Posted by: Aamir Attaa on October 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Mobilink in collaboration with Singapore based TenCube has brought this service called “Mobilink Call Secure”, which was initially developed for Singapore Police and Military use.
Mobilink CellSecure is Mobile phone security software that allows you track down the thief, get alerted when your mobile phone is stolen!. Remotely lock your phone or disable access to Messages, call log and phone book in case your phone is stolen – At same time, you can auto backup your data on Mobilink servers and also remotely delete your data from phone – That’s perfect security.
Mobilink CallSecure can auto lock your phone in case SIM is changed (You can associate multiple SIMs with your phone so that it is not triggered if you use more than one SIM).
How to subscribe?
Before subscribing, you need to make sure that your phone is supported. Click here to check list of supported phones. Also you need to have GPRS activated for your number. (This is an application based service still you must be using Mobilink connection to acquire this service)
Afterwards, it’s simple! Just SMS “REG” to 50007, and you should receive a SMS with a link.
From this link, you will have to download Mobilink CellSecure, follow the simple installation process and get done!
Charges
A monthly subscription charge of Rs.36.3 (including taxes) apply
For further reading and FAQs click here
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 26, 2008 at 3:58 AM
Mobilink’s Eid offer is already here. Customers can now make international calls at half rates… this offer is already on from September 25th, 2008 and will remain valid till October 4th, 2008.
The international call rates as for the promo period are mentioned below:
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Destination
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Jazz Ladies First
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Jazz Octane
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Jazz One
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Jazz Easy
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Jazz Budget
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USA (LL+M)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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Canada (LL+M)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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China (LL+M)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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UK (LL)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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Spain
(LL)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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Germany
(LL)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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Ireland
(LL)
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.50
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Rs.1.18
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Rs.1.18
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Terms and Conditions
- This offer is available on all jazz and indigo packages
- Call setup fee of Rs 0.40 per minute will be charged on the first minute for jazz one users
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 26, 2008 at 3:38 AM
Mobilink and Ufone quickly responded, like a rocket, to a move made by Telenor yesterday to charge additional 5 percent on all scratch cards and balance share reloads. We are missing Warid and Zong in this charges Gang.
So all Mobilink, Ufone and Telenor prepaid customers, don’t mind if you are deducted additional Rs. 5 when you load a Rs. 100 card. Now you guys will get Rs. 86 in you balance on Rs. 100 card reloads.
Update: Zong and Warid are also charging 5 percent on all card reloads and balance exchanges
Postpaid customers are currently spared from these service charges, but they must fasten their seat belts to absorb any shock in coming days, under the name of service charges (or say them over charges).
Hopefully cellular companies will not compete on these service charges. Apparently all cellular companies are following same rate (primarily set by Telenor, 5 percent), if not the case we may see hike in these service charges in coming months.
On a general note, Government should re-consider taxes on telecom services, in order to keep the growth intact. They must reduce taxes by at least 5 percent to compensate these so called service charges.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 22, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Mr. Tarek F. Foudah, Chief Financial Officer, Mobilink is still missing since the blast hit Marriott Hotel Islamabad on Saturday evening, right after Iftari. Mobilink administration has confirmed that Mr. Tarek is still missing, and they are awaiting information updates from authorities concerned. Mr. Tarek is an Egyptian and he is heading finance, the most crutial, departmet of the cellular compamy.
Massive suicide attack killed at least 54 people and as many as 274 injured, many of them seriously, when an explosives-laden truck rammed into the main entrance of the Marriott Hotel, Islamabad on Saturday… just hours after President Asif Zardari’s address to parliament. Many analysts have termed the incident the 9/11 of Pakistan.
Update: Search operation has been completed after 72 hours of blast. When contacted Mobilink official, he said that he can not officially confirm anything before they get response from concerned authories. May Allah help us all in this crisis
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 15, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Only couple of years ago, bearing a post paid connection was considered a high profile element, and as a status symbol. Then people used to judge others’ status by the type of connection one had. It was then a highly praised element, and deservingly so, as post-paid costumers used to get lot of attention and care from telecom operators; in terms of services and the advantages as well.
Post paid customers, who are no doubt very small in numbers, easily share the optimum part of revenues generated per head ratio (what we say it, Average Revenue per User, ARPU) for telecom companies.
World over, it is observed that post-paid costumers get least paying packages, mainly depending on the amount of monthly rent they pay to operators. These attractive post paid tariffs not only surround the voice traffic, but the data traffic is also offered at inexpensive rates.
However, the scenario, in a gradual form, started transforming and now the situation is entirely opposite to what we had few years back. Today, offerings are very limited with least benefits for post paid users when compared to pre-paid ones.
PTA notes here the tariffs for pre-paid cellular packages as of April 8, 2008 and here the post paid packages as of May 7, 2008.
We can not develop an equation to directly compare the both type of packages for all cellular companies, due to line rent and other constraints, but if we summarize the difference in a tabular form, the picture looks like below for Mobilink packages.
