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PTML is a wholly owned subsidiary of PTCL, established to operate cellular telephony. The company
commenced its operations, under the brand name of UFONE, from Islamabad on January 29, 2001.
During the year, as a consequence of PTCL’s privatization, 26% of its shares were acquired by
Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (ETISALAT). Being part of PTCL, the management of
UFONE has also been handed over to ETISALAT. During the years, UFONE continued on the path to
success. The Company further expanded its coverage and has added new cities and highways. UFONE
has network coverage in more than 5885 locations and across all major highways of the country.
During the year UFONE adopted the policy of simplified tariffs with no hidden charges, which resulted
in positive impacts on the usage trends of subscribers as well as total subscriber base, which has
increased to 19.4 million. UFONE currently caters for International Roaming to more than 230 live
operators in more than 130 countries and introduced International roaming facility for Prepaid
subscribers in Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Portugal, Thailand,
Cyprus, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Belgium and Kuwait with lowest rates, featuring
no security deposit and activation charges. GPRS Roaming facility is available with more than 115 Live
Operators across 85 countries.
The company has also been awarded a new License for providing cellular services in Azad Jammu &
Kashmir and Northern Areas.
Future Plans
Keeping in view the growth potential of the cellular industry there is no option but to be aggressive in
order to remain a potent force in the cellular industry. In order to extend cellular network to new
cities, towns and highways and enhance its current installed capacities in existing cities.
A strong focus will be on maintaining high quality of service, which is always a benchmark of UFONE,
increasing usage and exploring new revenue streams on value added services, market visibility through
various market initiatives to fulfill subscribers’ satisfaction and demand and above all to increase the
value of investment for the shareholders.
What UFONE Serves?
Convenience:
The Prime objective of UFONE is to provide a convenient service to its customers and they are quite
successful in it through providing online billing, mobile banking, ease in change of packages etc.
Comfort:
The comfortable service is always appealing for the users and UFONE is trying its best to catch the
attraction of its customers by providing comforts like in purchasing new Sims from a large network of
franchises situated everywhere nearby their residential and working areas. They also provide helpline
services to answer the queries and solving problem faced by the customers.
Fastness:
Customers are experiencing time deficiencies due to fats mode of life. UFONE has cope up this issue
through providing faster communication in which connectivity time on u-circle is 3-5 seconds and other
networks 5- 8 seconds. In WAP Services, data downloading is much speedier than other networks &
SMS delivery is very efficient than others.
Coverage:
UFONE is the 2nd ranked network after Mobilink with respect to the Network coverage it aims to
provide wider coverage, superior connectivity, clear signals & voice quality. Covering over 5885 key
destinations UFONE is the ultimate means to stay connected wherever your business takes you allowing
seamless roaming through the network providing the best nationwide coverage. UFONE covers all
major cities of Pakistan now you can enjoy comprehensive coverage in areas like basements, remote
areas, hilltops, seashores, deserts, Railways, the GT Road, Super Highway & Motorway etc .etc.
Quality Credence:
Customers fail to make comparison between different products of services however UFONE helps in
search experience and makes it easier to avail specific services for specific people through providing
different packages.
Variety of Packages:
UFONE service is providing a variety of packages for their Post-Paid and Pre-Paid customers. The
details of packages for both types of connections are given as follows:
Postpaid: Prepaid:
U50 Life Plus Package (Load Any Amount & Get)
U250 Value Package (Load Rs. 500 & Get)
U550 Public Demand Package
U1000 Paanch Ka Pandrah Package
U1600 Uwon Package
U5000 Ufone 3 Minute Package
UNite 1 Number Free Package
So much variety in packages enables the customer to enjoy various tariff plans in different times without
switching the network or mobile number.
Mobile Entertainment:
UFONE provides its users a gateway to fun!
Users can enhance the personality of their phone with UFONE’s mobile entertainment.
They download the ring tones,
They choose coolest and amazing wall papers to make a statement on the screen of your phone.
They can Jump into an exciting gaming world on your very own handset.
They can break the monotony! Through downloading and sharing the funkiest animations that
will help brighten their day!
They let their phone come alive with colorful and exciting picture messages or sending them as
an MMS to a friend.
They let their phone speak their language.
They give their phone a new look with UFONE mobile logos and make their phone stand out!
They can put color in their mobile screen with UFONE Mobile Themes like Spiderman; Coca
Cola and a list which will take their breath away.
