Mobilink

Mobilink (Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited or PMCL) (Urdu: موبی لنک‎, the first GSM-based cellular operator in South Asia, operates the leading GSM network in Pakistan and provides a range of prepaid and postpaid voice and data telecommunication services to both individual and corporate subscribers. It employs about 8500 people across Pakistan and has served more than 38.2 million customers as of 1st Quarter April 2015. Its head office is in Islamabad, and the current President and CEO is Jeffrey Hedberg.

History

Mobilink, is registered by the decision of P-00664 of 1990 or CUIN 0022993 (Both active & valid) on December 27, 1990. It started operations in 1990 as the first GSM cellular mobile service in Pakistan with a joint venture by Saif Group and Motorola Inc., who later sold it to Orascom Telecom, an Egypt-based multinational company and then they also further sold it to Vimpelcom Group, a Russian Company.

It initiated its network modernization project in May 2013 and more than 70% of the network has already been revamped with 3G-enabled equipment.