Mobilink Donates 2000 School Bags to Punjab Education Foundation(PEF)!

The Mobilink Foundation has donated 2,000 school bags, made from recycled advertising material, to the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF).

The school bags were formally handed over by Mobilink Foundation at a ceremony organized at the PEF’s Rawalpindi Regional Office.

The ceremony was also attended by principals and students of 32 schools from North Punjab. Chairman PEF and senior officials of Mobilink addressed the gathering, highlighting the importance of supporting education for the masses, followed by distribution of bags amongst students.

Omar Manzur, Director Public Relations and CSR, Mobilink highlighted: “The Mobilink Foundation is deeply committed towards making a difference in the lives of the underprivileged across Pakistan. The recycled bags allow us to contribute on the dual fronts of protecting our environment, as well as providing children with a durable educational aide. I would like to express my gratitude to the Punjab Education Foundation for giving us this opportunity to support the educational pursuits of the children.”

Raja Muhammad Anwar, Chairman PEF, added: “Punjab Education Foundation is working to expand its educational programs across Punjab, opening the doors of quality education to more male and female deserving students. We are grateful to Mobilink for providing us with bags for our students.”

Mobilink’s recycled school bags are produced from used panaflex sheets acquired from advertising billboards of Mobilink and other donating companies. The Mobilink Foundation launched the ‘Recycled School Bags’ initiative in 2007, and has since donated over 37,000 bags, to organizations such as the JAQ Educational Trust, CARE Foundation, Zindagi Trust, Sindh Education Foundation and now the PEF.

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Mobilink Posts Stable Q4 2011

Mobilink has posted a YoY revenue growth of 4 percent in fourth quarter 2011 to reach Rs. 25 billion, up from Rs. 23.9 billion during same period last year.

Mobilink posted revenues of Rs. 135.6 billion during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, that is 5 percent up from 129.2 billion in year 2010, despite decreased ARPU but mainly derived from higher maintenance charges on card reloads.

According to full Year Earnings Release EBITDA increased by 10 percent to PKR 10.4 billion and EBITDA margin improved to 41.7 percent from 39.4 percent a year earlier. EBTIDA was positively impacted by higher revenues and declining cost of sales.

Group’s financial report said that Mobilink grew its customers by 8 percent in 2011 to reach 34,213,552 subscribers by year end.

Capex went up 128 percent year-on-year to USD 109 million due to the continued focus on network and IT development.

Check below tables for financial and operational stats for Mobilink:

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Get Free Daily 100 Minutes and 100 SMS with New Jazz SIM Offer !

Mobilink Jazz is offering its new customers to get free 100 minutes and SMS on daily basis, if they consume Rs. 10+tax every day.

Offer Details:

So if you are a new user or just ported into Mobilink through MNP, you can avail this offer to get free daily minutes and SMS after using Rs. 10+tax.

• Free minutes are for Mobilink to Mobilink only
• Free SMS can be used for any network
• Validity of free minutes and SMS would be 24 hours
• Last day to subscribe this offer is March 22nd. If Subscribed before March 22 then you can avail this offer till April 22nd.

How to Avail this offer:

To avail this offer, customers can simply dial *275# from their new JAZZ connection.

Details:

• Both New Sales and MNP will be eligible for the promotion
• Subscriber will opt for the offer by dialing USSD string *275# and would be charged Rs. 1+tax for it.
• Daily recursive charges of Rs.1+Tax.
• Subscriber will have to do usage of Rs. 10+tax (Rs 11.95) for availing the incentive.
  • Usage includes all revenue generating activities however Balance Transfer, Balance Inquiry and third party VAS services including GPRS charge deduction, RBT, Jukebox are not constituting part of usage and thus not considered in achieving the Rs. 10+tax threshold.
• Upon meeting the threshold, customers will be given the incentive of 100 Free Mobilink to Mobilink minutes and 100 Free SMS (All Network) with a validity of 24 Hrs.
• Validities concerning the offer
  • Incentive Validity of minutes and SMS will be exactly 24 hours after the achievement of threshold
  • Subscription Validity will be 24 hours. Subscription fee of Rs. 1+tax (Rs. 1.195) would be deducted at midnight and counter would be reset to zero
  • Promotional Validity
    • The promotion will be offered to new customers till 23:59 hours March 22, 2012 through USSD subscription.
    • The customers who avail the offer till 23:59 hours March 22, 2012 will be able to avail the offer till 23:59 hours April 22, 2012 if they do not unsubscribe.
• 19.5% FED applies on usage and 10% applies on recharge
• Jazz customers will be charged 5% service fee and 2% operational fee on all recharges

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Launched by Mobilink Pakistan

Mobilink today announced the launch of Samsung Galaxy Nexus (also known as the Nexus Prime) in Pakistan.

