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Huawei Ready to Launch its Products in Pakistan Very Soon

Sc8uf — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:15:05 +0000

Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Mohammed Yaseen on Monday said that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had directed the ministry of information technology for the formulation of a national broadband plan and the PTA was working over it with feedback from stakeholders and operators.

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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ZONG +1 Offers Best Call Rate For Other Networks

Sc8uf — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:21:09 +0000

ZONG, the fastest growing network of Pakistan, is launching a brand new offer named “ZONG +1” through which ZONG’s users will be able to select any one GSM operator and get discounted calls on ALL numbers of that operator. Through this service ZONG’s subscribers will get flexibility of making Off-Net calls to as many Friends & Family as possible.

Unlike other operators, ZONG is giving its customers a different (discounted) call rate on 1 operator rather than any 1 number. Also, the users will not have to face the hassle of adding individual numbers of F&F. Not only this, those who subscribe to the package will also have the leverage of changing their selected operator at any time of the day as many times as they want.

Subscribers of all packages will be allowed to benefit from “ZONG +1” and the service will be activated parallel to all other promotions. Call rate to rest of the operator will be as per user package default rate.

Mr. Salman Wassay, Head of Marketing at ZONG says, “We believe in making lives of our customers easier, we want them to stay connected at affordable rates, we also want them to enjoy quality services and to make all of this possible we keep launching new interesting products and packages. Our latest offer “ZONG +1” is also a part of these on-going efforts. I can assure you that no network in Pakistan has ever offered anything similar to this.”

Since its establishment in Pakistan, ZONG has launched various packages to facilitate its subscribers’ needs. Location based charging was first introduced by ZONG in Karachi and Lahore with Karachi and Lahore Unlimited offers. Other telecom operators followed its footsteps and launched similar offers.

Customers who subscribe to Zong +1 will simply be able to choose their desired operator and enjoy discounted call rates of 35 paisa + tax / 20 seconds to that specific operator!

How to Subscribe

Dial *515#
Choose your favorite operator from Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Zong, or Warid
Enjoy call rates of 35 paisa / 20 second to your favorite operator and Say It All!

How to Activate

Dial *515# and choose the desired operator from the menu or
Write the name of the operator which needs to be selected and send to 515
- For example, if a customer wants to select:

Subscription Charges

Subscription Fee: Rs 10 + tax
Daily Operator Fee: Rs 1.25 + tax

How to De-Activate

Send “OFF” to 515

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Ali Raza Mehdi Resigns from Zong

Sc8uf — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:29:50 +0000

Ali Raza Mehdi joined ZONG a few months ago, as a head of its human resource department. He joined ZONG after resigning from Mobilink where he was Vice President of HR and admin. The latest news is that Ali Raza has resigned from ZONG today, we have received this news from our sources at the company.

When we contacted Zong’s PR department, they denied and did not confirm the news. According to the company’s PR department, Mr. Mehdi is still working as HR head and they are not aware any resignation coming from him.

But according to our sources, Mr. Mehdi designed from his designation because of some disagreement with the Chinese CFO and CEO. Ali Raza Mehdi is not the first one to resign from this post, previously two more HR Directors resigned from their post from ZONG. We could not contact Mr. Mehdi till now, so we have no idea about his future and what is he going to do next. Before joining Zong Mr. Mehdi was offered a post at Warid and He might see a future opportunity in Telenor too.

Now it can easily be understood that ZONG is not fair in its HR policies and practices. Variance of value for Chinese and Pakistani management could be a key a factor here too. Now ZONG has two higher management vacancies open including the COO slot, which was left vacant by former COO ZONG Mr. Zafar Usmani.

Source : Pro Pakistani

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Say it All With Love – to Pakistan!

Sc8uf — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:25:41 +0000

Guest Post By Hareem Deeba

Independence Day is just hours away and my mind is drifting into the time when I used to do a lot of preparations to celebrate this special occasion weeks before its arrival. There was this time when August 14 actually used to be a Green Day a day when you could witness no other colors but a combination of green and white, when you could hear no other sounds but those beautifully composed national songs which can trigger your nationalism any moment.