International Roaming:
Now with UFONE international roaming, home is never that far behind. UFONE now offers
international roaming services to its Pre-Pay subscribers as well. Another new service to be provided by
UFONE is GPRS roaming. Enjoy the freedom of surfing the net, checking your emails or sending your
vacation snapshots to the folks back home.
Call Waiting:
Call Waiting allows you to receive calls while in conversation with another caller. To activate your call
waiting please call 333.
Voice Mail:
Voice mail lets you receive and store messages when you are unable to attend your calls; if your phone
is switched off, busy or out of coverage. To activate your voice mails please call 333. To retrieve your
voice messages please dial 191. You can enjoy message storage capacity of 10 messages.
Phonebook Saver:
Lost or changed your phone and worried about your contacts? With Phonebook Saver, now you can
retrieve all your contact numbers instantly whenever you lose them. So go on and create your personal
Phonebook Saver account and never lose a contact again.
Internet Access:
You can access the internet by simply entering the desired website address on your phone’s internet
browser.
MMS:
This service allows you to send and receive pictures, sound & video clips.
Emails:
User can access their office emails and internet based emails using the GPRS enabled handset.
Prepaid IR:
Now roam in various important destinations worldwide with the most affordable and economical tariff
offering.
Content Download:
UFONE Post-Pay offers a variety of content download services like, Monophonic / Polyphonic
Ringtones, True tones, Java Games, Logos, Picture Messages, Color Wallpapers, Mobile Themes etc.
Advance Loan:
UFONE is providing Advance Loan facility. When you have low credit or no credit then just press the
buttons from your key pad *456#. And you will get 10 Rs. as a balance in your account. No one
telecom company is offering 10 Rs. as loan excluding UFONE. Rest of the companies is providing this
facility up to 5 Rs.
Web 2 SMS:
UFONE is providing the facility to chat with someone. If you are using UFONE service then just opens
the website of UFONE, logon and sends free messages to any number.
Call Connectivity:
Customers are not feeling any problem in call connectivity. There are no pauses or delays in
connectivity. Plenty of towers installed on several places to boost signals, heavy telephone exchange
servers, latest signaling structure etc. all make call connected in few seconds. However on special days
like EID days, Christmas etc. connectivity problem is faced by many UFONE users.
Web connectivity:
Customers are getting attached to their businesses through web connectivity services even they are
miles away from their offices. Majority of customers say that UFONE web Connectivity is the ultimate
means to stay connected wherever their business takes them. UFONE allows customers to roam
seamlessly through its network which provides them with the best coverage nationwide.
Message Delivery:
Customers are totally satisfied with their message delivery service because of two main reasons; on
time delivery of message to the recipient of any network, and quick delivery information via delivery
report. Majority of customers are using this network due to this very facility. With the new and exciting
services of UFONE like SMS Bundle and SMS Buddies, customers are feeling more liberty in sending
messages and satisfaction in delivery.
Network Coverage’s:
UFONE users are feeling a wider coverage, superior connectivity, clear signals & voice quality provided
by UFONE. UFONE covers all major cities of Pakistan and users can enjoy comprehensive coverage in
areas like basements, remote areas, hilltops, seashores, deserts, Railways, GT Road, and Super
Highway & Motorway etc.
Help-line services:
UFONE is providing the help- line services to both its Post-Paid and Pre-Paid service connections. If
users have any query or any problem, then they can just dial 333 from their phone and will be
connected to UFONE help-line services. Some of the features are given follows linked with help-line.
Causes of Dissatisfaction:
Dissatisfied customer is the failure of any service based industry. The only thing that annoys the
customers in this particular telecom industry is “network overloaded”, “network jam” or “network busy”
message from the provider’s server, especially when someone have to wish someone very special on an
occasion. Customers of UFONE have experienced the OVERLOADED NETWORK on special
occasions like Independence Day (14 August), Pakistan Day (23 March), Chand Raat on Eid Days and
Valentine’s Day etc. Due to this very reason sometime customers have to switch to other network for
that particular day.
Appendix
QUESTIONNAIRE
Note: Please fill up the following questions if your cellular service is UFONE
Name ___________________
Q1 Do you agree that UFONE provide cheapest service and is a cost leader in Telecom
sector?
TV Holdings
Newspapers Internet
Always Sometimes
Rarely Never
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Yes No
Survey of Five UFONE
Customers