The Galaxy Nexus is Google’s flagship smartphone, officially released with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and encasing a 4.65” HD Super AMOLED display.

Powered by 1.2GHz dual core processor, the Galaxy Nexus allows the user to take panoramic shots and videos in 1080p using the 5 mega-pixel continuous auto-focus camera.

Here are Galaxy Nexus Specs again:

• OS: Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
• CPU: 1.2 GHZ dual core processor
• Screen: 4.65″ HD(1280 x 720) Super AMOLED, Contour Display (curved glass)

• Weight: 135g

• Data

• LTE/CDMA
• WIFI
• BLUETOOTH
• Memory
• Storage: 16GB
• Memory: 1GB RAM
• Camera
• 5MP continuous auto focus
• 1.3MP Front
• LED Flash
• Zero shutter lag
• Video recording in 1080p
• USB: Micro USB
• NOTIFICATION: 3 color LED
• BUTTONLESS
• NFC
• ACCELEROMETER
• GYRO
• COMPASS
• PROXIMITY/LIGHT
• BAROMETER

Price:

• Rs. 49,999
• Three months of unlimited Mobile Internet for free (limited time offer), and a Samsung Customer Priority card!
• Phone would be unlocked

Terms and Conditions:

• This offer is valid for both indigo and JAZZ customers
• Free GPRS offer will remain valid for all handsets sold in the first 30 days only.
• GPRS usage will be restricted to 100Mb per month for a period of 3 months.
• Blackberry customers will not be eligible for 3 months free GPRS offer.
• Any customer who wants to activate IR will be deactivated from the Free GPRS bundle.
• Customers who are already active on IR will not be given 3 month Free GPRS bundle unless he/she deactivates his/her IR service.

Where to Get

This handset is only available at the following Mobilink Customer Care Centers:

• Karachi:
• Ground Floor, Nice Trade Orbit Building (NTO), Near Nursery Shop, Shaharah-E-Fisal
• D-21/22, Block 8, Chaudry Khaliquzzaman Road, Scheme 5, Kehkashaan, Clifton Karachi.
• Lahore:
• Waves Building,  64 D -1 Gulberg, Lahore
• Mobilink House , 5 P Gulberg II, Lahore
• Islamabad
• 78 E Redco Plaza, Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area
• Faisalabad
• Builiding # 1298/B, People Colony Near Saleemi Chowk, Satyana Road
• Multan
• 60 Bridge Lane, LMQ (Lahore Multan Quetta) Road, Near Kutchery
• Sukkur
• Plot No. 47,48 Muslim Cooperative Housing Society, Opposite: Red Carpet Hotel, Military Road
• Hyderabad
• Plot No. D-1 and D-4 R.E.C.H.S, Main Auto Bahn Road, Unit No.2 Latifabad

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Jazz launches IDD Offer for Afghanistan Call Package

Mobilink JAZZ brings the new IDD Afghanistan Offer.  Now you can talk with your loved ones in Afghanistan at an incredibly low Rs. 4.95 plus tax for 30 seconds.

For the first time JAZZ has focused on communication at a regional level and is launching a TV commercial in Pushto (as well as Urdu). JAZZ has taken yet another step towards delighting its customers and connecting with them at a level that no other brand ever has!

Tariff:

• Rs. 4.95 plus tax per 30 seconds
• Subscriber must dial 456 before desired number to avail this tariff

How to Subscribe:

To benefit from this special promotion, just dial 456 before the number you wish to call and connect across borders with unrivalled convenience.

Terms & Conditions:

• No subscription and daily charges apply
• New rates will be valid for 24 hours a day (no time window restriction)
• Government taxes apply
• The offer is valid Till April 6, 2012
• Rates are also valid for indigo and Jazba customers

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