Jazz (mobile network operator)
| Jazz | |
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| جیز | |
dunya ko bataa do (lit. "tell the world")
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| Type | Telephony and Internet |
| Location | Pakistan |
| Frequency | 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz |
| Use | 50 million users |
| Owner | Global Telecom Holding |
| Operator | Pakistan Mobile Communication Ltd. & Warid Telecom |
| Established | 10 January 2017 |
| Current status | In development |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Funding |
VEON Ltd. Abu Dhabi Group via Warid |
Jazz (Urdu: جیز) is the largest mobile network in Pakistan formed by the merger of Mobilink and Warid. It provides a range of services for prepaid and postpaid customers to individual and corporate clients. Its Head Office is located in Islamabad, and the current CEO is Aamir Ibrahim.
Jazz was formerly known as Mobilink (PMCL), however in November 2015, it announced a merger with WaridTel Pakistan, both companies re-launched under the 'Jazz' brand name. Both merged companies now collectively server 50 million subscribers in Pakistan.
Jazz has over 8500 active cell sites in the country, with over 6500 kilometers of Fiber Optic cable laid. Huawei, Nokia-Siemens, Alcatel and ZTE are the primary vendors for networking equipment at Jazz, including Radio Base Stations, Microwave equipment and network switches. Over 20 cities are also covered under Jazz's recently launched LTE service as well. Jazz uses Ericsson for its intelligent networks and Acision for it's SMSC. Jazz has invested over 3.9 billion US Dollars in their network.
In March 2017, Jazz inaugurated their new state-of-the-art Network Operations Center (NOC), it uses IBM and Dell EMC to manage day-to-day network operations and provides the company with 24x7 network surveillance. The inauguration of this NOC caused minor network outages for users in some areas, however as the facility has become fully operational, all network related issues have been resolved.
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