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On 23 April 2014, Pakistan concluded the auction for the next generation of mobile spectrum. Zong paid $ 516 million for a 10 MHz spectrum in the 2.1 GHz frequency range for 3G and a 10 MHz spectrum in the 1.8 GHz frequency range for 4G, making it Pakistan's first 3G and 4G
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Timepey was the mobile banking service offered by Zong in association with Askari Bank Limited from late 2012. Timepey lets users pay utility bills, transfer money to specified recipients anywhere in the country, deposit and withdraw cash and carry out account transfers.
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On 22 January 2007, Millicom International Cellular S.A. stated that it would sell its 88.86 percent stake in Paktel Limited to China Mobile for $ 284 million, which includes the repayment of intercompany debt. The sale implies an
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China Mobile Pakistan has invested more than US$ 2 billion so far to build up network infrastructure in Pakistan since 2008. It will invest US$ 1 billion in next two to three year for next generation service roll-out.
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Zong has refarmed 5 MHz of its 2100 MHz 3G spectrum for 4G. They are currently deploying (via carrier aggregation) 15 MHz of Band 3 (1800 MHz), and 10 MHz of Band 1 (2100 MHz) for
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It is Pakistan's second-largest mobile service provider with a subscriber base of 49 million, among which 37 million are 4G/LTE subscribers. With over 14,000
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On 4 May 2007, Paktel Limited was renamed to China Mobile Pakistan. On 16 May 2007 China Mobile announced that it had increased its stake in CMPak to 100%.
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code for Pakistan and is required when dialing outside the country, 3 is the mobile access code, and 1 is the prefix for Zong allocated by
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Its cellular towers are mostly installed inhouse yet it also utilizes B2S towers provided by Tawal, E.co, and Infrashare.
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Discontinuing Timepey in 2017, Zong relaunched its mobile financial services with a new brand "PayMax" in association with
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for Paktel of $ 460 million, Millicom said in its press release. Merrill Lynch advised China Mobile on the transaction.
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As of August 2019, Zong is the first of three mobile network operators in Pakistan to successfully conduct
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enabled sites across the country, it has a market share of 25% among cellular operators in the country.
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Zong has built the third-largest cellular network in the country with over 10,000
888: 1553: 1348:"Askari Bank, Zong launch technology-based branchless banking - thenews.com.pk" 1188:"Zong 4G Announces Zong Fiber, Its Direct-to-Home Fiber Optic Internet Service" 254: 169: 690:). In February, the company announced its new tagline is "Let's Get Digital". 325: 42: 1650: 1162:"'Pakistan on short list of 5G-ready countries with Zong's successful trial'" 804: 681: 671: 321: 299: 208: 959:"Zong ready to invest $ 0.6 million for LDI operations | Telecom Recorder" 517: 484: 461: 223: 216: 174: 1058:"China Mobile plans to develop solar-powered cell sites - thenews.com.pk" 741: 643: 1400:"Branchless banking: Zong, Askari Bank officially jump on the bandwagon" 1538: 269: 80: 54: 253:
in 1991. It was the first company granted a free license to carry out
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At the time of its launch in 2008, China Mobile Pakistan ran the
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trials. In the trial, speeds of up to 1.14 GB/s were achieved.
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services until 2004, when the company launched GSM services.
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Corporation, who at that time were majority owners of
1374:"Askari Bank, Zong offer branchless banking services" 1037:"Zong Plans to Develop More Solar-Powered Cell Sites" 501: 1015:"Cell locations rise in FY09-10 | Pakistan Today" 988:"Inflow: Zong to make licence payment in dollars" 1667:Telecommunications-related introductions in 2008 1648: 620: 1305:"Zong Launches Youth Specific Offering: Circle" 754:List of telecommunication companies in Pakistan 642:Zong operates 22 customer service centres, 305 286:On 1 April 2008, Paktel was rebranded to Zong. 230:to operate a GSM network in Pakistan in 2008. 1457: 838: 1677:Pakistani subsidiaries of foreign companies 1464: 1450: 1434: 686: 676: 540:Zong uses the following numbering scheme: 350: 41: 32: 1283:"Zong Launches Postpaid Service BizXcess" 828:"Why 'no profit' still makes Zong happy" 692: 670:for Zong with the tagline 'Say it all' ( 657: 308: 47:Zong Headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan 19:For other similarly named articles, see 1480:Telecommunication companies of Pakistan 1185: 1159: 933:"China Mobile re-brands Paktel as Zong" 1682:Internet service providers of Pakistan 1649: 1280: 1258: 825: 226:through acquisition of a license from 1445: 1324: 1302: 1034: 982: 980: 510: 257:services in Pakistan. 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Index

Zong


Trade name
Paktel
Subsidiary
Telecommunication
Islamabad
Pakistan
Pakistan
CEO
Parent
China Mobile
www.zong.com.pk
Urdu
China Mobile
China Mobile
Millicom
4G
Paktel
Cable & Wireless
cellular phone
AMPS
Millicom
Instaphone
enterprise value
base stations
go green

network base stations

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