Mobilink Infinity - The next step in communications

[Uzair Ahmed]

 

Mobilink Infinity - The next step in communications

We have launched our broadband services in Karachi on July 1 with the name of  Mobilink Infinity.

 

This is a big day in the history of Mobilink – a step into providing cutting edge broadband services for our customers and enabling the next cycle of growth and opportunities for Mobilink.  In a country with 165 million people, 12 million already access the internet and only 128 thousand have access to broadband. Our aim is to make this an affordable and accessible service for the masses as we have done with GSM. 

 

Mobilink Infinity is now a full fledged operational business within Mobilink. Mobilink Infinity will provide high speed and reliable internet connectivity along with access to a landline through VoIP.

 

This is a soft launch and limited to Karachi.  We are giving a very special pre-launch discount to these customers (see customer invitation and pre-launch offer letters).   

 

We have special following introductory packages:

 

One Time Charges:

 

Nos	Actual  CPE  (Customer Premises Equipment) / Installation and Security Deposite Charges	Special Launch Discouted CPE  (Customer Premises Equipment) Price
1	Rs. 12,000 (CPE)	Rs. 6,000 (CPE)
2	Rs. 2,000 (Installation)	Free (Installation)
3	Rs. 2,000 (Security Deposite) Refundable	Rs. 2,000 (Security Deposite) Refundable

 

 

Monthly Internet Plans

 

Nos	Broadband WiMax Internet Plans	Monthly Charges
1	Infinity 256 Kbps Internet plus VoIP	Rs. 799
2	Infinity 512 Kbps Internet plus VoIP	Rs. 999
3	Infinity 1 Mbps Internet Charges plus VoIP	Rs. 1,199

 

 

Salient  Features

 

·         Unlimited Internet Access

·         Free call WiMax (Infinity) to WiMax (Infinity) and on any Mobilink GSM Subscribers (For Time Being)

·         WiFi Enabled

·         July Monthly Charges Waived

 

(This above offer is valid for a  limited time frame).

 Thanks & regards,

 

Uzair Ahmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tee Emm]

Thanks Uzair. So we finally have the much awaited Mobilink Wimax with us in Karachi. Does it support voip other than that built in for Mobilink? It would be fun to see how the cellular giant tackles the net neutrality issue by allowing or denying SIP on its network. The Unlimited 1 meg bandwidth for Rs 1,200 per month is aggressively priced.

Any now only if we can know what number to call to confirm availability of service and order a unit?

-T

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Uzair Ahmed <uza...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Rizwan Sarwar]

Great to see Mobilink also jumping on WiMax bandwagon, it is going to really provide life line for much demanding infrastructure where PTCL's big belly bosses have decided to make life harder for EU. What are Mobilinks plans to expand the service?

riZ

[Sameer Bokhari]

monthly tariffs are valid til october 2008..just wondering what the rates would be after that?

[aamir attaa]

Mobilink's first up payment of PKR 16,000 seemz too high for home users...otherwise prices looks quite smooth...


www.ProPakistani.com

[hassan]

Great going ! However just curious to know that after paying 6,000
discounted CPE price will it become the customers property or still
remains the Mobilink property?. Secondly is this service for the whole
Karachi or limited areas . Unlimited downloading is really great and
mobilink to mobilink free calls is another VAS . However initial funds
seem to be quite fatty ; it could be like splitting initial 6,000 into
3 months rentals. My last query is will this service be available from
the customer service centers or franchises as well.

Good luck !

On Jul 2, 12:23 am, "Uzair Ahmed" <uzai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [image: infinity logo.bmp]
>
> *Mobilink Infinity - The next step in communications ***
>
> *We have launched our broadband services in Karachi on July 1 **with the
> name of  Mobilink **Infinity.*
>
> * *

>
> This is a big day in the history of Mobilink – a step into providing cutting
> edge broadband services for our customers and enabling the next cycle of
> growth and opportunities for Mobilink.  In a country with 165 million
> people, 12 million already access the internet and only 128 thousand have
> access to broadband. Our aim is to make this an affordable and accessible
> service for the masses as we have done with GSM.
>
> Mobilink Infinity is now a full fledged operational business within
> Mobilink. Mobilink Infinity will provide high speed and reliable internet
> connectivity along with access to a landline through VoIP.
>
> This is a soft launch and limited to Karachi.  We are giving a very special
> pre-launch discount to these customers (see customer invitation and
> pre-launch offer letters).
>

