Mobilink extends strategic partnership with Opera

Mobilink, as part of VimpelCom and Opera Software have signed an agreement to extend their partnership as a means to enhance the Mobilink customers’ experience of using the country’s fastest mobile internet. The agreement aims to extend the Opera Software services in VimpelCom operations across the globe.

Mobilink customers through this exclusive partnership will enjoy the fastest mobile internet browsing experience as Opera compresses the data by up to 80%. The extended strategic partnership will offer Mobilink mobile internet customers with a complete internet engagement by offering them with free Facebook Zero, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mobimusic & espncricinfo browsing. 

Farid Ahmad, Vice President Marketing Mobilink commenting on the partnership said, “Mobilink’s mobile internet offers value to the internet experience of over 37 million Pakistanis each day. Our partnership with Opera Software further strengthens our promise of providing ‘A better everyday’ through quality services and empowers our mobile internet users by introducing unlimited opportunities with Opera.” 

Ufone starts Selling Sony Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 smartphones

Ufone starts Selling Sony Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 smartphones. Ufone by keeping its tradition brings two new Sony smartphones in Pakistan called Sony Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1. The Xperia Z Ultra is a 6.4” full HD TRILUMINOUS screen device that is just 6.5 mm thick and offers lots of entertainment. Its weight is just 212 grams.

Ufone is offering this smartphone to customers with a bundle offer including 1 month of free talk-time, SMS and mobile Internet. It contains the price tag of

On the other hand the Sony Xperia Z is a sleek, stylish waterproof and dust proof smartphone .

ZonG Makes Mobile Internet More Pocket-friendly than Ever before

ZonG has taken another step to drive telecom industry growth by introducing city based packages for mobile internet. With this new offer, ZonG customers can subscribe to Mobile internet packages using GPRS at affordable rates. This service has initially been launched in these four cities: Lahore, Sialkot, Gujrat and Daska.

All customers living in these cities can subscribe to either of the two packages: Volume offer or Time offer. Volume offer can simply be activated by dialing *111*1# or by sending SMS ‘VOL’ to 6677 with subscription charges of Re. 1 per day and usage charges of Re. 1 per MB. On the other hand, Time offer can be activated by dialing *111*2# or by sending SMS ‘TIME’ to 6677 with subscription charges of Re. 1 per day and usage charges of Rs. 2 per Hr.

Mobilink and Samsung launch Samsung Galaxy Star Pro in Pakistan

Mobilink and Samsung launch Samsung Galaxy Star Pro in Pakistan. The high quality large screen smart phone comes with exclusive unlimited data package  Mobilink has exclusively partnered with Samsung to launch the android based Samsung Galaxy Star Pro smart phone. The multi-tasking machine will offer an exclusive pre-loaded unlimited data bundle package for Mobilink users for a period of 6 months. 

The Samsung Galaxy Star Pro comes with a vivid large 4-inch display with a high quality screen, leading to premium viewing. It offers the latest Android Jelly Bean operating system, making multitasking faster and managing applications with easy wireless access. Powered by 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM, it gives a faster access to the applications, providing a Real Smartphone experience at an incredibly affordable price. 

Moied Javeed, Director Marketing (Mobile Internet), Mobilink said,

“Mobilink continues to offer its customers the best products and services to provide them with the best communication and data experience. We hope that our customers will make the most out of Mobilink’s unlimited data offer on this powerful smart phone.’’ 

Mobilink customers can simply insert their Mobilink pre-paid SIM in their new Samsung Galaxy Star Pro to avail the data bundle offer. The offer will be valid for a period of 6 months with a fair usage of 2GB. Customers can also dial *110# to remain updated with their remaining data balance. 

Google Pakistan Digital Media Consumer insights

Pakistani users are shifting their Internet into a new gear in 2014, which will be the year mobile Internet overtakes desktop Internet, according to a new survey sponsored by Google.While desktop is dominant with 91 percent owning a PC at home, 45 percent also own a smartphone or tablet. 18 percent cite the latter as their primary device. Mobile devices are gaining momentum: 86 percent use PCs to access the Internet daily, 77 percent use smartphones, 73 percent use feature phones and 59 percent use tablets daily.

This trend follows a decline in the prices of smartphones and tablets, and anticipated launch of 3G services. Internet-capable feature phones are expected to continue to play an important role, too. An additional factor is the unreliability of the electricity supply which is also helping to promote the usage of tablets and smartphones in Pakistan.

