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Zong (Urdu: زونگ‬‎) or China Mobile Pakistan is a skillet Pakistan portable system administrator headquartered in Islamabad, which offers voice and information administrations going from postpaid and prepaid plans, 2G, 3G and 4G administrations, versatile managing an account to settled communication. It is the main oversea setup of China Mobile through procurement of a permit from Millicom to work a GSM organize in Pakistan in 2008.[2] Zong is a 100% backup of China Mobile.[3]

It is Pakistan's second biggest GSM versatile specialist organization and third biggest portable administration regarding supporter base of more than 29 million. It has a piece of the overall industry of 20% among cell administrators in the nation

Zong initiated operations as Paktel by Cable and Wireless in 1991. It was the primary organization allowed a free permit to do PDA benefits in Pakistan. It completed AMPS administrations until 2004, when the organization propelled GSM administrations.

In 2003, Millicom Corporation, who around then were dominant part proprietors of Instaphone, purchased Paktel from Cable and Wireless. Millicom introduced another administration group headed by John Tumelty, previous CEO of Instaphone, and Chief Financial Officer David Ordman.

On January 22, 2007, Millicom International Cellular S.A. expressed that it would offer its 88.86 percent stake in Paktel Limited to China Mobile for $284 million, which incorporates the reimbursement of intercompany obligation. The deal suggests a venture an incentive for Paktel of $460 million, Millicom said in its public statement. Merrill Lynch prompted China Mobile on the exchange.

On 4 May 2007, Paktel Limited was renamed to China Mobile Pakistan.[8] On May 16, 2007 China Mobile declared that it had expanded its stake in CMPak to 100%.[9]

On April 1, 2008 Paktel was rebranded to Zong

China Mobile Pakistan has contributed more than US $2 billion so far to develop organize framework in Pakistan since 2008.[11] It will put US $1 billion in next a few year for cutting edge benefit roll-out.[12]

Zong has assembled the third biggest cell arrange in the nation with more than 6000 base stations.[13] To make strides toward environmental friendliness, Zong has introduced sunlight based controlled cell destinations in different areas. It has nation's biggest sun oriented power media transmission network.[14][15]

Pakistan's initial 4G administrator

Its system base stations, microwave joins, IT support and transmission towers are kept up and given by ZTE Pakistan.[16]

Alcatel-Lucent under the terms of a dissemination concurrence with RIM use its worldwide combination administrations and neighborhood nearness in the area to give Zong end-to-end execution, dispatch, conveyance and bolster administrations for the BlackBerry arrangement in the Pakistani market.[17]

Zong as of now utilizes GSM, UMTS/HSPA+ and LTE advances.

On April 23, 2014 Pakistan finished up cutting edge portable range closeout. Zong paid $516 million for 10 MHz range in 2.1 GHz recurrence for 3G and 10 MHz range in 1.8 GHz recurrence for 4G making it Pakistan's initial 3G and 4G administrator

In October 2011, ZONG marked a three-year association manage the English football club Manchester United F.C.[23][24] The arrangement permitted the club's Pakistani fans to see every one of the objectives scored, restrictive meetings, news, and in the background access.[25] ZONG likewise made a TV plug highlighting the Manchester United players Dimitar Berbatov, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher and Ashley Young playing road football with Pakistani children.[26]

In 2012, Zong sent 32 young men for a one-week preparing camp to Manchester United Soccer School in Abu Dhabi. 120 groups with most extreme 16 players each were recognized and trials were led in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad by a group of expert mentors. An aggregate of three groups were framed in Karachi, two in Lahore, one each in Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad. The mentors at that point recognized 32 young men to send to Abu Dhabi from these 8 groups

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