Months and weeks before, one could see that wave of emotions rising among the people of Pakistan. It was the time when Independence Day was actually celebrated as a day of freedom for all. And today, while thinking of that beautiful old time, I cannot decide how to celebrate the freedom while I am confined at home over the weekend due to this political chaos spread in my city of lights.

Few hours back I shared this thought with my friend. Out of frustration, I told him of my desire of taking some action in this regard. I confessed that it’s not easy to bring a change but a collective effort can surely turn into a productive effort gradually. But a direction is required in this regard as well a direction of what we should do and how we should do it. In response, he shared a link of the website of ZONG with a remark, “Go on! Say it All”.

I thought he passed this comment to cheer me up as this famous tagline of ZONG is commonly used among all age groups during conversations especially when they are about expressing yourself with freedom. But to my amusement, the link took me to the “Say It All Contest”. Yes! You read it correct. By excavating details, I found out that this contest was initiated particularly for August 14, almost a week ago. Considering the fact that a lot of people are still unaware of this campaign, it is amazing to see the number of participants on the website.

Totally impressed by this unique idea of ZONG, of once again providing a platform to the people of Pakistan where they could express their feelings and thoughts with complete freedom, I couldn’t resist the urge of mentioning this campaign in my write-up.

The competition, as explained on the official website of ZONG, is an opportunity to show respect and love to our motherland. The contest is designed simply and all you have to do is to submit your answers to these questions:

Share one good thing about Pakistan.
Identify one major issue of Pakistan and suggest a solution.

The comments are open for online voting and the best and most voted responses will be awarded with exciting prizes.

The procedure to take part in the contest is as easy as the contest itself. Just enter your name, NIC number, mobile number, age and complete address. Write your opinion for each question and submit the answers for voting. That’s all! You have said it all that you wanted to say. Once done with sharing your viewpoint, you will actually feel that you are heard by this whole lot who is reading your opinion and if by chance, you got maximum vote then that is going to be a double treat for sure. First, you’ll enjoy the pleasure of being one of the lucky winners and second, you’ll achieve a satisfaction of being a partaker of this rewarding opportunity where you actually managed to influence a certain number of people by your beliefs and won their votes in your favor.

At such situation, when we can’t assure the possibility of celebrating Independence Day with complete freedom this year, I find it quite satisfying to celebrate it with full liberty at this platform given by ZONG. If you wish to contribute to this thoughtful contest, then express your love for Pakistan by visiting the link below, and say it all!

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Zong holds 'Mid Year Business Conference' in Islamabad

Sc8uf — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:53:05 +0000

A ‘Mid Year Business Conference’ was held in Islamabad by ZONG. The progress of the Telecom company in the last 6 months was reviewed. ZONG CEO Fan Yunjun also participated in the conference.

According to participants, Zong had shown very good growth and outstanding progress in the last 6 months. The team vowed to do so in the next six months of 2011 too and in future. The Picture shows Zong CEO with other participants of the conference.

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Fake Mobile Scratch Cards Cause Rs 134m loss to Telecom Companies

Sc8uf — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:14:25 +0000

Apart from other crimes taking place in Pakistan, the fraud and theft cases in the Telecommunication industry witnessed in the recent past are gaining roots day by day. Recently it is revealed that many fake mobile cards of different companies were made by some criminals which resulted in a total loss of Rs 134 million to various mobile companies in Pakistan.

Initially this case was presented in front of the District and Session Judges in Islamabad. The case was then referred to the Additional Session Judge, Mr Kamran Basharat Mufti, by the judicial officer for more proceedings which are scheduled to be held on July 19.

A local telecommunication company submitted a complaint of this incident and an FIR was registered, under section 36,37 of Electronic Transaction Ordinance 2002, against 11 members of a gang for making fake mobile phone scratch cards.

On 16^th may 2008, a local telecom company lodged a protest with the FIA Director General Islamabad that due to the leakage of some important information some unkown persons have manufactured a large sum of fake scratch cards which are almost 17,750,000 in number. out of that 905,987 cards were sold in the local market which caused a total loss of 134.4 million to the company. For further proceedings this issue was referred to the FIA crime department which would submit its report on June 14^th 2008.