> *We have special following introductory packages:*
>
> *One Time Charges:*
>
>   *Nos*
>
> *Actual  CPE  (Customer Premises Equipment) / Installation and Security
> Deposite Charges*
>
> *Special Launch Discouted CPE  (Customer Premises Equipment) Price*
>
> *1*
>
> *Rs. 12,000 (CPE)*
>
> *Rs. 6,000 (CPE)*
>
> *2*
>
> *Rs. 2,000 (Installation)*
>
> *Free (Installation)*
>
> *3*
>
> *Rs. 2,000 (Security Deposite) Refundable*
>
> *Rs. 2,000 (Security Deposite) Refundable*
>
> *Monthly Internet Plans*
>
>   *Nos*
>
> *Broadband WiMax Internet Plans *
>
> *Monthly Charges*
>
> *1*
>
> *Infinity 256 Kbps Internet plus VoIP*
>
> *Rs. 799*
>
> *2*
>
> *Infinity 512 Kbps Internet plus VoIP*
>
> *Rs. 999*
>
> *3*
>
> *Infinity 1 Mbps Internet Charges plus VoIP*
>
> *Rs. 1,199*
>
> *Salient  Features*
>
> * *
>
> ·         *Unlimited Internet Access*
>
> ·         *Free call WiMax (Infinity) to WiMax (Infinity) and on any
> Mobilink GSM Subscribers (For Time Being)*
>
> ·         *WiFi Enabled*
>
> ·         *July Monthly Charges Waived*
>
> * *
>
> *(**This above offer is valid for a  limited time frame).*
> * Thanks & regards,*
> **
> *Uzair Ahmed*
> **
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
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[Muneeb Iqbal]

I guess take the the launch offer then :)

Made my mind I am in to it :)

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[Muhammed Nasrullah]

CPEs WiFi enabled? Anyone know which model?

[Haris Shamsi]

Voice is Free for Infinity to GSM and GSM to infinity in the launch offer till specified period.

Both options available for wified and non wi fied cpes at the moment ..... as the interface out is ethernet you can connect your own distribution device. Major towns in karachi are covered with Outdoor + indoor coverage. last quarter 08 95% plus indoor coverage with Wave 2 and MIMO is planned.

 

will keep the list posted ...

[Ayad Aftab]

Wow! 1Mbps in 1200 bucks and wifi-enabled CPEs are the real attraction. I wish I could've waited bit more by not buying a wifi router for my home use few weeks ago.

 

Btw, the CPE-ownership issue is indigestible - why pay non-refundable 6K when i will have to return it at the termination of service? This is the same questions that I fired on wateen guys as well.

 

Anyways, good going Uzair & Haris bhai!!

 

.

[Haris Shamsi]

CPE ownership will be of customer , this cpe is already subsidized by operator as you can very well understand that NO CPE (with proper IOT etc ) is available in the market for 100 USD for wimax ( so 6000 is very attractive ). However user might be required to sign a subscription period etc ...

[OMER FAROOQ]

What is this? They are giving limited time discounted offer when
service is only in Karachi. What about others? Will they pay 16000
when their turn comes.

[Haris Shamsi]

i dont think so  :)  any launch in any new city moving forward could bring more discounts - hehehe ! its a compettive market and gonna eventually benefit the end user

 

Good Day,

Haris Shamsi

[Tee Emm]

Pakistan will now truly become the petri dish of mass Wimax deployment (along with, as Zardari said yesterday, the petri dish of international terrorism!).

-T

[Rehan Allah Wala]

Has any one subscribed to this service here?

Is the VOIP part accessable from public internet ie

02181...@mobilinkinfinity.com

Will they allow incoming sip calls ?

