Archive for the ‘Telecoms’ Category

Pakistan bans obscene words from text messages

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has released a list of words that should be banned from text messages in Pakistan In another move to curb the freedom of Pakistani citizens, the telecommunication regulatory authority in Pakistan has banned over a thousand words from being transmitted in text messages. Spokeswoman for Telenor Pakistan stated that telecom providers received [...]

Ufone CEO gets ACA Award

The venerated ‘Asia Communication Awards (ACA)’ committee has nominated Mr. Abdul Aziz CEO & President Ufone for the CEO of the Year Award 2011. The ACA recognise the achievements of Asian telecom companies and individuals responsible for the innovations, achievements and great new services that are helping to build tomorrows industry. Mr. Abdul Aziz’s nomination [...]

Mobilink reports 8.5% increase in revenue

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) has posted growth in revenues, EBITDA as well as subscriber base for the year 2010 as compared to 2009. According to the Full Year Earnings Release issued by OTH, for the year ending December 2010, Mobilink has registered 8.7% growth in [...]

Mobilink Jazz brings chance to win One Crore

Mobilink, Pakistan’s Market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding has launched Mobilink Jazz Super SMS Khazana contest following the successful conclusion of the first round titled “Jazz SMS Khazana”. Promising , more and bigger cash prizes, this is a trivia- based contest with  a bumper prize of Rs One Crore at [...]

Mobilink investment to cross $3.5bn in 2010

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding has announced investment plans for the year 2010 bringing the total investment made by the company in Pakistan to over $3.5 billion. The telecom giant has earmarked more than $250 million for the year 2010 for enhancement of existing infrastructure and further [...]

Telenor EasyPaisa needs strong supervision

While PTA and State Bank of Pakistan are busy making a policy on mobile phone banking, the already launched mobile banking services are unable to follow any proper rules and regulation thus causing confusion for customers in Pakistan.

Mobilink Infinity Introduces Web Hosting and Business Email Services

Mobilink Infinity Web Hosting service is based on clustered load-balanced servers and enables powerful hosting for customers. It removes single-point of failures and ensures reliability. Packages from Basic to Enterprise levels are being offered under this service with unparalleled storage space and flexible price structures.

Mobilink recognized for Marketing Excellence

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, has been recognized for Marketing Excellence by the Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP). The MAP Marketing Excellence Award for 2009 has been conferred upon Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice President Marketing Mobilink for outstanding Performance in the field of Marketing & Management, and [...]

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