When Telcordia Technologies, a vendor of back-end software for wireless and fixed-line networks, sold its software to several cellphone companies in Pakistan years ago, “just as it has done in 14 other countries,” it never dreamed that would be a roadblock to future. Today, millions of Indian cellphone would like to use the services of the...
Now by porting your current number to the Ufone network you can obtain unlimited SMS to any network for three months and up to 1000 on-net minutes absolutely free! The first free 3000 sms will be available upon activation of SIM, the next 3000 free SMS will be available the next month, after consumption of at least Rs.50 worth of balance other than...
In recent months, particularly after October 2009, trend of availing Mobile Number Portability service has increased by large – mainly due to aggressive MNP campaigns by cellular companies and increased awareness of Mobile Number Portability amongst the masses. As we know that cellular companies are not investing further to expand their coverage,...
Mobile Number Portability, or MNP as we all know it, allows a mobile phone user to switch to a new operator (recipient) and avail its services while still retaining his old-operator (donor) number. Number portability is always a state/regulatory-body implementation which keeps accord among the network operators participating in it. In Pakistan, all...
Pakistan was the first country in South Asia to implement Mobile Number Portability (MNP), back in March 2007 within a record time period of two years. Pakistan Mobile Number Portability Database (Guarantee) Limited (PMD) was established by the six cellular mobile operators to act as a centralized clearing house for Mobile Number Portability. The porting...
While s competitors have taken back their SMS bundle offer, just before Eid-ul-Azha, Zong showed its commitment by maintaining SMS Packages. The Picture Shows a Zong outlet being approached by huge number of customers to avail MNP and then SMS packages. By the way, with Zong you can avail 500 SMS + 50 MMS for a Rs. 3.99 Per day Subscription Simply...
Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. has always kept ‘The customer convenience factor’ at top thus always bringing the greatest and the newest to introduce in the market. With an ambition to facilitate the other network users who want to switch their network to Warid – a very simple and easy way for number port-in has been introduced through website ...
While the telecom industry shifts its attention towards acquiring customers from other networks, Zong has drawn first blood by coming up with a biggest ever MNP campaign that not only explains exactly what MNP means but also has given potential customers multiple reasons to shift to Zong. This campaign is bold, yet simple, explanation of the MNP concept...
Guest Post by Haseeb Ch While reading some interesting articles on ProPakistani last week about the Paisa and VAS War at peak in the Cellular companies’, I came across some very interesting Competition campaigns which starting gearing up earlier this month. Reportedly, Telenor Pakistan has initiated this campaign in far flung but populous cities...
Pakistan is first South Asian country to launch Mobile Number Portability. It was successfully launched and PTA has regularized it well, but some discrepancies become declining factors of MNP in the Pakistan. Some are as follow: Call Connectivity: MNP is somewhat like Ufone’s new ad where patient is having every disease. The common complaints communicated...
As the headline clearly says, it’s a rumor… hence no official confirmations are there about this offer from Ufone. But we are told by reliable sources that Ufone will start giving Rs. 500 handsets to those who will port-in to Ufone from other networks through Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Speculations are that this Rs. 500 handset is going to...
Mobile Number Portability was introduced in Pakistan on March 23rd, 2007. It’s been almost 15 months, and the fact is that I had just forgotten its existence in our country. Needless to say that I never thought of switching over to another network, despite my carrier overcharges me almost every month. I don’t want to re-cover the whole story of...