Rehan

>
> infinity logo.bmp
>
> Mobilink Infinity - The next step in communications
> We have launched our broadband services in Karachi on July 1 with the name of
> Mobilink Infinity.
>

> This is a big day in the history of Mobilink - a step into providing cutting edge broadband

> services for our customers and enabling the next cycle of growth and opportunities for
> Mobilink. In a country with 165 million people, 12 million already access the internet and
> only 128 thousand have access to broadband. Our aim is to make this an affordable and
> accessible service for the masses as we have done with GSM.
>
> Mobilink Infinity is now a full fledged operational business within Mobilink. Mobilink
> Infinity will provide high speed and reliable internet connectivity along with access to a
> landline through VoIP.
>

> This is a soft launch and limited to Karachi.We are giving a very special pre-launch

> discount to these customers (see customer invitation and pre-launch offer letters).
>
>
> We have special following introductory packages:
>
> One Time Charges:
>
>
> Nos

> ActualCPE (Customer

> Premises Equipment) /
> Installation and
> Security Deposite
> Charges
> Special

> LaunchDiscouted CPE

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[Hassan Shabbir]

Another point that I think needs to be raised is that the bandwidth is going be "Shared" and when I asked the customer service banda about it, he replied, "It depends upon the situation" .. no clue what that meant what so ever .. he also said that you will be sharing ur bandwith with at least 2 ppl .. this factor will definately play an important role in the overall quality of service ..

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[Wasim Baig]

Is it just me, or will grey market voip terminators be buying truckloads of these? Free termination to mobilink number for 3 months? Wireless internet access ... man ...

-wasim

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[KO]

I used the Mobilink service in the testing phase, but it was limited to 128kbps, so did not use it much, except to establish, that unlike Wateen it actually works.

The Wateen Wimax however was lightening fast in it's trial period - syuper low latency. The Mobilink Wimax was fast, but similar to how 128kbps regular dsl or cable works.

But compared to a 1 mbps (now 2mbps) maxcom DSL line it was just too slow to use.


regards,
ko

[Rehan Allah Wala]

I have always seen Telecom as one of the main liberalizer for our country, if we did not have
internet and cheap telecom, we would be even further more back in the last century.

That is why I was shouting so much about the raise in price on the APC price hike.

Telecom are the new freeway's of the world, and with petrol price going to 200$ a barrel, we
should use telecommuting as much as we can, as that will probabbly be the way for going to
work in the not very far future.

Let us all try to keep the prices as much down as we can, and keep the competetion alive
and healthy and strong, as that is what will drive the prices down and quality up.

Thank you to Orascom, Warid Group and Etisalat for investing in Pakistan and we welcome
others also to come to Pakistan, Make a LOT of money and in return give our country the
liberty that it diserved a long time a go.

>
> Pakistan will now truly become the petri dish of mass Wimax deployment (along with, as Zardari
> said yesterday, the petri dish of international terrorism!).
>
> -T
>

Rehan Ahmed AllahWala

[Rehan Allah Wala]

Just take out the sip account, put it in ur gateway, and wala....

Rehan Ahmed AllahWala

[aamir attaa]

why the domain names (www.mobilinkinfinity.com and www.mobilinkinfinity.net) are registered to an individual instead of a corporate entity?

Also i am missing the news in mainstream (print + electronic) media...and Mobilink was in this much hurry that they didn't come with any website even on the (soft) launch day?

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[Ashar]

When Wateen started up, I got this call from Lahore. The guy had 50 (FIFTY!)
CPEs and wanted to know if there was a way to profit from it. Wanted to
terminate and/or originate traffic. He was very open about stealing and
wanting to operate illegally.

Ashar

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[Rehan Allah Wala]

At that time, there was no need, but today, PTA has created a market place in Pakistan to
create an enterprenuer in every single house hold.

cost is 1 cent, selling price is 10 cent, per min,

Do illegal voice for 7 cent a min with 6 cent profit a min, multiply it with only 6 hrs a day that
is 360 mins a day, that is 21$ a day or 648$ a month profit from one device.

Go and sell your route to www.route5060.com

You do the math

Jevay Pakistan.

Rehan

Rehan Ahmed AllahWala

[bmug...@gmail.com]

The stop gap measure to formal launch is there to get these catches aside and hit a straight 6er in the market. I'm not sure but this might be to avoid the conventional journey of mobilink to maybelink and bring a refined product into the market later by picking up details from the proving ground. I like the name Infinity so good marketing paraphernalia there instead of just calling mobilink wimax, basically guaranteeing the consumer recall from this move. Now the wimax machinery perspective, its far from the stage to put remarks on Mobilink vs. Wateen performance. Let's wait and see the consumer tolerance level for this product to take the roll.

