Rs. 8.88 per minute). As mentioned above, [...]

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 [...]

Zong has appointed Mr. Farooq Niaz as new Manager for its Public Relations and CSR function, a position that was vacated by Aamir Pasha when he had joined Ufone. Mr. Farooq Niaz brings with him over 9 years of experience in electronic media, printing, public relations, corporate communications and event management. Niaz has previously worked for several local and multinational organizations including Standard Chartered Bank, [...]

Back in May 2008, just after the launch, the first thing that Zong made an impression with was with a talky ad. In fact the very first dialogue of Zong’s launch TVC was: Yaar aik baat tu batayain… Yeh naach naach kay hi mobile connections bechna kyun zarori hay? If you can’t recall, let’s have a look at Zong’s first TVC, which earned huge reputation [...]

Zong has received more MNP customers than any other cellular operator in last three reported months with 483,239 mobile phone subscribers porting-in to Zong from June to August 2012, reported Pakistan Telecommunication Authority in its recent most MNP stats. MNP or Mobile Number Portability is a facility through which mobile phone subscribers are allowed to change their network while retaining their numbers. Mobilink received 278,874 [...]

Zong has announced to increase call charges for helpline calls from September 21st, 2012. After the said date all calls made to helpline number (310) will be charged at Rs. 2.38 (including taxes) per call. A note published on Zong website reads: Dear customer! To enhance your experience of accessing our services, charges for calling our helpline 310 are being revised to Rs. 2+tax per [...]