Mobilink Post Paid (As of May 9, 2008)
*Rs. 1.25/minute is charged in addition to airtime charges for calls to other mobile networks, and Rs. 0.52/minute will be charged in addition to airtime charges for calls to fixed lines
Note: all prices are exclusive of 15 % CED
Remarks: Seems, you pay your line rent for your free minutes…other than that, air time seems good, but off net calls are simply expensive, take this Freedom Plan 3, with 400 line rent, you will have to pay 2.50 for your off net calls, 15% CED will make Rs. 2.88 for your off-net calls. Freedom unlimited packages are maybe only used at PCOs or for top executives, (pardon, I had to relate two entirely different classes under one package) so lets forget them
Mobilink Pre Paid (as of May 9, 2008)
*Rs. 5 per hour, on all on-net calls made after 11:00 PM and before 7:00AM
**Different Rates at different Times
Note: all prices are exclusive of 15 % CED
Remarks: Healthy, useful packages…with ladies first, the lovers’ package, other wise, jazz budget impressed me. And if you are SMS buddy, then select Jazz Octane.
Special Note: You can get Unlimited SMS for 1 month for Rs. 100 or 500 SMS for Rs. 50, or 100 SMS for Rs. 15 as well ; - )
Comparison
Ok this comparison says it all, do I need to comment anything further?
I will put the comparison for other companies too, and believe me, they look even worse for post paid users than of this Mobilink.
I own a Ufone post-paid connection for last 3 years, and I am so much jealous of pre-paid folks, the way they are getting treats is incredible. It is to be noted that pre-paid packages keep on changing every 3rd if not 2nd month. Or they keep on getting bundle offer every month. What’s there for the pos-paid ones??? All of you, who have post-paid customers, will second my voice, that we are over-charged as well. It has happened so many times with me at least, and others those I know.
Khalid Omer has opined his experience in TGP
Post paid customers are getting gypped, if I could change over to a pre-paid package without losing my number I would. There really are no incentives at all for post-paid users. The main theory is that since they will switch less, you can charge more. Which is true… but on the flip side post-paid users generally have a very consistent billing pattern which any company would like to have.
Mobilink for example gives zero incentive (I would say negative incentive) to their corporate customers (unless you’re the size of a bank or something) - so if some other company like Telenor came up with a incentive to switch over the entire company, than a lot of ppl would take them up on it.
So should we quit with our post-paid numbers now? Only option left I guess, as cellular companies seems enjoying themselves with pre-paid flood.
Note: I had written this post on May 9th, 2008. Just though of re-sharing it
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 11, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Mobilink has partnered with the globally renowned company, ‘ezetop’, to enable overseas Jazz users to enjoy the benefits of recharging their Jazz Numbers from United Kingdom (UK), United States (US) or or sending credit to their friends and family members back home in Pakistan. Service would be arriving soon for those who are in Gulf countries.
This service can be especially handy for Jazz users in UK, US and across the Gulf for recharging their Jazz connections while roaming internationally.
- In order to use ezetop for Jazz Numbers, go to the nearest store and ask the cashier for Mobilink Jazz recharge in the domination of your choice
- Once you pay the cashier, you will receive a printed receipt with instructions and the HRN number.
- You then send the HRN / PIN home to be used as normal (SMS, email etc.)
With over 35,000 retail outlets, ezetop provides you the convenience to roam like you do at home.
For additional information on how the service works please visit:
United Kingdom: https://www.ezetop.com/uk/en/how-it-works-retail.aspx
United States: https://www.ezetop.com/us/en/how-it-works-retail.aspx
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 1, 2008 at 7:30 AM
Mobilink has apparently adopted a policy to preserve their existing customers, instead of fetching new ones. In an effort to retain their existing customers, Mobilink today announced an offer of free minutes on first five credit reload for all Mobilink Prepaid Numbers.
For first five credit recharge through scratch card or Jazz Load (but should be more than Rs. 50) you get free minutes depending on the amount of recharge. This offer is valid until September 25, 2008.
How to Claim your Free Minutes
You can subscribe by just sending a blank SMS to 150. It is a one time subscription and will be charged at Rs. 0.25/SMS + tax
Note: You will not be able to get free minutes until you have sent the subscription SMS. So you must send it before recharging.
Terms and Conditions
- Free minutes are for Mobilink to Mobilink calls only.
- One time subscription charges are 25 paisas + tax.
- Unused free minutes will be confiscated upon expiry of validity which is mentioned above.
- Free minutes would be transferred to your account within 3 days of recharge.
- To confirm transfer of free minutes and check the free minutes balance dial 123 and press 8.
- Free minutes would be given on 1st 5 recharges of Rs. 50 or above.
- This offer is applicable on all Jazz Packages (PCO and Jazz Load Retailer Packages are not included).
- This is a limited time offer.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on August 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM
We have seen before Ufone offering Call Block Service, through which the customers could block unwanted calls. Now Mobilink has stepped forward with a facility to block SPAM text messages on your prepaid and postpaid Mobilink Numbers.
Mobilink’s website has no information regarding this service, despite a Print Advertisment in today’s papers. Adverts reads a healthy note describing the goods and bads of SMS text messages, and then says at the end… “If you want to avail SMS Spam Filter, then call 111″
Good for those customers who are on the list of advertisers and those who get frequent text messages from unwanted numbers. No words yet regarding the pricing or the total number of allowed blocked numbers.
But just a question, what happened to Do Not Call Registry, i remember it was proposed by PTA somewhere in previous 2/3 months…!
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Mobilink in collaboration with Singapore based TenCube has brought this service called “Mobilink Call Secure”, which was initially developed for Singapore Police and Military use.