 

This organized launch by having a complete roadmap and phases for WiMAX in Pakistan certainly deserves a pat on the back for Mobilink WiMAX team out there.

 

Great Going!

 

Bilal

[Arif H]

Huawei to deploy WiMAX network for Mobilink in Pakistan

Thursday 3 July 2008 | 10:03 AM CET

Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies has been selected by Pakistani mobile operator Mobilink to deploy a commercial WiMAX 16e network. The network will cover central business districts and hot spots in Pakistan's six major cities of Islamabad, Karachi, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Under the terms of the contract, Huawei will provide Mobilink with a WiMAX system including distributed base stations, an access service network-gateway and a network management system. Huawei's mobile WiMAX systems combine 4G technologies with multi-modal platforms to provide Mobilink with high-quality network coverage. It integrates Mobilink's existing 2G networks with high-bandwidth capacity networks. Huawei's WiMAX system is expected to help Mobilink to meet Pakistan's increasing broadband needs.
© 2000 - 2008 Telecompaper

[Faraz Javed Awan]

 

Huawei will be deploying WiMAX however they are using ZyXel Devices for both indoor & outdoor coverage.

 

--
Regards
Faraz Javed Awan || Assistant Manager Customer Operations || Worldcall Wireless (Pvt) Limited Pakistan || Mobile:03333366961 || 03022222567

[H.M]

The Mobilink Infinity might give the WiMax industry of pakistan a
boost which is still at stake,we are still not sure whether WiMax can
survive the Pakistan Market or not,similar kind of struggle which 3G
faced in UK & Europe.

What I beleive that the recurring rates are awesome but the problem is
with CPE ,Installation charges & other deposits which consumer is not
willing to pay ,specially when broadband is easily available with no
additional charges.They have to reduce these additional charges in
order to grow themselves as well as WiMax market of Pakistan.

The best thing which I found is free calling to Mobilink GSM (time
being).......nice attraction for 3M Mobilink Family.


- H.M

On Jul 4, 3:01 pm, "Arif H" <sourceon...@aol.com> wrote:
> Huawei to deploy WiMAX network for Mobilink in Pakistan
>
> Thursday 3 July 2008 | 10:03 AM CET
>
> Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies has been selected by
> Pakistani mobile operator Mobilink to deploy a commercial WiMAX 16e network.
> The network will cover central business districts and hot spots in
> Pakistan's six major cities of Islamabad, Karachi, Sialkot, Faisalabad,
> Lahore and Rawalpindi. Under the terms of the contract, Huawei will provide
> Mobilink with a WiMAX system including distributed base stations, an access
> service network-gateway and a network management system. Huawei's mobile
> WiMAX systems combine 4G technologies with multi-modal platforms to provide
> Mobilink with high-quality network coverage. It integrates Mobilink's
> existing 2G networks with high-bandwidth capacity networks. Huawei's WiMAX
> system is expected to help Mobilink to meet Pakistan's increasing broadband
> needs.

> C 2000 - 2008 Telecompaper

>
> From: telecom-gr...@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:telecom-gr...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Muneeb Iqbal
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:47 AM
> To: telecom-gr...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Mobilink Infinity - The next step in communications
>
> I guess take the the launch offer then :)
>
> Made my mind I am in to it :)
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM, aamir attaa <aam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mobilink's first up payment of PKR 16,000 seemz too high for home
> users...otherwise prices looks quite smooth...
>
> www.ProPakistani.com
>

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Rizwan Sarwar <rsar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great to see Mobilink also jumping on WiMax bandwagon, it is going to really
> provide life line for much demanding infrastructure where PTCL's big belly
> bosses have decided to make life harder for EU. What are Mobilinks plans to
> expand the service?
>
> riZ
>

> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Tee Emm <tariq.must...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Uzair. So we finally have the much awaited Mobilink Wimax with us in
> Karachi. Does it support voip other than that built in for Mobilink? It
> would be fun to see how the cellular giant tackles the net neutrality issue
> by allowing or denying SIP on its network. The Unlimited 1 meg bandwidth for
> Rs 1,200 per month is aggressively priced.
>
> Any now only if we can know what number to call to confirm availability of
> service and order a unit?
>
> -T
>

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Uzair Ahmed <uzai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> --http://muneebiqbal.blogspot.comhttp://shariahcomplianttrading.blogspot.com/http://hadithquran.blogspot.com/

[Shahzad Alam]

They have just introduced their own CPEs as well, which are remarkably better in performance then ZyXel devices.

