Picture Of The Month: Mobile Street Vendor
We have often talked about the rapid increase in mobile teledensity in Pakistan. It may take years to get accurate measurements on the impact of this change but one thing is certain: getting phones to the masses has radically changed the way Pakistanis work and play. Here’s a snapshot which depicts street reality, published first in DAWN and then at All Things Pakistan.
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well you have a choice feed your stomach or feed your mobile.
Telenor brands are in-style it seems to lower segments, because even a street vendor is using the term “easy load” as compred to Mobilink’s Jazz Load, as Jazz claiming to penetration of more deep-down circuits than Telenor, but it seems from the picture that’s not the case. Now, What does that mean for me?:) ……….. and here comes the slap again.
This is also related to the campaign by PTA for blocking of unrelated SIMs. First there were no procedures and everyone was busy selling SIMs left and right. Now the situation has changed … how will it impact these street vendors?
I doubt that you can stop these vendors, the illegal sim business has replicated to become just like selling smokes to under 18, which is to say beyond the control of many authorities despite of having laws in place.
I know Mobilink started this thing. They eat money from these vendors and then make big ads out of that money and hire Wasim Akram. I tell you somebody is gonna get a slap really bad. Any idea who has the largest store of illegal activations to their account? Don’t we all know the answer? Instaphone. gotcha, It’s Mobilink.