The event was attended by the Ufone management who were welcomed by Ms. Shama Khan, Director at SOS Village Islamabad. These activities are a part of wide ranging CSR activities carried out by Ufone for the under-privileged segments of society.

The whole ambience wore a festive look as children enjoyed the special arrangements for them. The colorful gala also provided them with surprise gift bags containing items which would be off use to the children through the year ahead.

Abdul Aziz, President and CEO of Ufone while expressing his thoughts on the occasion said, “The innocent smiles of the children reminded us that they are full of life and that they have full faith in their bright future under the supervision of an organized and professional SOS village management and staff”. “Ufone will stand shoulder to shoulder with SOS to provide full support as a corporate entity that cares for the future of the nation’s children especially the ones that are marginalized”, he added.

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UN Global Compact Pakistan Local Network in collaboration with Lahore Chamber of Commerce, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan and FPCCI, organized the National Global Compact Conference under the theme “Sustaining Best Business Practices” in Lahore recently. To inspire the business community to follow the lead taken by business in the area of sustainability, UNGCP conferred recognition awards on Best Practicing CSR companies.

In view of creative CSR initiatives taken by Ufone as a tool for business sustainability, Ufone’s name was suggested by UNGCP’s Selection Committee for conferment of this Award. The steering committee at UNGCP handpicked Ufone for this award based on the word of mouth generated due to the company’s CSR activities. UN Global Compact is a Project started by the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

On the achievement, Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer, Ufone expressed his delight by praising the efforts, dedication and hard work of his team. He further said that CSR was a growing field and responsible organizations such as Ufone are very conscious of their responsibility towards their stakeholders and the environment they operate in. “With another ‘first’ in Ufone’s cap, we are very proud to be part of this environment friendly organization”, he maintained.

Moazzam Ali Khan, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Ufone emphasized on the importance of a strong CSR platform and said that Ufone’s initiatives were creative, innovative and focused on the masses. He said that areas such as Child health care and environmental sustainability are Ufone’s prime focus along with other educational activities for the under privileged students.Similar Posts:

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Ufone is also supporting Plan’s ongoing early warning systems by disseminating information to communities at risk and responsible organization including local governments. These awareness drives will be compatible with preparedness initiatives once the response is officially triggered in the backdrop of heavy rains.

The campaign contains messages on health and hygiene, child protection, evacuations to safe places and linkages with key stakeholders like district government functionaries, humanitarian organizations, local philanthropists’ etc.

It may be recalled here that during the floods of 2010 and 2011 Ufone provided relief items and survival kits to the flood victims in abundance. This time around, by launching the early flood warning service, the company will venture into a first of its kind awareness drive that will help save millions of lives.

Expressing his views, Abdul Aziz- President & CEO of Ufone said, “As a socially responsible organization Ufone worked hand in hand with government and non-government authorities in 2010 and 2011 in the aftermath of torrential rains and this time around,” he said, “we have proactively engaged our resources for dissemination of flood awareness messages”. He hoped the awareness drive launched by Ufone will bridge the information gap government departments and the flood victims by raising their awareness and saving precious lives.

Established in 1937, Plan International is a development organization, working for lasting improvements in children’s lives especially in developing countries, through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning to their lives. Plan is currently supporting and strengthening disaster preparedness in 7 most vulnerable districts of Pakistan located in South Punjab and Northern & Southern Sindh.

Rashid Javed- Country Director Plan International-Pakistan said “We look forward to joining hands with Ufone in order to respond to the needs of children and communities affected in natural disasters especially in flood prone areas. With this collaboration timely and effective assistance can be provided to affectees with distribution of food and non-food items, based on immediate needs in Southern Punjab and Sindh. The relationship will foster a broader collaboration between Ufone and Plan to help building communities that are resilient to disaster and emergency situations while using the specific skill both partners bring to be able to harmonize Disaster Risk Reduction with use of outreach and technology.  A mass media campaign will be designed to raise awareness of amongst flood prone communities on risk mitigation, early warning mechanisms and accessing timely flood related information.  Realizing that disaster preparedness is a needed investment to mitigate risk and vulnerability of children, youth and communities, both organizations will cement efforts in this regard and also look at strategic stock piling of relief items which could be distributed within hours after an emergency and engaging communities on flood risk reduction measures”

Ufone is an Etisalat Group Company with its presence in all the major cities of Pakistan along with a comprehensive coverage across all major towns, villages and tehsil headquarters of the country. The company employs more than 3,850 people and operates with a network of more than 375 franchises and 22 company-owned customer service centers along with a distribution network of 150,000 outlets nationwide.Similar Posts:

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It is pertinent to mention here that never before has a telecom operator offered such an unexpected gift to its customers and Ufone has raised the bar for other telecom operators.

