The Company has and always will stand by the people of Pakistan. This effort is in response to the recent call for help from the private sector by the Prime Minister.

Mr. Walid Irshaid President PTCL and Ufone Pakistan said that this is a testing time for all in Pakistan. The natural calamities have been unimaginable and it is up to each one of us to come together in order to create a unified effort to help the people of Pakistan. We as socially responsible organizations need to join hands and make this the fastest and most effective relief effort ever. And hoped this contribution will help in providing people relief of their grievous conditions.

The World Communication Awards recognizes companies and individuals responsible for the innovations, achievements and great new services that are helping to build tomorrows industry. Hundreds of nominations were received for CEO of the year, which have been addressed and reduced to a shortlist of twenty. Mr. Abdul Aziz’s nomination is truly a cause for national pride because he is the only Pakistani who has been nominated to gain recognition at this prestigious event. To be acknowledged by WCA is no mean feat; it is a milestone and an accomplishment on its own.

Mr. Aziz is a fellow Chartered Accountant whose competitive nature and innovative ideas have fully met the financial challenges facing the global world today. In a time of recession, he has risen as a beacon of hope for industries all over Pakistan with the message that prompt action combined with business ingenuity can pave the way forward. It has only been two and a half years since Mr. Aziz has again joined Ufone; the fact that he has already won international acclaim through this nomination is proof of the remarkable feats that he has performed.

Mr. Aziz said:

“It has been our goal at UFONE to represent excellence, leadership, service and integrity. Being nominated as CEO of the year is a tribute not only to me but also to my team members, as we have together taken UFONE to new heights.”

In Double Number offer, you will get two numbers one as primary and the other as virtual. The primary number is the one you are already using and another virtual number will be assigned to your SIM.

How To Subscribe?

Dial *66# from your Ufone number and the system will chose a random number for you. Once the number is assigned, you will receive a confirmation message containing your virtual number.

How To Use?

With your virtual number you can make calls and even send SMS. Procedure is simple, all you have to do is to add a prefix of “66″ before the number.

For example, the virtual number assigned to you is 03331234567. With this, you want to call on 03337654321. So you will dial the number as 6603337654321. And the receiver will receive call from your virtual number i.e 03331234567.

Same is the procedure for sending SMS. just add 66 before the receiver’s number.

So, if you have primary number as 03330005150 and secondary number as 03331234567. If you will make call or send sms just typing the number 03337654321, the receiver’s CLI will shwo the number 03330005150 and if you dial the number 6603337654321, the receiver’s CLI will show the number as 03331234567

Additional features of the service are as follows which can be accessed through IVR 660:

• Users can switch off/on their Double Number any time or for specific time period.
• Bar a Caller – You will not receive calls from selected number on your Double Number.
• Bar All Callers – All incoming calls on Double Number will be blocked
• Unblock All Callers – All incoming calls on Double Number will be allowed
• Unblock a Caller – You will start receiving calls from number that you blocked.

Charges:

• Service charges are Rs. 30 per month (exclusive of Tax)
• Call Charges on On-Net/Off-Net Rs. 1.30 + Tax per minute
• SMS Charges are Rs. 0.50 + Tax per SMS
• 660 IVR charges are Rs. 1 +Tax per min

Terms and Conditions:

• Service will be available for both pre-paid and post-pay users.
• Users can get a Double number through an SMS/IVR & USSD.
• Only one Double number can be mapped against one primary number.
• Double Number will be provided to Ufone customers from an inventory, which is specifically reserved for this service.
• Billing will be done on Primary number only. Service is not designed for Incoming/Outgoing international roamers.
• International calls & SMS from double number will not be allowed.
• Double Number will be assigned against the primary number. Assigned MSISDNs will not be available for anyone else.
• Since Double number will be attached with active primary number hence customer’s record will also be available in Cares. Customer’s NIC or Passport Number is not required for the activation. Customer does not need to visit any Ufone service centre or franchise to obtain the DN.
• Balance transfer is not possible through Double number, as it will only be used for CLI purpose.
• Users can’t avail SMS and voice buckets on Double Number.
• Users having SMS buckets will be charged Rs.0.50/SMS for each sms they will send to Double Number.
• Users cannot port-out their Double number.
• Double number will automatically become idle after 6 months once the primary number port-out.
• If user has voice & SMS bucket & makes call or send SMS from DN then will be charged as per DN charges.
• Other VAS services cannot be used through DN.

FUTSAL is a variant of football that is played on a smaller playing surface. This name is derived from Portuguese and Spanish words which can be translated as “hall football.” FUTSAL is played on a surface delimited by lines and between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper and is played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regulation football.