 

-SA

[Rizwan Sarwar]

A nice trick normally used by providers is to offer free CPE with long term contracts. That way initial cost might be higher but due to more subscriber base, overall it is profit. Another model is to rent the CPE to users, user can return CPE when they leave, this works with medium term contacts. However both of these models work when companies have assurance from law enforcement agencies, which is not the case in PK. So I am afraid this is always going to be an issue.

riZ

[Rizwan ul haq]

I come to know that they are using motroloa devices named  wolverine (i300). Do anybody know which model they are currently using of zyxel devices.

[Wasim Baig]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Rizwan ul haq <rizf...@gmail.com> wrote:

I come to know that they are using motroloa devices named  wolverine (i300). Do anybody know which model they are currently using of zyxel devices.

Can someone also test if it has inbound port forwarding? The ones from Wateen didn't and was a serious drawback.

In fact if someone has access to a box, perhaps the group can come up with a series of tests so we can build a profile of both the network and the CPE?

[Haris Shamsi]

For the commercial launch - which is karachi , zyxel cpes are in use,
motorolla network is not being launched commercialy (in north and
central) there are two models of zyxel cpes in use

Zyxel indoor units MAX 200 (3.5)
Zyxel outdoor units MAX 300 (3.5)

I am in isb so have motorola but let me know the testing which u want
to conduct for commercially available network

Good Day,
Haris Shamsi

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[Aleem]

Hello,

Thanks for posting info on Mobilink infinity. I subscribed the 512k
package and got it installed last friday. The speed is ok but its been
a pain overall as I have to restart the ZyXel CPE (Customer premises
equipment=Router) about 5 times every day (without exageration). The
support is good (no way near the scary stories of Wateen) and I am
hoping its sorted out within the "1 month money back satisfaction
guarantee" period.

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[Rehan Allah Wala]

i would love to hear more stories about it

Rehan Ahmed AllahWala

[Junaid]

Dear All,

I just subscribed to Mobilink Infinity for 1Mbps connection. The
installers came over and installed it , the over all installation
experience was okay , apart from the fact that they don't provide you
the CPE password , so you cannot do any port mapping / port
forwarding, so had to fight with them to get the access. The
installers told me that its a 256K connection which will be shifted to
1mbps profile by tomorrow , which on repeated requests today was
shifted to 1mbps.

The service in general is pathetic , i dont know if its just me or the
overall user experience , I dont have to reset the CPE like aleem ,
but I get wayy high ping times ( 818ms to google ) and around 14 - 20
% packet loss all the time , My 1mbps wi-max gives me around 10 - 14k
( http://tinyurl.com/5jo2ez ) where my 512kb PTCL dsl downloads fine
from the same machine.

Oh while I am at it , the VoIP service they provide with the Wimax is
pathetic as well , it gets disconnected again and again, the voip
quality sucks and incoming calls rarely work , people tell me they get
number un-reachable even when calling from Mobilink.


By the way , I am a Wateen Wi-max , Worldcall , PTCL DSL & Link.NET
DSL customer and comparing Mobilink's Wimax service with them.

Here are my scores

Installation : 7/10
Service : 0/10 ( it doesn't work! )
Voip : 4/10
Customer Support : 8/10

I hope someone from Mobilink can help me out.

Regards,

Junaid
+92.300.8636664

> Http://www.DIDX.net- DID Number Market Place.
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[Junaid]

Guys,

This url says it all

http://tinyurl.com/5jo2ez

This is a 1mbps connection ( which was 256k on install, 512k on
yelling , and now 1mbps on threatening ).

Voip doesnt simply works. The only thing that works is their customer
support , which cannot provide you a ticket number to track even.