“We think 2014 is the year mobile Internet overtakes desktop Internet in Pakistan. Consumers are really starting to embrace smartphones and tablets,” said Tania Aidrus, Manager for Asian Growth Markets, Google Asia Pacific.

These findings come from a survey of over 1,000 Pakistanis by research firm IDC on behalf of Google. The “Pakistan Digital Consumer Study” conducted earlier this quarter took a look at the life of the connected Pakistani consumer.

Pakistani digital consumers are engaging more with the Internet than ever before: of those surveyed, 70 percent spend time daily on the Internet while 60 percent say it is also where they liked to spend most of their personal time. Watching TV (41 percent) and reading the newspaper (24 percent) combined ranked lower than the Internet.

The study revealed that home is the preferred location for Internet access — even for mobile-only users, who prefer to use their home wi-fi connection. The average hours spent on the Internet are 2.25 hours a day on weekdays and 3 hours a day on weekends.

The top three activities in Pakistan both on desktop and mobile Internet are: social media, email and general search. Interestingly, digital Pakistanis like to learn on their smartphones with educational content coming in fourth. Also popular on smartphones are online banking, researching financial services and investment, and bill payments -- pointing to a near future where digitally literate Pakistanis make the Web work for them.

The main challenge of Internet proliferation in Pakistan are the quality and reliability of connectivity -- including poor speed or bandwidth availability, perceived value-for-money, customer service quality, limited choice of plans and frequency of service interruptions. The unreliability of the power supply is also a factor.

With digital Pakistanis living more of their lives online, the main opportunities are related to the economic contribution of the Internet, especially for small-medium businesses, as well as nutritious and local Internet content: education, research, financial services.

There are over 2 billion Internet users today. Throughout the 2000s, the Internet has been defined by developed countries, but it is now being defined by massive, developing countries like Pakistan.

Telenor launches Talkshawk 3 bata 3 Offer

Telenor launches Talkshawk 3 bata 3 Offer. Telenor Pakistan is one of the leading cellular operators in the country. Like other cellular operators the Telenor always comes out with its matchless offers to facilitate its customers. Now Telenor brings a new TalkShawk 3/3 offer for its subscribers to facilitate them with affordable rates of calls SMS and Mobile internet.

The Telenor Talkshawk 3/3 offer is extremely amazing, it lets you enjoy 300 free minutes, 300 Free SMS and 30 MB of mobile internet absolutely free. Moreover this is a hassle free service with no hidden charges. You can avail the benefit of the Talkshawk 3 bata 3 offer not for the few hours or one day, instead you can enjoy the offer for the whole 3 days.

So what are you waiting for hurry up and subscribe for the Talkshawk 3 bata 3 offer for enjoying free calls, SMS and MBs.

How to just subscribe the offer?

In order to subscriber the offer you just need to dial *345*243#

Charges of Subscription?

The charges of subscription are Rs. 30+tax

Validity of the 3/3 offer:

The Talkshawk 3/3 offer is valid for three 3 days after subscription.   

The subscribers will not be able to re-subscribe this offer if they have run out of their free resources.

Note:

The offer is applicable for the users of Talkshawk economy, Talkshawk 24hrs, Talkshawk 75 paisa and Talkshawk value.

Charges of the offer:

The charges of the offer are Rs. 30 + Tax without tax.

Terms and Conditions:

The free minutes are just valid to call Telenor to Telenor numbers only while the SMS can be sent to all local networks.

Offer mechanics and price are subject to change at any time

Telenor Talkshawk reserves the right to withdraw the offer at any time.

To activate this Service Customer needs to dial *345*243#

Activation charges are Rs 30 + tax or Rs 35.8 ( with tax) which will be deducted at the time of activation

Customers can enjoy the offer for 3 calendar days 

The offer is applicable for the 24 Hours of the day

The Telenor Talkshawk 3 bata 3 offer is available on Economy, Talkshawk 24, Talkshawk 75, Value Package

In case subscriber migrates to another price plan, the service will be deactivated

Customers cannot re-subscribe to this service before offer expiry. Customers cannot subscribe to both MBO Daily and this offer at the same time.

Customers can use the free minutes, SMS and MBs in just one day or in 3 days, but the customers can not re-subscribe the offer till its expiry.