Organized according to international standards of this game, Ufone will host a back-to-back chain of matches in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi in the first half of July this year. Out of the two day activity at each of the three stations, day one will conclude with underground bands performing live.

On day two, the final of that city will be played followed by a concert of the very renowned ‘Call the Band’ for which the passes are available in all three cities with the Uth squad, comprising of the very talented Uth brand ambassadors. The Uth ambassadors shall inform the youth about the recently launched ‘Uth Package’ which is professionally crafted to cater for the needs of the youth of Pakistan.

The first match of this series will be held in Lahore on July 5th followed by final on 6th. On the same pattern, a two day activity will be hosted in Islamabad on the 6th & 7th similarly in Karachi on the 10th & 11th.

Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone said, “The youth is the future of the country and Ufone’s Uth package has been designed to ensure we cater to each of the youths likes. Being a part of the Uth family is sure to bring many surprises for the youth of Pakistan”. “FUTSAL is only the beginning of many of the surprises planned for our valued customers. As always Ufone is striving to bring a smile to all segments of the society”, he added.

This is indeed a step towards the right direction as all ICAP members will have the privilege to remain in touch at all times with Ufone’s pocket friendly postpaid packages alongside a wide network coverage in 10,000+ locations across all major highways of Pakistan. Ufone currently caters for International Roaming to more than 282 live operators in more than 157 countries. Ufone also offers Pakistan’s largest GPRS & BlackBerry Roaming coverage available with more than 185 Live Operators across 111 countries.

Mr. Abdul Aziz Chief Executive Officer Ufone speaking at the occasion  said that this is indeed a promising business venture. We are sure that our superior services shall be of great help to the users. We wish our new customers a fulfilling experience with the Ufone network and shall ensure that we bring a smile to all with the finest services in the industry.

Mr. Abdul Rahim Suriya President, ICAP said with this MOU with Ufone GSM, ICAP intends to arrange for its members cost savings on latest available technology and bring more products and services within their reach. We look forward to a healthy business relationship with Ufone.

Ufone is an Etisalat Group Company with its presence in all the major cities of Pakistan along with a comprehensive coverage across all major towns, villages and tehsil headquarters of the country. The company employs more than 3,850 people and operates with a network of more than 375 franchises and 26 company owned customer service centers along with a distribution network of 150,000 outlets nationwide.

Daily MMS Package details:

• Charges: Rs. 3.99 + tax
• Number of MMS allowed: 150
• Validity: 24 Hours

How you can activate:
To subscribe the Daily MMS Package simply send “sub” to 665

How to deactivate:
To un-subscribe send “Unsub” to 8665. Un-subscription is free of charge.

Terms and Conditions:

• The Daily MMS package is available to all Ufone Prepaid customers.
• The service is accessible on GPRS supportive handset only.
• All charges are exclusive of taxes.
• The Daily MMS package is valid for a period of 24 hours from the time of subscription
• The customer can check remaining free MMS by sending a blank SMS to 650.
• Balance Inquiry will be charged at Rs.0.50 + Tax
• Upon auto-renewal of Daily MMS Package after 24 hours, remaining MMS from the previous day will not transfers over to the next day
• The remaining valid free MMS will be available till expiry time even after un-subscription
• 19.5% FED on usage and 10% withholding tax at recharge or bill applies.

The highly competitive telecom market in Pakistan has ensured that the customer is the biggest winner. Time after time Ufone has led the way in terms of presenting best value packages & offers to its customers. The launch of ‘Uth package’ is yet another initiative that is sure to delight the Pakistani youth.

Youth has been at the center of many products and services being introduced today and all cellular companies have created offers to cater to this huge segment in this country.

This new package from Ufone has everything the youth could ask for – the lowest SMS package rates of 300 SMS/day in just Rs 1.99, the most valuable FnF rate of Rs 2.99/hour from 12am till 5pm and free call after 2 minutes from 12am till 9am to all Ufone numbers! That’s not all, Uth package offers free first month subscription to its early adopters for exciting youthful services like Background Music, Love and Humor service and Music Station. The attractive long calling rates are sure to benefit the working class as well who are working far away from home by giving them the opportunity to talk to their hearts content with their families at very low rates.

Ufone is also offering an amazing launch promotion where all those youth package lovers who come on Uth package by 30th June 2010 will have a chance to win amazing prizes such as sizzling hot ipads, handsets, Uth package T-shirts and many other exciting gifts along with a bumper prize of a return ticket to anywhere in the world.

Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone said that this is a no brain choice for Pakistani youth with all that our youth wants. Ufone’s launch of its Uth package is going to bring the Pakistani youth an amazing & unmatchable bouquet of offers and surprises which will delight our youth and offer them a cost effective package with excitement jo soch hai aap kee. The early birds will get to win ipads, handsets etc.

This campaign was conducted at the Gen. Fazal-e-Muqueem Khan Campus of TCF Primary School. Ufone, a socially responsible organisation has always played a major role in helping the children of Pakistan. Under the umbrella of child health care the revamp of the PAEDS ward at the Policlinic is one such example where Ufone has provided state-of-the-art facilities for the children which is at par with any private hospital facility.

The Ufone Volunteer Group which has been created to help give back to the society, went to visit and spend some time to share the importance of a green and healthy environment. TCF Students were enthusiastic to plant as many trees as possible as each one of them wished to make a positive difference for their nation.

Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone said, “We, at Ufone are focused to bring a smile to all and with this activity our employees have helped do just that with our stakeholders”. “The children at the school visited are the future of our country and it is our social obligation to help educate and create a sense of patriotism within each one of the children of our country”, he added.

About TCF: The Citizens Foundation is one of the largest non profit organizations in the field of formal education in Pakistan. To date, TCF has successfully made operational 660 purpose-built school units with an enrollment of 92,000 deserving girls and boys.

The exams season starts in mid March from 9th Class examination and ends in May each year by all educational boards throughout Pakistan. The current paper pattern is almost 30% MCQ based that requires students to make preparations accordingly for all subjects. Even the service will allow students to get themselves prepared throughout the year by regular preparation (Chapter/Topic wise/last five year’s paper) that can easily be selected by simple reply to the SMS.

Mechanics:

Students can send SMS “EXAM” to start the online MCQ examination & “DATESHEET” to get the date sheet to the SMS Short code 1100.

Student Replies with EXAM and will get the options regarding the class selection and then subject and then carry on with type of exam.

Terms and Conditions:

• This service will be offered to all prepaid & postpaid subscribers.
• All SMS will be charged for Rs. 0.15+Tax from both Prepaid and Postpaid.
• Subscriber will be provided with an option to view result with every question attempted.
• Upon scoring 90% & above, on complete class/grade quiz, students will be provided with 1000 free SMS after next day of internal results verification to that specific Mobile number.
• In case customer leaves the quiz without completing a session, upon his next attempt he will automatically continue from where he left previously.

Features:

• Torch
• 1.4” FSTN Display
• Speaker Phone
• 16 Polyphonic Ring tones
• Ultra Slim Design
• Extended Battery Time
• Weight: 58 Gms

Availability:

Available at Ufone Customer services centers, franchises and Ushops.

Note:

This handsets is functional only with Ufone SIM.

Best Love Quote Contest – Win BlackBerry Bold 9000

This Valentine’s Day send in a unique love quote and win a White BlackBerry Bold Device for your loved ones. Ufone brings its users a special campaign in which they can win a White BlackBerry Bold Device. The user to send in the best and most meaningful love quote will win the BlackBerry device.

How it works:

Simply SMS your love quote to 737

Step 1: Write message “Without love there are no dreams”

Step 2: Send to “737”

Pricing:

For each SMS to 737, user will be charged Rs. 5 + Tax.

Terms and Conditions:

At the end of the campaign duration, one (1) winner will be selected

The campaign will end on the 14th of February 2010

The winner will be awarded a White BlackBerry Bold Device

All rates are exclusive of GST

19.5% FED on usage and 10% withholding tax at recharge or bill applies

Standard GPRS charges apply on browsing the WAP portal.

Ufone Valentine Gift Contest – Win iPod Shuffle

Get a chance to win ipod shuffle. SMS Gift to 9393 to find your Valentine and send them virtual gifts.

Terms and Conditions:

Top 5 users who send and receive most number of gifts will win an iPod Shuffle.

Charges: Re. 1 + tax / SMS

For different ways on how to wish your loved ones at this valentine, visit:

http://www.ufone.com/mobpro_Valentine.aspx

Ufone is continuously having problem with its website as it got offline few days back too. Thought the server keeps on responding as pinging ufone’s website results in positive response while the page does not load. May be site gets overloaded or down for maintenance but it happened second time without any notice.

Following is the ping response to site which is working.

64 bytes from server1.ufone.com (72.51.46.232): icmp_seq=1 ttl=111 time=173 ms
64 bytes from server1.ufone.com (72.51.46.232): icmp_seq=2 ttl=111 time=172 ms
64 bytes from server1.ufone.com (72.51.46.232): icmp_seq=3 ttl=111 time=172 ms
64 bytes from server1.ufone.com (72.51.46.232): icmp_seq=4 ttl=111 time=172 ms

Ufone did not respond to the previous downtime, lets see how they come up with this downtime which as of now has prolonged to a period of 20 minutes.

