> From: http://www.chowrangi.com/linkdotnet-new-player-in-pakistani-broadband...

> On Sunday, leading newspapers of Pakistan displayed full-page advertisement of LinkdotNet,
> another broadband service provider in town.

> LinkdotNet is a product of Egyptian Telco Orascom Telecom Company. LinkdotNet is working in
> Egypt since 2000 and has presence in UAE and Saudi Arabia.
> Orascom, with Mobilink under its belt, acquired two Pakistani ISPs WOL and Dancom and merged
> them to launch LinkdotNet in Pakistan.
> Operating from Lahore, LinkdotNet Pakistan offers broadband Internet through DSL and WiMAX
> technologies for the Home and Corporate users along with the traditional Dialup Internet.
> LinkdotNet is CMMI Level 3 accredited and ISO 9001:2000 certified. It has a technology solutions
> wing, Linkdev, that is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Business Process and Integration, Custom
> Development Solutions, Information Worker Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions and Advanced
> Infrastructure Solutions.
> While Orascom has penetrated Pakistani market through Mobilink, providing broadband services is
> another ball game. We have already seen Wateen, Warid's sibling, fumbling with early-bird Wimax
> customers.
> Also, LinkdotNet has selected an inappropriate launch date. Internet connectivity is at its low in
> Pakistan due to the under-sea cable snap. LinkdotNet, a FLAG provider, is badly effected in Egypt,
> its home-base, where people are already not too fond of it (here and here).
> In any case, LinkdotNet is going to bring competition which will be good for us, the consumers.