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ZONG BlackBerry

ahmed — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:28:47 +0000

ZONG, the first international brand of China Mobile, launched the BlackBerry® solution in Pakistan.

Using BlackBerry® smartphones, ZONG customers will be able to:

wirelessly send and receive emails,
make phone calls,
browse the Internet,
send text messages and access a wide range of corporate and lifestyle applications while on the move.

With BlackBerry services from ZONG, you can enjoy a breakthrough push-based email solution, which helps you access your personal and/or official information while roaming locally and globally at specific locations. Moreover, it offers you the privileged service of Instant Messenger, email access with attachment facility and amazing surfing experience through exclusive Edge/GPRS services by ZONG.

Models Offered:

Best available deals and offers are just a couple of attractions from many and latest handheld models make it more exciting to use BlackBerry from ZONG.

Power the passions you pursue with a BlackBerry Smartphone from ZONG that expresses your style and simplifies your life. Select one of the 2 prestigious offered:

BlackBerry Curve 8900
BlackBerry Bold 9000

BlackBerry Services:

BlackBerry® Internet Solution (BIS) is a recommended solution for sole proprietors or individuals on the go as it allows you to keep in touch with your friends, family and work simultaneously. You can avail the BlackBerry services with any Post Paid package from ZONG commercially available and can configure 10 POP3 E-mail Accounts (Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, etc).

Charges:

Rs. 1,000 + tax (monthly recurring fee)
Unlimited Free GPRS (no cap)
Additional Security Deposit for BlS Rs. 500/- only

Sales Channels:

The product is available for sales through Corporate Sales Teams and Franchisee as well as ZONG CSCs.

Support:

To access 24/7 Blackberry support helpline, dial 310 from your ZONG Post Paid connection or 111-222-111 from any other number.

ZONG Mail

ahmed — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:42:27 +0000

The service enables Zong customers to access all their e-mail accounts on their mobile phone through an application client. Customers interested in staying connected to their email accounts can do it through Zong mail without necessarily having to buy high-end mobile handsets; the application can run on medium level mobile hand set that supports java applications, GPRS and MMS.

Most medium to high range handsets come with email access options, but the user experience varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. This application provides a standard experience across all handsets and is much easier to configure.

Key Features:

Push e-mail:
Customers can access there personal (Gmail, Hotmail and POP3 / IMAP) Customer will start off by Account creation @zongmail.pk (mandatory for downloading the application), after the installation of the application customers can add five existing email accounts. They will be getting real time emails on their handsets and they can manage multiple email account through the same interface.

RSS Feed:
ZongM@il enables to receive RSS feeds from multiple information sources and broadcasters on your Hand set in real time.

Live Weather:
ZongM@il allows our customers to receive live weather reporting service for multiple geographical Locations.

Downloading ZongM@il
The Zong mail application can be downloaded by following these simple steps:

Send an SMS “Mail” to 6245 (mail)
The server will accept any text in the message for sending the application
The link for downloading the application will be received
If the customer is a first time user, he/she will have to create a new email account@zongmail.pk in order proceed, existing users will be required to simply provide their zongmail account credentials
The application download link will be displayed if the handset is compatible
The customer will open the application after downloading and installing the application.
Credentials will have to be supplied during first time login only

Subscription Charges:
The Service is free of charge so no subscription charges, Standard GPRS/EDGE Charges apply.

Handsets sans IMEI threat to national security

ahmed — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:54:48 +0000

A significant quantity of Chinese-made handsets are available in Pakistan that come without valid International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) that has posed serious threats to the national security as such phones have allegedly been used by the terrorists.
It was found that the lack of unique IMEI numbers has made it impossible to detect the suspected calls from a specific handset. It was further learnt that IMEI series allocation happens only in hardware type approval.
Moreover, these Chinese handsets are fully functional, however, they lack IMEI programming because Chinese manufacturers are usually not registered companies thus no IMEI range is allocated to them.
The government of Pakistan has yet not initiated any plan to combat this issue. On the other hand Indian media has reported that as many as 25 million Chinese handsets were blocked in India which were available in the market without valid IMEI numbers. It was reported that the move came after The Department of Telecommunications, India (DoT) had instructed the operators to block cell phones without a valid IMEI number.
In this regard several phone sellers have confirmed that the Chinese handsets are usually the duplicates of branded phones. These mobile phones are without IMEI numbers which are typically low-end handsets manufactured by the small Chinese phone manufacturers who cut their costs by skipping the IMEI programming stage.
They were of the view that cellular companies and manufacturers in the country are heeding to adopt the prerequisites in this regard but they have yet to streamline mobile connection ownership issues.
“Let’s not expect any super natural thing in Pakistan regarding this in near future,” commented an official. He further said that the cellular operators in India had offered such subscribers to either discard their handsets or bring them to official outlets of cellular companies to re-programme their IMEI numbers.

China Sold 5,000 iPhones Since Launch

ahmed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:48:14 +0000

Even though there was a lot of excitement over the iPhone coming to China, there were not a loG of people waiting in line to make a purchase. According to a report, China Unicom has only managed to sell 5,000 iPhones since it started shipping last Friday, which is not a lot if we consider China’s 1.3 billion population.

However, the carrier seems to be pleased by the results; “We are satisfied with iPhone sales so far, and we aim to have an additional 1 million new 3G subscribers each month in the near future,” said China Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing.

In August, Unicom signed a three-year non-exclusive deal to sell Apple’s iPhone in China, looking to boost the launch of their 3G services.