Salman Wassay Chief Commercial Officer Ufone, in his message said, ’giving away free credit to the entire prepaid customer base of over 23 million people is a practical demonstration of our love for Pakistan. He went on to add, ‘Pakistan had been carved out on map of the world on 27th Ramzan and this time around, Independence Day coincides with the Holy month so it was binding upon the entire Ufone family including our management and customers to welcome this Independence Day the way it deserved.’

Ufone subscribers have shown excitement that the company has doled out such extraordinary gift to avail free minutes for wishing Independence Day. ‘If other business giants in the country emulate the example of Ufone,’said Ahmad Ali a University student, ’we can show to the world that even though we have problems, we are definitely not down and out.Similar Posts:

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Many companies launch promotional campaigns in the month of August to celebrate our independence. However, the best independence day campaign this year, has been launched by Ufone. Being the only telecom operator with Pakistani roots, Ufone celebrates the month with full zeal and zest and urges every Pakistani to raise the national flag with pride and honour. Ufone’s this year’s campaign emphasizes that we should feel proud of our beloved mother land, and its accomplishments. On this day, we should promise ourselves that we will do what is best for our homeland so that it gets a special place in the comity of nations.

Ufone has also decided to celebrate the occasion by sending a free surprise gift to its each and every subscriber. This is the actual spirit in which any independence day should be celebrated. Ufone customers should be proud of this amazing independence day campaign that has been launched by the company to pay homage to our motherland and to anyone who associates himself with it.

I personally think that other companies belonging to any sector in Pakistan should take lesson form this amazing effort and launch similar campaigns that appreciate the piece of land that we live on. Let’s decide today, that we will stand strong as a nation and be very proud to be Pakistanis!

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AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organization and is present in over 110 countries and territories and with over 60,000 members. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world and to get experience and skills that matter today.

International interns from various countries around the globe visited the AIESEC office in Lahore and offered their expertise to Ufone in order to impart knowledge and information about global environmental sustainability amongst the organization’s employees. The project included various in-house seminars which proved to be an excellent way to engage Ufone employees in discussion and make them understand how they could work for the betterment of the environment.

Ufone employees have been trained to act responsibly and to make the world a better place by incorporating environment friendly behavior in their lifestyles, and working towards its improvement and sustainability. The aim was to make the participants understand that firstly they were to create awareness amongst themselves and then teach their friends and families on how to be environmentally responsible and sustainable.

After the completion of the training session, Akbar Khan, Chief Marketing Officer at Ufone said that sustainability enables us to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. We measure our actions through the well-being of interacting economic, environmental and social systems. We want our employees to know that the choices they make have a lasting impact on our world. Understanding that the environmental and economic well-being of our planet is tied together with the choices the society makes every day is the first step to making the right decision to move forward.

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He was addressing the participants of a broadband road show launching ceremony here at a local hotel. The excellence of the modern broadband experience amazed the visitors who had gathered at the launch of 2011 broadband forum of Huawei technologies. Dr Yaseen inaugurated the road show while vice president of Huawei, Middle East region, Leo Xu, and other officials were also present. Different products of Huawei, including 4G modules, 3G mobile phones, 4G tablets, iphones, ipods, smart phones, and small body laptops were on display with Huawei technicians briefing the visitors on various aspects of their products.

On the occasion, the Huawei officials gave presentation to the visitors on the company’s latest modules, fitted in a state-of-the-art van, a part of the road show. Addressing the audience, Dr Yaseen asked the stakeholders to come up with their input to the PTA for devising the national broadband plan.