According to the information provided by the FIA, initially the case was given in the hands of Sub Inspector Farooq Latif who recommended for lodging an FIR against the alleged criminals.

During the inquiry that Usman Zafar who was a resident of sector G-11/3 Islamabad along with another man named Syed Nabi was found accused of making fake mobile scratch cards. Later it was also learnt that Usman Zafar was the ring leader of the group which made these cards illegally and it was proved by the allegations against Syed Nabi that he somehow sold fake scratch cards worth Rs 9 million. Both the accused criminals were not present in the inquiry proceedings which left no other option for the inquiry officer but to register a case against the accused. But Usman Zafar being aware of the danger had taken the precautionary measures and had left the country when police raided on his house soon after the inquiry. After almost 2 years on his return to Pakistan he was arrested, on October 22 2010. His physical remand was obtained by the police from the competent court from 23-11-2010 to 03-12-1010.

The investigating team had also given chance to the complainant throughout the investigation to provide sensible clues against the accused. Moreover, the other 10 members of the gang were also revealed as advancements took place in the investigation. Apat from the accused Usman Zafar, the other 10 members were Ghalib Virk, Zahid Sindhu, Haji Ramzan, Rizwan Ali, Asif Ch, Younas Khan, Jamal Raza, Kazim Shehzad, Rashid Ahmed and Syed Nabi.

As the story un covered, apart from making illegal scratch cards, the printing press where these scratch cards were made was also running illegally by the accused, where the scratch cards were developed. A raid was conducted there and it was learnt that the accused along with his other fellows printed scratch cards of different telecommunication companies which are providing service in Pakistan.

The sources from FIA informed that during the raid a printing press machine and scratch cards more than 50 million were found and taken into custody. FIA confirmed that all the gang members are not yet arrested and the agency is trying its best to trace and arrest them. Meanwhile Syed Nabi did not attend the investigations so the was declared absconder by the court.

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Cellular Company Employee Accused Funnelling Rs210 Million

Sc8uf — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:57:43 +0000

Employee of a cellular company accused of funnelling out over Rs210 million auditor’s investigations revealed that the suspects had been transferring huge sums of money into their accounts.

Embezzlement of more than Rs210 million by top and middle management officials in the finance department of a cellular services giant was reported to police on Friday.

The discrepancy in the accounts that led to the discovery of the embezzlement was discovered in November 2010, but the management reportedly hesitated in getting the police involved as it was hoping to use the threat of police action as a bargaining chip to force the embezzlers into returning the money.

The management of the telecom company hesitated over actually letting the suspects get arrested as they were hoping to use the threat of police action as a bargaining chip to force the return of the embezzled funds, sources said.

The police official investigating the case said that they were trying to obtain the exact details of the suspects’ whereabouts. He added that they could not be found at the addresses given on their National Identity Cards.

“We are looking for them and hope to nab them in a day or two,“ said the police official. Responding to a question, he said that the company’s management was not influencing the case in any way.

Other sources in the police told The Express Tribune that they believed the management was playing carrot and stick with the suspects, by pressurizing the police to have them arrested while simultaneously offering the alleged embezzlers a compromise if they agree to return the embezzled money.

Six officials from top, middle and lower management of the finance department, Usman Qayyum, Yasir Ali, Nadeem Afzal, Pervaiz Akhtar, Ali Nawaz and Muhammad Jamshed, were nominated in three different fraud cases.

Police said three lower management officials were based in franchises of the company in F-11, I-8 and Blue Area, while Qayyum and Ali were based in the head office of the company, where they were responsible for crediting money into company’s funds.

An investigation officer added that they were told by the company that the amount of embezzled money and the number of suspects might go up as they had decided to carry out a comprehensive internal inquiry.

The complainant, a senior manager in the company, told the police that the embezzlement was first discovered after an audit in November, 2010. Following the detection of fraud, Chartered Accountant Akhtar Aziz was hired to perform a thorough audit of funds.