One suggestion . Stay away from Mobilink Infinity for now atleast!

Regards,

Junaid Uppal

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[Junaid Saeed Uppal]

Guys,

This url says it all

http://tinyurl.com/5jo2ez

This is a 1mbps connection ( which was 256k on install, 512k on
yelling , and now 1mbps on threatening ).

Voip doesnt simply works. The only thing that works is their customer
support , which cannot provide you a ticket number to track even.

One suggestion . Stay away from Mobilink Infinity for now atleast!

Regards,

Junaid Uppal

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[Shariq Khan]

I was going to apply for the new connection for Mobilink Infinity. Now it should be better for me to wait for more stories about their services :) , as i already received email from their side.

Dear Shariq Raza

We are pleased to inform you that you have been referred by Asad Ali Khan, one of Mobilink Broadband Services' valued customers. We are confident that like the rest of our valued clientele, you will also be satisfied with our services.

Our team will shortly be contacting you for essential documentation. In the meantime, should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at bbus...@mobilink.net and we will be pleased to assist you.

Looking forward to serve you.

Sincerely,

Mobilink Broadband Business Unit

[Junaid]

Dear Shariq,

Right now as we are talking , Almost all of Mobilink Wimax network in
Karachi is down ( told by one of the networks team ) and in my area
its been down since 2130hrs. I think you can figure out that QoS is
PoS in Mobilink Infinity's dictionary.

I'll still say , their customer support is excellent!!!

-junaid

On Jul 15, 9:46 pm, "Shariq Khan" <shariqrazak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was going to apply for the new connection for Mobilink Infinity. Now it
> should be better for me to wait for more stories about their services :) ,
> as i already received email from their side.
>
> Dear Shariq Raza
>
> We are pleased to inform you that you have been referred by Asad Ali Khan,
> one of Mobilink Broadband Services' valued customers. We are confident that
> like the rest of our valued clientele, you will also be satisfied with our
> services.
>
> Our team will shortly be contacting you for essential documentation. In the
> meantime, should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us

> at bbusa...@mobilink.net and we will be pleased to assist you.

>
> Looking forward to serve you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mobilink Broadband Business Unit
>

> > > Http://www.DIDX.net-DID Number Market Place.

[Arif H]

Wednesday 16 July 2008 | 07:50 AM CET

Mobile operator Telenor Pakistan has appointed Jon Eddy Abdullah as chief
executive officer. Abdullah will succeed Tore Johnsen from 15 August.
Abdullah has more than 15 years of experience from the telecommunications
industry. He has been working with both infrastructure vendors and several
mobile operators, most recently as chief operating officer in Maxis
Telecommunications in Malaysia and chief technology officer at DiGi. Tore
Johnsen has been the chief executive officer of Telenor Pakistan since its
inception in 2004. He has been currently appointed as the chief executive
officer of Telenor's Thai operation DTAC.

[Shahzad Alam]

DiGi is Telenor's Malaysia facility.

 

-SA

[Faisal Naik]

Yes, Eddy is replacing Tore who'd be moving to DTAC (Telenor Thailand) as  CEO. Tore has been one of the most humble human beings to work with at his level.

 

--

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[Shariq Khan]

How can i u use mobilink infinity voip services on the softphone.????

[aamir attaa]

Server: 10.215.11.250
Port: 5060
UserID: 725XXXX
Password: Your wi-max password
Domain: Hauwei.com
Authentication User: 725XXXX

got these setting from a blog... pls confirm if it works

Regards,
Aamir Attaa
http://www.ProPakistani.com

[Ahsan Javaid]

A colleague of mine mentioned on their activation form about his
association with an OT subsidiary and got the security deposits of
Rs. 2000 waived off.

