Over that last couple of days, the name “Onic” has been showing up on various social media sites from Instagram to twitter and TikTok, claiming to become “Pakistan’s first digital telco”.
The social postings has ignited speculations that this may be Pakistan’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).
Others are speculating that it is from the Singaporean MVNO “Circles Life” and that it may just be a white-label app/sub-brand rather than a MVNO – and thereby trying to circumvent the need for a MVNO license/regulation, similar to the setup Circle life has made in Indonesia with a local telco.
There are four mobile operators in Pakistan i.e. Telenor Pakistan, Pakistan Mobile Communication Limited (PMCL/Jazz), PTML (Ufone), and China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak/Zong) – as well as Warid and Special Communication Organization (SCO) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
None of these mobile operators have announced any wholesale agreements or partnerships with MVNOs. However, on Onic’s LinkedIn company website, it has listed its HQ address as: 92 , Nazim-ud-din Rd, Block J F 7/1 Blue Area, Islamabad, 48400, Pakistan – which is VERY close to Ufone (Ufone Tower).
Phone: 051 111 339 111
Source :
https://www.yozzo.com/industry-news/mvna-mvne-mvno/is-this-the-first-mvno-in-pakistan/
Apparently a new mobile network coming to Pakistan. Any information about this one ?
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