“Broadband is now a basic need of every citizen a universal service and not a value-added service. The factor deriving this change is personal experience. There is a lot of talk about 3G and 4G (LT) technologies but only those understand the excellence of these modern technologies who experience it on their electronic gadgets. I am amazed to be here at the show and the presentations were excellent,” said Dr Yaseen while addressing the audience at Huawei seminar.

“Though 10 million smart phones are connected to the internet in Pakistan today, but imagine the huge revolution if all these smart phones are connect top 3G broadband,” he added.

Calling for an immediate jump into the 3G spectrum, Dr Yaseen said Pakistani IT industry was ripe for 3G spectrum in year 2006 but due to resistance by stakeholders, this revolution was delayed. “Today, we are adding around 2.5 million subscriptions every month. But I am not satisfied. If we have to get 10 million subscriptions every month, we need to jump into 3G broadband experience,” he added.

On the occasion, Leo Xu announced that Huawei would be embarking on a one-year road show across the region to demonstrate its capabilities in providing advanced end-to-end solutions for mobile and fixed broadband services. The road show opened for a week, as a dedicated team of Huawei executives, experts and technical support staff come together to host an unforgettable broadband experience to key stakeholders and partners in the country.

Broadband is widely regarded as a key indicator of national competitiveness and economic development. According to estimates, a 10 per cent increase in broadband penetration translates into 1.3 per cent GDP growth. With an ongoing commitment to enriching people’s life and enhancing broadband development, Huawei has invested considerable resources and works closely with its partners to bring the most cost-effective, cutting-edge products and solutions to people in Pakistan. The live on-site demonstrations will enable customers to experience new Huawei innovations for wireless including HSPA+, LTE FDD&TDD, Wimax and SingleRAN technologies. As the number of mobile broadband users in particular continues to climb in the country, Huawei believes that subscribers will increasingly look for low tariffs with unlimited high-speed access while operators will require network capabilities that allow them to accommodate the expansion pressures of mobile broadband.

During the road show, Huawei presented case studies of how it’s Single Backbone, SingleFAN & Single Metro solutions can be optimized to address the needs of operators across the region as traffic is increasingly dominated by services such as IPTV, HDTV and teleconferencing.

“Huawei’s Single Strategy approach can help operators improve the capability of service integration, value-chain controlling and profitability. As we work together with our partners to monitor and maintain these networks, we look forward to sharing the benefits of these new technologies with consumers hungry for higher broadband speeds and more relevant value-added services,” added Leo.

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Fund Transfer (FT – sending money to other accounts of the same bank) and Inter Bank Funds Transfer (IBFT – sending money to other accounts of 17 partner member banks of 1LINK) is a revolutionary product and a major milestone achieved for the UPayments portfolio.  For the first time in Pakistan’s history a Telco has offered FT/IBFT services in collaboration with a commercial bank on menu based USSD secured session oriented channel giving liberty to the subscribers to carry out transactions using their existing handsets.

This service enables UPayments active subscribers to transfer funds from their Ufone Handsets using their own HBL account to millions of other HBL accounts or any other member bank accounts listed with 1LINK network across the country. This service can be availed without the internet as users only need to dial *808# from any Ufone handset to access UPayments.

The service not only eliminates the hassle of writing cheques, making demand drafts, reduces the cost of transaction but also eliminates ATM no cash/downtime issues and most importantly the ATM theft cases can be avoided once and for all. Furthermore UPayments FT/IBFT service is available anywhere anytime round-the-clock even on Ufone International Roaming network throughout the world which has over 290 roaming partners.

At present following 17 Banks are listed on 1LINK consortium for FT/IBFT.

1. Allied Bank Limited
2. Askari Bank
3. Bank Al-Falah
4. Bank Al-Habib
5. Bank Islami
6. Bank of Punjab
7. Dawood Islamic Bank
8. Faysal Bank Limited
9. Habib Bank Limited
10. JS Bank
11. KASB
12. NIB Bank
13. Soneri Bank
14. Standard Chartered Bank
15. Summit Bank Limited
16. Tameer Microfinance Bank
17. UBL

The entire concept of FT/IFBT grew by challenging the traditional customer service approach where customers approach the organization. The aim of UPayments FT/IBFT at Ufone is to allow customers to avail services at their preferred time, place and mode. With this initiative customers can be served at any time and place at their own convenience using their own handsets!