On Jul 4, 3:01 pm, "Arif H" <sourceon...@aol.com> wrote:

> Huawei to deploy WiMAX network for Mobilink in Pakistan
>
> Thursday 3 July 2008 | 10:03 AM CET
>
> Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies has been selected by
> Pakistani mobile operator Mobilink to deploy a commercial WiMAX 16e network.
> The network will cover central business districts and hot spots in
> Pakistan's six major cities of Islamabad, Karachi, Sialkot, Faisalabad,
> Lahore and Rawalpindi. Under the terms of the contract, Huawei will provide
> Mobilink with a WiMAX system including distributed base stations, an access
> service network-gateway and a network management system. Huawei's mobile
> WiMAX systems combine 4G technologies with multi-modal platforms to provide
> Mobilink with high-quality network coverage. It integrates Mobilink's
> existing 2G networks with high-bandwidth capacity networks. Huawei's WiMAX
> system is expected to help Mobilink to meet Pakistan's increasing broadband
> needs.

> C 2000 - 2008 Telecompaper

>
> From: telecom-gr...@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:telecom-gr...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Muneeb Iqbal
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:47 AM
> To: telecom-gr...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Mobilink Infinity - The next step in communications
>
> I guess take the the launch offer then :)
>
> Made my mind I am in to it :)
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM, aamir attaa <aam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mobilink's first up payment of PKR 16,000 seemz too high for home
> users...otherwise prices looks quite smooth...
>
> www.ProPakistani.com
>

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Rizwan Sarwar <rsar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great to see Mobilink also jumping on WiMax bandwagon, it is going to really
> provide life line for much demanding infrastructure where PTCL's big belly
> bosses have decided to make life harder for EU. What are Mobilinks plans to
> expand the service?
>
> riZ
>

> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Tee Emm <tariq.must...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Uzair. So we finally have the much awaited Mobilink Wimax with us in
> Karachi. Does it support voip other than that built in for Mobilink? It
> would be fun to see how the cellular giant tackles the net neutrality issue
> by allowing or denying SIP on its network. The Unlimited 1 meg bandwidth for
> Rs 1,200 per month is aggressively priced.
>
> Any now only if we can know what number to call to confirm availability of
> service and order a unit?
>
> -T
>

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Uzair Ahmed <uzai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> --http://muneebiqbal.blogspot.comhttp://shariahcomplianttrading.blogspot.com/http://hadithquran.blogspot.com/

[Zaeem Arshad]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Junaid Saeed Uppal <junaid...@gmail.com> wrote:

Voip doesnt simply works. The only thing that works is their customer
support , which cannot provide you a ticket number to track even.

I have just been told by someone in Mobilink that the VoIP issue has been resolved. Can you please confirm? I have a few friends in Karachi who are interested in getting an Infinity connection but would like to know if *major* issues have been sorted out first.


Regards

--
Zaeem

[Haris Shamsi]

I have the same news :)

--

[Zaeem Arshad]

Let's wait for a user to affirm that :)


--
Zaeem

[Faisal Khan]

Here is my 2cents worth:

Called Mobilink Infinity on Monday afternoon roundabout 3:00 PM for a connection. Applied for the 1MB option.

Gentlemen from Mobilink Infinity came 'on-time' on Tuesday morning to our office to complete paperwork. Tuesday evening get a call from them again, verifying the paperwork, etc.

Paperwork took about 20 minutes (as a letter was to be given) and thumb-impression, etc. (I just hated having to walk around the office with a purple thumb!). During verification, Wednesday was suggested 10:30 AM for installation.

Team arrived 30 minutes late, but completed installation and deployment in about 25 minutes (includes internal and external installation and cable run).

Was disappointed by the information they left behind as far as DNS settings, support number, customer ID, etc. was concerned, I felt they should have left behind some handy card-leaflet, that would contain such information. We had (read: hate) to jott this down.

Anyhow, ran through  uploads and downloads all day long to test speeds to our servers in the US.

Out of the 12 or so tests we did for a 10MB compressed file:

Downwload: Almost all the time we got the full download speed
Upload Speed: Max we were able to get was 320Kbps nothing more than this.

Ran through the Speakeasy DSL tests (Choose New York as location)

Max Download: 1Mbps
Max Upload: 384Kbps

Since we were a bit busy today, tomorrow we will do some ping tests, and DNS response tests and will psot the results here. The attached phone that comes with it - is great, so far ('limited time' emphasis supplied) calls to other Infinity numbers is free and any Mobilink cellphone number is free. Phone worked great.

Will do sme Voip runs on it tomorrow. Any recommendations?

