Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 6, 2008 at 9:51 AM
One can easily see the price war amongst cellular companies hitting its bread limit. Telcos are now in effort to retain their customers through various other tactics, and this has been happening for quite some time. Cellular companies now prefer to give short term free minutes instead of low calling packages that last for longer time.
Following same tactic, Telenor is now offering 100 free (Telenor to Telenor) minutes and 100 free (Telenor to Telenor) SMS to those customers who have not done any activity on their Telenor number since May 31st, 2008 June 25, 2008 (Date revised by Telenor).
So if you had bought Telenor SIM several months ago, and you didn’t use it… then this is the right time to get your SIM activated. And don’t worry if you have lost you SIM, because Telenor is giving replacement SIMs for free…!
Go to any Telenor Sales and Service Centre or Franchise during the duration of this campaign to get your replacement SIM for free (by showing your original CNIC).
Who Qualifies this Offer?
- Customers who have not done any activity since 31st May 2008 will be able to avail this offer of 100 Minutes and 100 SMS free airtime
- To check if you qualify for this offer: Call IVR 2222 or send an SMS by composing “FREE” and send it to 2222
Terms and Conditions
- 100 free minutes and 100 free SMSs will be posted to the your Telenor account with in the next 48 hrs (if qualified + these free minutes and SMS are for Telenor to Telenor Numbers only)
- Validity of Free Minutes & Free SMSs: 15 days
- If the qualifying customers have lost/damaged their SIM they can get a replacement SIM free of cost from any Telenor Sales and Service Centre or Franchise during the duration of this campaign
- This Offer is applicable for all prepaid packages
- This is a limited time Offer
- Upda
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on August 1, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Pakistan Package by PTCL is going to see an end by August 31st, 2008. PTCL administration is obviously not in favor of this withdrawal; however PTA has directed the company to abolish the said package by the end of current month in order to maintain a pricing balance amongst market players. Directions came after an appeal by PTCL to the regulator that it wants to continue Pakistan Package was turned down by authority. PTA has directed the company to inform their customers by August 10th, 2008 about the removal of this Package.
Directives by PTA, dated July 30 2008 says that PTCL’s justifications to carry on Pakistan package are unreal for instance PTCL in its appeal said that Pakistan Package is selected by customers on voluntary basis however it was not the case; PTCL’s package was imposed forcefully for all customers of PTCL and majority of them showed strong resentment against this imposition. PTA said that it is still receiving complaints from general public regarding refund/adjustment and deactivation of Pakistan Package.
According to PTA only 25 percent of PTCL subscribers are availing Pakistan Package, majority of which are corporate clients with heavy traffic load. PTA has advised PTCL that this is actually in their own benefit to quit the package to maximize its revenues from those corporate clients.
In another justification PTCL said that Pakistan Package was facilitating its customers, in response to which PTA has responded that this fact is not true. Authority said that PTCL has lowered local call pulse rate from 5 to 3 minutes, along with the company is charging highest tariffs for fixed-to-mobile calls, which is defiantly not act of facilitation for customers.
PTA directive said that PTCL must publicize that it is quitting Pakistan Package before August 10th 2008 before taking it down from August 31st, 2008
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 22, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Telenor has introduced their latest package that offers 10,000 SMS for only Rs. 99, another treat for SMS lovers of the country. But the bad thing is that you can’t send SMS to other networks, yea only Telenor to Telenor SMS… : - (
Pricing (Excluding Taxes)
Package comes with three price plans as following
How to Activate SMS Full Time
- Call 555 and press 5 to listen to three options available.
- Then select the package you want (that is either you need 10,000 SMS, 300 SMS or 60 SMS)
- Respective fee would be deducted from your account and Free SMS will be awarded. (So you must have balance in your account according to the Full Time SMS package that you are selecting)
How to check Remaining SMS
• Dial *111# to check Free SMS Balance after subscription
Check Points
- Validity of Free SMS is only for 15 days. On 16th day unused free SMS will be confiscated. But if you subscribe again, your unused SMS will be carried forward into your SMS limit.
- Free SMS can only be used for Telenor to Telenor SMS
- Offer available for all Talkshawk price plans
- Limited time offer
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 10, 2008 at 6:51 AM
Telenor has introduced a new package under its djuice brand that is aimed at those who love phone chatting at night. Yes it offers free calls at night from djuice to djuice and to Telenor Numbers. Offer is apparently not that bad, especially when only Rs. 3.99 per day (excluding tax) are deducted and you are offered to call your F&F numbers for FREE all night long! Not only that, you can still use the very attractive day time rate of Rs. 0.5+tax/30 sec to call the same F&F numbers
How to Subscribe to Jaagtay Raho
Its simple, write an SMS-> MIGRATE & send it to 345.
In response to this SMS you get following message…
Dear Customer, please select the price plan. Reply with your choice as 1,2,3,4,5.
