Zong Mobile newspaper service is an MMS based service that allows customers to receive/retrieve the newspaper on their mobile phones. This service allows customers to browse through news and keep them mobile when they are on the go. The newspaper comprises of five different segments including headlines, news, sports, business news and entertainment. Zong Mobile Newspaper comes in both daily and monthly subscriptions and you [...]

Keepin up the tradition, Cellular companies have introduced Ramadan Alerts Service this year, as well. Now you can have Sehar, Iftar and Prayer timings right in your inbox via SMS. Warid Ramadan Alerts: Warid has introduced Ramadan alerts service which will enable you to receive Sehar, Iftar and Namaz timings via SMS. Not only these alerts but you can also get daily Ayats, Hadiths, Duas, [...]

Zong invites you to develop application on Facebook, promote it at Zong’s platform and win prizes. A Sony Cyber Shot Camera will be provided to that app which manages to get maximum likes. So you do not need to be a professional developer to make an app here. All you have to do is to register at Zong App Creator Page and make your own [...]

Zong held its “Mid Year Business Conference” in Islamabad. ZONG has shown outstanding progress and steady growth in the past six months and the team vowed to continue such progress during the remaining part of the year and in the future. Picture shows ZONG’s CEO Fan Yunjun along with its core team in a group photo.

Ali Raza Mehdi, former VP HR and admin of Mobilink, is joining Zong to head it’s human resource department, we have confirmed with sources. Ali Raza Mehdi will replace Zaheer Baig – who recently resigned from his position to join National Bank of Pakistan. Industry sources revealed that Mr. Mehdi is confirmed to take charge this Monday. It is unclear at the moment if Ali [...]

By Khizra Zaheer (from Karachi) Streaming of social media was started for connecting people and businesses with their customers, all over the world. Things took up pace in Pakistan too and our cellular companies couldn’t hide from its bewitchment effect. Initially, back in the day, telecom sector used print, TVCs and billboards to advertise their products, but in this globalization epoch all cellular companies are [...]

Zong has signed an MoU with ISIC Association represented by Alive Asia in Pakistan for providing exclusive telecom services to all International Student Identity Card (ISIC) holders in Pakistan. The MoU was signed during a press conference today at a local hotel in Lahore. The International Student Identity Card (ISIC) is the only globally recognized student identity card which is exclusively endorsed by UNESCO (United [...]

Websites have become the window of any business. In western countries, businesses use websites as their sales agent, while we don’t – due to lack of ecommerce infrastructure and other related limitations (which we may discuss some later time). Businesses in Pakistan use their websites to promote their products, services and to interact with their customers through online support channels and dedicated FAQ pages. Over [...]

After receiving an overwhelming response to its unique 100 pay 100 offer, Zong has decided to re-launch the offer for its customers. With 100 pay 100 offer, Zong rewards its prepaid customers by doubling the balance every time they re-charge it by Rs. 100 or more denomination scratch cards / mini load. Zong’s subscribers had shown immense appreciation for the offer when it was launched [...]

They say competition is healthy. It is on the wave of this intense competition amongst the telecom operators that we, lesser mortals, are riding on – sometimes pretty much for free. But my dear, there is no such thing as a free lunch. With the plethora of offers, comes the tension of making sure that you make the right decision. To make the right choice, [...]

Zong has achieved the milestone of 10 million subscribers, while adding highest number of subscribers to its network in ongoing fiscal year and year-to-date intervals. According to stats issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Zong crossed 10 million subscribers mark in April 2011, while its market share for subscribers reached 9.58 percent of the overall cellular base. Official stats said that Zong successfully added 3.31 million [...]

For the first time in the history of Pakistan, Zong, in collaboration with Adamjee Life Assurance Co Ltd. has introduced an insurance plan that can be activated, managed and claimed through mobile phones. An unexpected misfortune may hit anyone at anytime, thus insurance is a necessity but owing to the painstaking and lengthy process it was restricted to just a handful of people. Zong which [...]

According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s latest stats for cellular subscribers, there were 107,886,440 mobile phone subscribers in Pakistan at the end of April 2011. This translated into 64.8 percent teledensity for cellular users in the country. Zong topped the charts in previous two months by adding more than 1.2 million subscribers in March and April 2011. With this Zong crossed a milestone of 10 million [...]