Speaking on the occasion Taimur Faiz Cheema, Head of Value Added Services and Mobile Financial Services at Ufone said that our first priority is the convenience and facilitation of our customers. At Ufone it’s all about our valued customers and our team strives to keep up with the new age needs of our customers. The team at Ufone has worked together with HBL to provide UPayments ensuring that the customer enjoys complete security and control. By virtue of this service Ufone is determined to build a lasting relationship with its customers and be there for them in the true sense. This initiative in collaboration with HBL, is an extremely proud achievement for the organization as it is a first of its kind service being provided by any Telco in the country. It is our aim and promise to the customers that Ufone will continue to provide the most innovative, secured and customer friendly services in the country.

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Yet again Ufone has proven to be a pioneer in presenting the latest innovative offerings to its customers. Ufone has been the first company to introduce various BlackBerry smartphones for the first time in the Pakistani market. With its Microsoft Office functionality and enhanced Webmail it supports the need of basic and advanced users. Now customers can enjoy the features of the phone, get entertained with their favorite music and videos through smartphone that comes in your favorite colors. Customers can also post and share their favorite moments with their friends through easy media sharing and browse the Internet with the same proven performance of BlackBerry, but with a sparkle of new colors.

As always Ufone is offering the customers something extra in the form of functional and stylish accessories to ensure that the customers get the best value for their money.  With addition of a dedicate triplet media key on top, it features a full QWERTY keyboard, wifi support with a high resolution large screen that allows enhanced multimedia experience including a 2 mega pixel camera with video recording. The BlackBerry 8520 also comes with the ability of mobile streaming and built in application for social networking.

Speaking at the launch Akbar Khan, Chief Marketing Officer at Ufone said that a smartphone is a necessity in today’s competitive business environment. Ufone has offered a BlackBerry which is easy on the pocket and presents an opportunity for young corporates to stay connected on the go. This affordable BlackBerry, in three new colours provides the corporates a variety of vibrant handsets to choose from.  Ufone promises to deliver the best offerings in innovation and technology for its valued customers at an extremely low cost.

A limited stock of BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone in new colors is available at Ufone service centers in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad and also in all Ufone Regional Offices nationwide.

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The Blackberry 9900 features 768MB of RAM and dedicated graphics processor with Liquid Graphics TM technology, which supports smooth scrolling, panning and zooming with built in GPS, Wi-Fi, 5.0 MP camera with flash support that allows a 4x digital zoom. The camera also functions as 720p HD video camera.

Yet again Ufone has proven to be a pioneer in presenting the latest technology to its customers. Ufone has been the first company to introduce various Blackberry smartphones for the first time in the Pakistani market, such as Bold 9000, 9700, 8780, Torch 9800, Curve 8520 and 9300.

As always Ufone is offering the customers something extra in the form of functional and stylish accessories to ensure that the customers get the best value for their money. The BlackBerry 9900 sports a state of the art 2.8 “ touch screen, liquid graphic 24-bit high-res display which give the end user sharp fluid animation and instant response time. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone is extremely lightweight and durable. The exterior of the phone has a stylish stainless steel frame and elegantly sculpted surfaces. This 10.5mm thick phone integrates brushed stainless steel frame to add more to its beauty. The slim design of the phone gives an easy grip on the device which gives the end user exceptional experience. Blackberry 9900 has 8GB on-board memory which is expandable to 40GB via MicroSD card. Blackberry Bold 9900 comes with Li-Ion 1230 mAh battery that can support stand-by time of up to 307 hours, talk time of up to 6 hours and 30 min, and non-stop music playtime for up to 50 continuous hours.

Speaking at the launch Akbar Khan, Chief Marketing Officer at

Ufone said that in today’s days and age staying connected 24/7 is the need for all business functions. This handset is by far the most technologically attractive BlackBerry in the world and shall empower the corporate sector to remain ahead in the race while being connected alongside enjoy the bold stylish look and feel of the handset itself. Ufone always has and shall continue to strive and deliver the best offerings in innovation and technology for its valued customers.

Blackberry Bold 9900 is priced at Rs. 55,000 and is available at Ufone sales and service centers.

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