1. New – djuice Jaagtay Raho
2. Talkshawk A1
3. Talkshawk Har Second
4. Talkshawk 30 Second
5. Talkshawk har Minute
Reply with 1 to activate djuice Jaagtay Raho, simple na
Call Pricing:
FnF Calls 1am-6am: Free (call setup fee of Rs. 0.05 will apply)
FnF Calls 8am-12am: Rs. 0.5+tax/30sec
FnF Calls 6am-8am & 12am-1am: Rs. 4+tax/HOUR
Check points
- These pricings, mentioned above are for only Friend and Family Number on Jaagtay Raho
- One time service activation Charges: Rs. 25 Including Taxes
- For calls at night, call setup charges will apply: Rs. 0.05+tax per call (on FnF calls from 1am-6am only)
- Daily Deduction: Rs. 3.99+tax
- Minimum of Rs. 5 Balance required to initiate any call
- This is a limited Time Offer
How to convert your number to Telenor djuice?
For those users who are with Telenor Calling plans can convert to Djuice with up given method. That is sending an SMS - > MIGRATE and send it to 345
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on June 5, 2008 at 7:29 AM
Ufone has introduced a very catchy offer for low end market. Now anyone can get a handset, Ufone connection and free airtime in only Rs. 999…that’s almost Rs. 1000.
This can be considered as a blow from Etisalat controlled Ufone, primarily, to China Mobile. As they were in better position to interact with some Chinese mobile phone manufacture and bring in such a low cost bundle offer for Pakistan’s low end market. I am not sure, but this looks some Chinese made handset, and most likely to be from Huawei, as maybe Etisalat took the advantage of its old connections with Huwaei in getting the lead. It maybe recalled that Etisalat has very close ties with Huawei, who has been rolling out its network in many countries. Ufone also did an expansion project of US 500 million dollars with Huawei
With cellular connections reaching its bread limit in big cities, now the next potential market cellular companies are eying is the far flung and less developed areas of Pakistan. This bundle offer is really going to strike in rural areas, making some good difference for Ufone, which is in close race with Telenor for second position.
On Ufone’s website, link for this bundle offer is dead; however APP reports that anyone can get this bundle offer from Ufone Franchises or service centers.
We don’t know much about handset that ufone is offering, but APP says that it’s a fully featured handset that is going to compete with any entry level mobile phone.
From the snapshot of the phone from Ufone’s Website, I compared it with this Huawei’s GSM handset, they looked similar. If my assumption is good enough then this is Huawei T206. Some sepcs of this phone as below
Huawei T206
- Support GSM 900/1800M
- Support 16 Poly MIDI ring tones
- Support STK function
- Support Keypad lock
- Support real-time alarm clock
- Phonebook up to 300 entries
- SMS storage up to 100 entries
- Support Zi input method
- Loud speaker
- Hands Free
- Vibration mode
- Dust-proof keypad design
- FM (optional)
- Abundant applications :Alarm clock ,Calendar ,Calculator ,Word time ,To do list ,Stop watch
- 3 Hours of Talk time and 150 Hours of Standby time
There are no words from Ufone about the phone model or details, hence don’t consider my opinion as final word.
But if this is Huawei T206, man this handset is going to give some tough time to LG, Motorola and Nokia too… Along with, this will be a turning point, where officially Chinese handsets are floated intro Pakistani market.
Whatever the handset is Ufone is likely to be subsidizing it. Though, it’s not impossible for Chinese manufacturers to prepare a fully functional handset under 20 dollars. It merits mentioning here, that cellular companies pay Rs. 500 as Sim Activation Tax to government for each new cellular connection.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on May 29, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Besides some prepaid packages, Ufone has something very delicious for postpaid customers. Now you can call any Ufone number for free across Pakistan, all night long during 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM.
This package offers extra than all other famous prepaid packages; which offer Rs. 3 to 5 per hour during the nights. With Postpay UNite, Now you have a chance to call your friends n family during reasonable timings and also liberty to disconnect and then reconnect your call the way you want.
All other packages normally start free calls from 11:00 PM or 12:00 in the midnight, but Ufone thinks that you should start making calls little early from 9:00 PM.
Night package holders often complain about the quality of services resulting call disconnections, hence charging them Rs. 5 per call. However, with Ufone’s Postpay Unite you are set free to call without worrying about the meter or disconnections.
Package Details
Line Rent 500
Ufone to Ufone FREE (From 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM)
Ufone to Ufone 0.50 (From 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM)
Ufone to Other Network 0.90 (From 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM)
Ufone to Other Network 1.40 (From 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM)
Ufone to PTCL 0.70 (From 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM)
Ufone to PTCL 1.20 (From 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM)
SMS On-net 0.50 Per SMS
SMS Off-net 1.00 Per SMS
International SMS 1.50 Per SMS
Note: All Prices are in Pakistani Rupees and all rates are per 30 seconds
SMS Bundle
500 Free SMS for additional Rs. 50 in Line rent (Making the line rent Rs. 550 per month)
Additionally, you can add 8 Friend and family number for cheaper call rates during day hours.
How to Convert your Ufone Prepaid to Post Paid Package: You might be thinking that you are a prepaid user, however the mouth watering package is making you think to get a post paid Ufone SIM; good thing is that you can convert your Ufone prepaid SIM into a Postpaid SIM with Unite package very easily. All you need is a
- National ID Card Copy
- Number must be in your name
- Security Deposit of Rs. 1500 (Refundable, if you revert back to prepaid package)
Once you comply to all these three things, all you need is to rush to a Ufone franchise, and ask them to convert your package.
Happy Free calling
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