Djuice is known for appealing to youth. In a search for local talent, Djuice has sponsored a freestyle soccer contest in Pakistan. After the first rounds of competition in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, the finals are on 31st January in Karachi from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more detail on “Red Bull Street Style!” see below and go to Djuice site. This will be fun!

The Teamtalk offer by Telenor Persona Karobar allows business customers to make free calls to their business circle. Persona Karobar has been one of the prominent business oriented packages and this new feature for an SME to make free calls to their business partners is an industry first in Pakistan. By carefully analyzing the usage and expense mobile phones and comparing that to Teamtalk offer, businesses can save significantly. By using Teamtalk, a small and medium business can:

Make Free Calls to your Company Employees.
Make Free Calls to your Business Partners.
Send SMS / MMS at special rates to Company Employees as well as business partners.

Before I begin, allow me to speak of the success of Telenor Easy Paisa’s Utility Bill payment service. Listing down some quick facts about the bill payment service:

» More than 47000 bills paid across Pakistan
» Total amount of bills paid exceeds Rs. 58.8 million

It can be safely said that the Easy Paisa method of bill payment has been received well by consumers and people have started to rely on it. The usage stats are more than the bills paid at ATMs in Pakistan.

Now like it was expected, Telenor has started expanding the set of transactions offered over its ‘Easy Paisa’ service. After the success of utility bill payments, Telenor has launched its ‘money transfer’ transaction that makes it possible for absolutely ANY customer to send and receive money as the receiving and sending of money does not necessarily require a cell phone.

Telenor’s target market appears to be ‘Domestic Remittance’ users in Pakistan i.e. People residing in urban areas for work and sending money from one city to the other or to their native villages. It also aims to work as a replacement of ‘traveller cheques’.

The process is relatively simple, let me list how sending and receiving money works one by one:

Sending Money:

» Sender visits any one of more than 4000 Telenor Easy Paisa retail outlets, Telenor customer service centers or any branch of Tameer Microfinance bank
» Sender fills in a form/receipt (as shown in the image below) providing name, CNIC and mobile number of receiver and the amount to be transferred
» Easy Paisa retailer hands over phone to customer to enter secret 5 digit PIN (this PIN has to be delivered to the recipient)
» Sender needs to provide a photocopy of CNIC and present his original CNIC for verification

Receiving Money:

» Receiver visits any one of more than 4000 Telenor Easy Paisa retail outlets, Telenor customer service centers or any branch of Tameer Micro-finance bank
» Receiver presents to retailer/branch/service center the ‘Transaction ID’ as received via SMS or directly by the sender
» Easy Paisa retailer hands over phone to customer to enter secret 5 digit PIN (this PIN was delivered/told to the recipient by the Sender)
» Receiver needs to provide a photocopy of CNIC and present his original CNIC for verification
» Receiver receives the amount transferred by Sender
The service, however, is not free and comes at a cost. The cost is divided into slabs depending on the amount transferred:

Fee for the transaction (including taxes) will be charged on top of the Money Transfer amount and it will only be charged to the Sender and not the Receiver.

Example:
A person who wants to transfer Rs. 1000 to another person would end up paying Rs. 1000 + 58 to the Merchant (where Rs. 50 = Money Transfer fee& Rs. 8 = taxes).

Receiver does not need to pay anything and will be able to pick up Rs. 1000 from any easypaisa Merchant.

There is, however, a limit of Rs. 10,000 as the maximum amount that can be transferred imposed by the State Bank of Pakistan. Providing cell phone numbers for both sender and receiver are optional but recommended as they provide automated transaction confirmation in real time.

As an e-Banking enthusiast, I am anxiously waiting for what is next in line in the Easy Paisa service offering! I can make guesses, and very focused ones too, but I’ll leave that for now and may be go out and try a transaction for myself.

Day Care facility initiative has been launched by Telenor Pakistan, to facilitate female employees and thus improving on their contribution to the organization.

Telenor Pakistan, in an effort to provide a productive environment for its female employees, recently inaugurated Day Care facilities in its Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad offices. Telenor Pakistan has always been a leader in improving lives of its employees and the people of Pakistan. In such an endeavor an inauguration ceremony of a Day Care Center took place in Lahore, which is yet another step forward in encouraging a conducive working environment.

Telenor Pakistan VP Human Capital, Mr. Nayab Baig, Regional Director S&D Telenor Paksitan Mr. Syed Montzer Mehdi along with its employee and her daughter.

Telenor finally launches long awaited Call Blocking Service. Now enough of being fun for someone whose only purpose is to get on your nerves. Telenor Call Blocker service subscribers can ban any call from any number whether landline or mobile phone. One the users has blocked a number, he/she will no longer receive call from that number and a recording will be played by service. Subscribers can also change the recording to a busy tone or a ringing tone. More characteristics of this service are described here http://202.69.15.124:8080/tellin/ics_user_index.jsp or can also be found at IVR 420.

How to Subscribe?Just write ‘Sub’ and send it to 420 to get registered with Telenor Call Blocker. You will receive a message from service after some hours with confirmation of your registration.

How to Block?Just write the number and send it to 420

Other Details◦Rs. 20+ Tax will be charged monthly.
◦Rs 2+ Tax per SMS will be charged (One Time)
◦Rs. 2+ Tax on IVR (One Time)
For more details, please visit: http://www.telenor.com.pk/services/callBlocker.php