FK

[Wasim Baig]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Faisal Khan <babus...@gmail.com> wrote:

Will do sme Voip runs on it tomorrow. Any recommendations?

Wonderful info, faisal. Silly, that in this day and age they want a thumbprint.

Can you put up a smokeping to some common places, I'd be interested in jitter/packetloss on the pings ..
Also, whats the QOS on the box like? If someone starts downloading, what happens to the voice?
Can you map ports to the inside?

[Haris Shamsi]

Wasim Cant wait to grab it - configure an asterisk and start running some voice :):):):)

Port forwarding is available on the CPE, NAT has been disabled so now you have public IP end to end. You can prioritize your traffic by putting any additional box in b/w even if the CPE itself doesnt have the capability. there is no major packet loss however jitters could be encountered because the service till now is on best effort.

Good Day,
Haris Shamsi

[Wasim Baig]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Haris Shamsi <haris....@gmail.com> wrote:

Wasim Cant wait to grab it - configure an asterisk and start running some voice :):):):)

poor wasim is stuck in lahore, else he'd have a freeswitch up already :) forget disasterisk (unless you need SS7, in which case thats about the only option)

Port forwarding is available on the CPE, NAT has been disabled so now you have public IP end to end. You can prioritize your traffic by putting any additional box in b/w even if the CPE itself doesnt have the capability.

phew, thats good, wateen CPE was useless because of this
 

there is no major packet loss however jitters could be encountered because the service till now is on best effort.

understood, harris, thanks for the input, i'd still like to see a map though, especially if there is contention, what happens with 20 boxes up in an apartment building type scenarios, etc

[Shakeel Ahmad]

Isn't its getting more easy to use illegal termination ? Simple IPSec connection + SIP based outbound calls via Mobilink/Wateen etc..

[Faisal Khan]

I do want add, something I did not mention, that the indoor CPE is Wifi ready! A plus (when compared to the Wateen unit we had). Its a Zyxel modem if that matters. The installers when drilling cleaned up, which was also something worthy to mention.

Wassem dude, I won't be running all those tests you cited, you can come and do that yourself. Will see how Skype works, and skype does show jitter/packet loss, etc.

FK

[Junaid]

Hi Wasim,

I have been using it for almost around a week and a half , and atleast
it works now :) well most of the times , Ping times are high , I've
been plotting them to yahoo , google , a couple of my servers in the
US and they generally range from 560 -> 600 ms . Even having the
passwords to the CPEs won't make a difference , as they firewall all
the incoming traffic to your public IP on their edge, As far as VoIP
is concerned , they have QoS built into the CPE , and a little
tweaking with the settings can help you with the issue. Make sure you
get an outdoor unit, indoor coverage is flaky. I'll be sharing the
graphs tomorrow.

The service is okay , considering its 1mbps for 1200rs / month for now
and with low user base , I generally get 100-120kbytes/s on my
downloads and almost around 70kilobytes/sec on my uploads. One issue
that I am still facing is the random disconnection / loss of IP
connectivity , The CPE would remain synced but i'd loose connectivity
towards the internet, and yes , they proxy everything!

Oh yeah , I've been successful in getting the voip working with
freeswitch so yes! I think its pretty good , once they have their
network optimized / stabilized. Its worth spending the money! and no ,
you cannot map ports inside even with the password due to the firewall
blockage.

Regards,
Junaid



On Jul 23, 10:16 pm, "Wasim Baig" <wa...@convergence.pk> wrote:

[Haris Shamsi]

its not proxying every thing - just the usual port 80 traffic :)

[Shariq Khan]

mobilink voip service is not working today, help line is also down.....

[Mustafa Rana]

Considering the Service is still on Test Launch ! I'd say Kudos to Mobilink Team :-)

[Junaid]

Hello Everyone,

I've just posted some stats regarding Mobilink Infinity , overall the
service level has improved a lot , you can check them out at

http://taichiman.wordpress.com

Btw , if anyone want some detailed information ( 30 sec ping / packet
loss analysis over a period of 20 days ) , i'll be happy to provide
the data.

Regards,
Junaid

On Jul 24, 5:45 pm, "Mustafa Rana" <mustafa.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Considering the Service is still on Test Launch ! I'd say Kudos to Mobilink
> Team :-)
>