Mobilink

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Mobilink telecommunication network (Pvt) Ltd, Mobilink GSM (PMCL)
Type Private Limited Company
Industry Telecommunication
Genre Subsidiary
Founded 1994
Founder(s) Motorola USA
Headquarters Islamabad, Pakistan
Area served 10000 cities, towns, and villages across Pakistan[1]
Key people Rashid Khan, President and CEO
Products postpaid indigo , prepaid JAZZ, jazba Mobilink PCO, WiMAX
Revenue $1.5 billion
Employees 7000
Parent Orascom Telecom Egypt (Vimpelcom Group)
Website www.mobilinkgsm.com

Pakistan Mobile Communications(Pvt)Limited, better known as Mobilink GSM, is a telecommunication service provider in Pakistan. The company is Pakistan's leading cellular operator with a subscriber base of 31.5m and market share of 31% in October 2010.[2]

Mobilink's Head office is located in Islamabad. Mobilink started operations in 1994 as the first GSM cellular Mobile service in Pakistan by Motorola Inc.,[citation needed] later it was sold to Orascom Telecom, an Egypt-based multi-national company

In addition to cellular service, the Orascom group is diversifying its service portfolio by setting up new businesses and also expanding through acquisitions. Recently, they started offering DSL broadband through a wholly owned subsidiary, Link.Net. Additionally, the company has also launched its wireless broadband service through WiMax based technology under the label of 'Mobilink Infinity'. Technology is backed by Alcatel, and company is using a ZYXEL Customer Premises equipment.

In addition to Mobilink, the Orascom group also owns TWA (Trans World Associates) which operates an undersea fiber optic cable from Karachi to Fujairah, UAE.

As of June 2010 Mobilink had issued two listed bonds valued at R$3.2B and R$6B, respectively.

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Mobilink DSL[edit]

Besides its cellular service recently Mobilink has also started its DSL/Wimax internet service in 26 major cities[3] of Pakistan including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Multan, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum, Sialkot, Hyderabad, Mardan, Rahim Yar Khan, Sahiwal, Wah, Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Abbotabad, Quetta, Dera Ghazi Khan, Ghazi Kot, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Nawabshah & Larkana.

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