The auditor’s investigations revealed that the suspects had been transferring huge sums of money into their personal accounts and those of their friends and family while crediting them in the company’s records. “Yasir and Qayyum received money from the franchises and other accounts and made transfers into their personal accounts, said a police official.

Police said the bulk of the embezzled amount was kept by the suspects in accounts which have not yet been identified, but the matter is “being looked into by the company’s internal auditors.

An official spokesperson for the company initially refused to comment on the issue, citing its status as a legal matter. Later he added, “FIRs were registered and obviously the police are doing their work to arrest the suspects.

Via Express Tribune

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Ali Raza Mehdi enters the ZONG family today!

Sc8uf — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:14:39 +0000

According to latest reports ZONG has appointed Ali Raza Mehdi as the Head of Human Resource, Administration and Security. He will now bear human resources responsibility for China Mobile Pakistan.

Ali has an impressive profile with over 20 years of rich Human Resource Development and Management experience both in international domestic anl arenas. Ali has worked for different companies including Mobilink, Pharmacia Corp (Pfizer), Metro Cash and Carry Pakistan, Etisalat, ANZ Grindlays Bank, American Express TRS, and Pakistan Tobacco Company.

His expertise and experience are in the areas of corporate organizational development, organizational assessment & analysis, change management, cultural transformation, transformational leadership & team building, H.R Strategy, executive coaching, merger integration, compensation strategy, and due diligence and executive assessment and staffing.

ZONG made its debut Pakistan’s telecom industry in April 2008 and has now spread its coverage across the country. China Mobile is the biggest investor in Pakistan among all the Chinese investments in Pakistan.

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19.5% GST on All Telecom Services From 1st August : Centres, Provinces

Sc8uf — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:54:43 +0000

In a meeting held in the finance ministry it was decided that GST of 19.5% will be applied on all telecom services from 1^st august. All finance secretaries and FBR chairman Salman Sadiq were present in the meeting and chaired by federal finance secretary Dr Waqar Masood.

According to sources all provinces and the federal government have agreed to introduce this single rate to remove prove problems in tax collection. Punjab ,KPK and Baluchistan had originally proposed a 16% sales tax on telecom services. These provinces will now have to amend their ordinances to apply the new uniform rate.

FBR has decided to impose the same tax rules during july 2011 that had been followed previously and apply the new rate with affect from august 2011.

Following the legal procedure first the FED has to be withdrawn on VAT mode by FBR on services and then Sindh can delegate powers to FBR for collection of sales of sales tax on collection services by issuing a notification. Sindh government claims that there are many services which involve input tax adjustments. Sindh sales tax on services act 2011 impowers the sindh revenue board to collect sales taxes on all but five services that would be covered by FBR.

This law had to be initially implemented last year but was delayed due to several reasons. Now the FBR and Sindh Revenue Board will do accounting procedure for determination of the input tax adjustment. The taxpayers should be given their right for claiming input tax adjustment.

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MoU Signed Between Zong & International Student Identity Card (ISIC) Association

Sc8uf — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:46:21 +0000

Zong is an emerging and fast growing telecom operator of Pakistan that is Chinese based. Zong is committed to serve people with its low rates and awesome services. In near future Zong will become the top most telecom operator of Pakistan.

Recently Zong and International Student Identity Card (ISIC) Association has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This MOU has been signed between both the parties with the help of Alive Asia that is representing ISIC. Alive Asia is the company that has legal authority for operating ISIC Functions. In the world there are lots of facilities that are given to the ISIC holders. This is something related to the representation of international students and operations of this association are managed and supervised by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

The international student identity cards are issued in about 120 countries of world and 40,000 benefits can be enjoyed by the card holder students.

Amees Ahmad Head of Strategy & Planning ZONG said:

“This partnership will help the students and youngsters of Pakistan. Since ISIC is endorsed by organizations such as UNESCO, the card holders will not only get access thousands of student services and benefits worldwide, but will also be able to take advantage of the incredible services offered by ZONG.”

This MOU signing will give ISIC holders a chance to use Zong services at very low rates. There will be some special benefits to the international students on this card. The ISIC association should also look for other companies in various fields, so that the facilities and benefits of ISIC holder may get increased.

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