Mobilink expands In-flight GPRS and BlackBerry Roaming

Karachi: March 25, 2011 – Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding, has expanded its In-flight GPRS/BlackBerry Roaming services to over 260 flights.

With a view to ensure convenience and provision of seamless services to its customers, whether at home or abroad, Mobilink indigo, Pakistan’s largest post-paid family, has joined hands with Emirates and Malaysia Airlines through AeroMobile to expand coverage of its In-flight GPRS/BlackBerry Roaming. Through this partnership, Mobilink In-flight GPRS/BlackBerry Roaming will now be available on Emirates Airlines on more than 268 flights including 122 international flight routes across 52 countries including popular destinations such as the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Switzerland, Turkey, Singapore, China, Thailand and Bangladesh. The service is also available on selective Emirates in-country flights between Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.


The service which enables indigo customers to stay connected and surf the web, access their emails and send & receive MMS through their BlackBerry and GPRS connection at cruise altitude is also available on major international flight routes of Air France through partner network OnAir. Mobilink plans to aggressively widen the sphere of their in-flight services to other airlines in the near future, further enhancing and facilitating their indigo customer’s connectivity options.


In-flight GPRS/BlackBerry Roaming works like regular GPRS roaming service on ground. No special handset settings are required. For details on tariffs and destinations please visit http://www.mobilinkgsm.com/IR/mobile.php

About Mobilink:
Mobilink, (www.mobilinkgsm.com ) a subsidiary of the Orascom Telecom Holding, is Pakistan's leading cellular and Blackberry service provider.  With more than 31 million subscribers, Mobilink maintains market leadership through cutting-edge, integrated technology, the strongest brands and the largest portfolio of value added services in the industry, a broadband carrier division providing next generation internet technology as well as the country's largest voice and data network with over 8,000 cell sites.  Mobilink has already invested over US $3.3 billion in the country to date and provides uninterrupted countrywide connectivity, unmatched customer services and international roaming in over 140 countries.

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