Update:

Site is now online. Approximate downtime was of 30 minutes.

Specifications:

• Islamic Ring tones
• Prayer Alarm, timings of 5 time prayers & alarm facility for each.
• Feature of direction for prayer & Sunrise information.
• With features like Fm Radio, Loud Speaker, Stereo Head Set & Added accesories
• Islamic IVR Service 1314 & one touch access to Islamic Portal
• 16 chord poly phonic ring tones
• Color display
• Pre deactivated input
• Hands free mode
• LCD Size 1.5”
• WAP/MMS capable
• Weight Approx 70 Grams (including battery)
• Stand by time 350 hours (Network dependent)
• Talk time 210 Mins (Network dependent)
• Speed dial feature

How to Subscribe:

To subscribe the Daily On-Net daily SMS Package send “sub” to 611

Step 1: Write message “Sub”

Step 2: Send to “611”

Package Details:

Terms and Conditions:

• This package is only valid for Ufone to Ufone SMS

• SMS to all other network will be charged according to customer’s tariffs.

• This service is available to all Prepaid Ufone customers on all packages.

• The service is accessible on all kinds of hand sets.

• Charges are exclusive of taxes.

• Users can subscribe to multiple SMS Packages.

• Daily On-Net SMS Package has highest Priority in case of multiple package subscription i.e. On-Net Package will be consumed first before other packages.

• The package is valid for a period of 24 hours from the time of subscription, but if the number of messages offered is consumed before 24 hours then the service will be expired before the validity period ends.

• The customer can check remaining free SMS by sending a blank SMS to 606.

• SMS to short code 606 and 600 will charged at Rs. 0.50 + tax or a SMS from customer’s SMS package.

• The customer can activate multiple SMS packages at the same time by sending a separate subscription SMS for each package. Both subscription charges will be deducted, remaining free SMS will be shown separately.

• The customer will be able to send SMS even after reaching zero balance, as long as the subscription is valid (available free SMS and within 24 hours).

• Upon auto-renewal of Daily SMS Package after 24 hours, remaining SMS from the previous day will not transfer over to the next day.

• The remaining valid free SMS will be available till expiry time even after un-subscription.

• If multiple Daily SMS packages are subscribed within 24hrs, auto re-subscription will be based on the last package subscribed.

• The customer can unsubscribe by sending “unsub” to 8611. Un-subscription will be charged at Rs.2 + Tax.

• Customers can subscribed to Daily On-Net SMS package multiple times, however, as policy only one package per day is allowed. If any customer is found subscribing more than one package, her/his MSISDN may be blocked.

Phone Specifications:

• Trackpad navigation

• Bright, hi-resolution screen

• Full QWERTY keyboard

• 3G technology

• Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® (v2.1) enabled

• 256MB flash memory

• 3.2 MP digital camera with video camera

• Multimedia player

• Wireless email

• Organizer

• Browser

• Phone

• SMS/MMS

• MicroSD card reader

• 4.29 inches (109 mm) x 2.36 inches (60 mm) x 0.56 inches (14.1 mm) [Height x Width x Depth]

• Weight: 4.30 ounces / 122 grams

Data Input/Navigation

• 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard

• Dedicated Keys: Send, End, VAD (User Customizable), Camera (User Customizable), 2 x Volume/Zoom

• Trackpad – Located on front face of device, ESC Key to the right, Menu to the left

Media Player

• Video format support: XviD partially supported, H.263, H.264, WMV3, MPEG4, Sorenson Spark & On2 VP6 (Flash support)

• Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro / WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+

• 32 Polyphonic Ringtones – MIDI, SP-MDI, MP3, WAV

Display

• High resolution 480×360 pixel color display

• Transmissive TFT LCD

• Supports over 65,000 colors

• 2.44″ (diagonally measured)

Battery & Battery Life

• Battery: 1500 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery

• Talk Time: Up to 6 hours (GSM and UMTS)

• Standby Time: Up to 21 days/504 hours (GSM), Up to 17 days/408 hours (UMTS)

• Music Playback Time: Up to 38 hours

Camera & Video Recording

• 3.2 MP Camera

• Auto Focus, Image Stabilization

• Flash

• 2X digital zoom

• Video camera recording: Normal Mode (480 x 352 pixel), MMS Mode (176 x 144 pixel)

Maps & GPS

• Includes BlackBerry Maps

• Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Handset is included with postpaid package and costs Rs. 50,000/-