Pakistan’s cellular and digital services frontrunner, Zong 4G collaborated with HANDS to launch a tree plantation drive in the megacity of Karachi. The move is part of the company’s environmental sustainability efforts to combat air pollution in the country. HANDS is one of the leading non-profit organizations in Pakistan working towards improving health, promoting education, alleviating poverty, building infrastructure, and developing social institutions for community empowerment. HANDS’ strength is 13 volunteer board members, 10,000 workforce and thousands of community-based volunteers of more than 6,300 partner organizations. In a bid to fight the lack of trees in the city, Zong’s volunteers from the Karachi region participated alongside the children of HANDS School, Karachi to plant trees across different areas of the city. Must Read: realme Rings in the New Year with Pizzazz, Music and a Lot of Fun with Hasan Raheem “We realize that the city of Karachi has an unfortunate dearth of trees, a serious problem that needs urgent addressing. This collaboration with HANDS is a testament of Zong’s passionate commitment to environmental sustainability and creating a positive impact on the city’s environment.” shared Zong’s official spokesperson. Also sharing his thoughts, Shaikh Maaz Tanveer, Head of Communication and Natural Resource Management Department, HANDS Pakistan, said, “We’re happy and excited to have collaborated with Pakistan’s telecom leader for the tree plantation drive in Karachi. We share the goal of fighting the adverse effects of climate change in Pakistan with Zong, and are confident that our volunteers will put in the best of their efforts to make this drive a success.” Besides leading the digital transformation in the country, Zong is also leading the CSR front in the ICT industry. The brand stays committed to social empowerment and preservation of the environment, creating a better tomorrow for the younger generations.
Zong Sweeps Prestigious Customer Mobile Experience Awards
In continuation of a winning streak from past years, Zong saw larger recognition of their improvement efforts in the realm of user mobile experience through the customer-experience oriented Open signal awards 2021. Winning five out of seven award categories outright, Zong once again dominated the mobile network experience awards for Pakistan. The operator came top on Video Experience, Games Experience, and Upload Speed Experience, 4G Availability and 4G Coverage Experience. Furthermore, Zong also became the joint winner with Jazz for Voice App Experience and Download Speed Experience. The Opensignal awards are a globally-recognized metric and independent global standard for analyzing consumer mobile experience. Reputedly, Opensignal industry reports are the definitive guide to understanding the true experience consumers receive on wireless networks. Must Read: realme promises to promote a trendier lifestyle for its young audience Users all over Pakistan saw significant improvements on the speed metrics Download Speed Experience (1.9% to 17.7%) and Upload Speed Experience (4.8% to 13.9%) as well as the 4G Availability (2.1-2.5 percentage points) and 4G Coverage Experience (2.1% to 7.2%) metrics.This recognition of improvement is remarkable in a year that was unprecedented in recent times, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus halting or slowing down much necessary technical work throughout the globe. At a time when people are heavily relying on the internet and smooth connectivity, Zong proved itself to be up to the task.
Zong 4G’s free WhatsApp – A “Boundary-less 4G Customer Experience”
Zong 4G announced free WhatsApp last week, adding to its already provided free Facebook, not just for Zong network but for all networks, for prepaid as well as post paid subscribers. “We want our customers to be able to experience boundary less 4G experience connecting the world together in an open environment. We don’t want to target any specific audience, all Pakistanis can use Zong 4G for person to person, application to person and machine to machine applications on Zong 4G for the best possible user experience in an open environment” said Maham Dard, Director Strategy at Zong 4G “We want to develop the 4G market in Pakistan without limiting our customer’s experience. Zong 4G is the fastest 4G network in Pakistan to date, our data quality is the best, so it makes sense to experience all applications on Zong 4G for our subscribers. We feel that the ultimate experience will only be provided by Zong 4G for its user’s requirements due to our widest 4G network in terms of coverage and quality” said Maham Read Full Story: Huawei Fosters Technical & Vocational Training In Pakistan Keeping in view the company’s strategic focus to keep adding investment in Pakistan’s telecommunication market is a visible sign of its long term commitment to the Pakistani community, specifically at a time when other operators are hunting for cash. Zong’ story is different as its parent company China Mobile Pakistan, with its strong financial muscle, aims to strengthen the Pakistani Telco market by investing in its network operations. In March 2017, the company announced that all of its network will be 4G by the end of the year, meaning all subscribers throughout the country will be able to experience the fastest 4G speeds, regardless of their physical location at all of its 10,000+ physical site locations. At the moment, the company has the highest market share of 4G at 75% in the country, with the most affordable offers for its customers, especially for social media platforms and new applications. The current focus of Zong towards hosting applications and providing a digital platform to its customers is a new commitment of the growing company in continuing to provide the best user experience towards its customers. “To us, customer experience is the most important and we don’t want to limit our customers in any way. Our teams are continuously working day and night to provide and develop a unique and unparalleled 4G experience in the country for all Pakistanis without any boundaries. Free WhatsApp will open the doors of communication and networking to our customers using Zong 4G, and this is just the beginning, in the future, Zong 4G will collaborate with all internet giants, like YouTube, Facebook, and WhatsApp to develop an ecosystem of best 4G experience for the Pakistani people, providing the best speed, best quality and most affordable rates”. Added Maham, the official spokesperson for Zong 4G.
