KARACHI (MEDIA REPORT) Calendar year 2018 turned out to be eventful for the telecom sector of Pakistan when it saw many highs and lows. However, the second half of the year was more phenomenal compared to the first. The year kicked off with Oman Telecommunication Company (Omantel) exiting WorldCall TelecomRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company, is offering its subscribers a chance to get discounts of up to 10% on accommodation reservations made through Booking.com – the global leader in connecting travelers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay. This partnership enables Jazz and WaridRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Jazz has offered 2000 employees with permanent, full time contracts. This comes following the completion of the merger with Warid Telecom, and unification of both Mobilink and Warid under Jazz’s brand identity. “From voice to data and from 3G to 4G the digital revolution givesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Jazz and Warid subscribers will soon be able to use one same scratch card to recharge their accounts, we have checked with sources. This unified load service will also be implemented at retailer network, after which Jazz customers will be able to get their accountsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Aamir Ibrahim, CEO of Mobilink, yesterday paid a farewell to the old company named Mobilink and announced that Jazz will be the new brand identity. This announcement done in colorful and musical evening. Brand name Warid will be phased out in next few months until allRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) released Telecoms Privacy & Data Protection Policies in Pakistan, a study that focuses on the privacy policies of major cellular telecommunications companies operating in in the country. For the study, DRF developed scorecards rating the privacy and data protection policies ofRead More →
AMSTERDAM/ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) VimpelCom, Global Telecom Holding (GTH), together with Warid Telecom Pakistan and Bank Alfalah (Dhabi Group shareholders), today received the approvals from Islamabad High Court to merge Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (Mobilink) and Warid Telecom (Warid). Earlier this year Mobilink and Warid had received approvals fromRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The boards of directors of NIB Bank and MCB Bank have decided to merge the two banks by way of shares swap agreement between the owners and shareholders of the two banks. This was stated by the official communiqué of the two banks. This developmentRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) With Mobilink and Warid finalizing their merger, all preparation is set for release of employees under Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS). Mobilink will be releasing 55% employees whereas 35% will be released from Warid Telecom. Mobilink management has already announced a Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) forRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Mobilink posted a strong positive growth of 17% on its YoY organic revenue for the quarter ended30 September 2016 (Q3 2016) driven by growth in all revenue streams. For the same period, the company has reported PKR 38.5 billion post-merger consolidated revenue for both companies,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Mobile group VimpelCom has reported that its consolidated service revenue for Q3 2016 decreased by 3% year-on-year to USD2.3 billion due to adverse currency movements, while the company noted that on an organic basis revenues grew 0.6%, driven by positive performances in Pakistan (Mobilink/Warid) andRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Mobilink has completed the process of integrating Jazz and Warid networks to an extent that they are now offering over 50 million combined customers of both the brands the facility to make on-net jazz to warid and warid to jazz calls. Mobilink today released a TVC to announceRead More →