Zong CEO Liu Dianfeng Issues Statement on World Telecom Day
Zong CEO, Liu Dianfeng’s statement on World Telecom Day: I would like to congratulate all our telecom partners globally on this important day celebrating global telecommunication day in the world. For China Mobile Pakistan, we are happy and excited to have announced our future plan for 2017 in upgrading all our 2G and 3G sites to 4G within 2017 and have more and more innovative and intelligent solutions for our subscribers here in Pakistan, and continue to invest in our network to expand our 4G coverage throughout the country and connect Pakistan with the rest of the world from the most remotest areas possible. This will enhance our Pakistani people’s ability to lead a better, quicker, faster and more connected “4G life”, which will be the most innovative way of education, healthcare, social reform and creativity. We will leverage china mobile communication corporation’s 4G knowledge and research and implement this vision in Pakistan. Other than connectivity, we have also announced our corporate social responsibility program for Pakistan with a strong commitment to use our 4G technology to make the life of our Pakistani people easier, faster and better with the best quality network under the umbrella of one belt one road initiative by China. We are very excited to play a strong role in connecting this project as well as connect all the industries tied with this project to have a 4G ecosystem led by China mobile Pakistan. Zong will continue to invest and lead the 4G telecommunication market in Pakistan through our continued investment, our employee’s hard work and dedication and we will work very closely with the government of Pakistan in order to achieve this goal. This year’s theme, ‘Big Data for Big Impact’ is centered around one of the most important evolutionary leaps in technology that has the potential to dramatically affect the Telecommunications landscape, worldwide. It’s not just about more data, but valuable data leading to valuable insights at operational and individual customer level. A shift is imminent as big data is becoming more and more pervasive. This is n’t just true for social or economic impact, but also in our everyday lives, in areas ranging from Healthcare & workspaces to connectivity in our households. Already, analytics are being embedded in every device and application to enhance functionality or convenience and we being the largest Data Operator of the country, will continue to contribute and capitalize on the trend.
Zong Opens its Concept Store in Karachi
Zong today announced the opening of ‘one-of-a-kind’ concept store in Karachi. This is Zong’s 5th Concept Store, the 1st in Karachi and also the biggest to date. The Store is equipped with latest Zong products and state-of-the art gadgets & Enterprise Solutions on display. The inauguration event is being live tweeted and covered by enthusiastic and notable Bloggers and the hashtag #ZongConceptStore is trending at No.1 in Pakistan right now. The store is now open to Walk-In-Customers at Clifton, Karachi and is designed to provide customers with a better understanding of how technology can make life easier. The opportunities provided by telecommunications are currently so vast that many people are having trouble keeping up with them. This top-notch concept store will demonstrate how simply & seamlessly different aspects of technology come together to transform lives across the world. This multi-purpose store hosts: A 4G handsets zone An accessories zone An Enterprise Solutions corner with IoT solutions & Applications A 4G Gaming zone A Live video streaming kiosk; and One on one Customer Support The store was inaugurated by Zong’s Chief Financial Officer Mr. Li Wenyu, alongside company’s Chief Technical Officer Ms. Miao Qiao and other senior officials. In order to ensure the perfect customer experience. The staff at the concept store has been trained to go the extra mile in facilitating customers. The people of Karachi already enjoy Zong’s fastest 4G services spread across the city, with affordable data products, customized to suit the needs of the customers of Karachi, as is the case with the rest of the country. Zong is Pakistan’s No. 1 Data Network and leads the telecommunications category with its unmatched 4G experience in more than 250 cities. With this new concept store, Zong will further propel 4G internet penetration, living up to its vision of touching the lives of all Pakistanis with their exciting offers & customer support available through this store.