Mobilink Subscriber Growth Declines, Zong and Telenor Growing Rapidly
By Babar Bhatti | June 20, 2008 | No Comments
The mobile subscriber numbers for last few months tell an interesting story. Zong and Telenor have been growing at a brisk pace, at the expense of Mobilink and Ufone. Take a look at the April to May changes. Mobilink’s share of market is down to 37%. There are many reasons to which we can attribute this trend: decline in customer satisfaction, aggressive competition and market saturation. Perhaps this is one reason why Mobilink is trying to diversify through link dot net.
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June 20th, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
Baber Bhatti, you have hit the point… keen observation led me to another question… may i take your chart? that is going to be quite helpful for my next post..!
Thanks
June 20th, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Sure thing Aamir, use the chart in your post … would appreciate if you mention the source.
June 20th, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
June 20th, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
[...] fully charged up to retain their positions. Babar Bhatti has summed up the current scenario in his post, where stats show that Telenor managed well to subscribe over 500K customers almost same as of the [...]
June 22nd, 2008 @ 9:42 am
hi buddies,
i could not found the source of the chart attached.
well, I have a breaking news for you guys, as per my observations (infat believe) mobilink is going to launch some new value added services soon which will be historic and trend setter, and if the attached information is true, the stats will be entirely opposite and will be much more than the mentioned about others.
Good hopes for a better competion in market.
June 22nd, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
I guess Mobilink VAS side change is pretty clear by kind of services they have been rolling out lately. Services like TCS Delivery, Pakistan Railways venture and similar add value to consumer’s regular routine and this is the area which needs the most attention.
June 22nd, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
I created the chart based on PTA numbers (available on PTA site).
June 22nd, 2008 @ 10:58 pm
Hi Babar,
I noticed that you mentioned LinkdotNet being under the umbrella of Mobilink. Although I’m not 100% sure, I believe LinkdotNet directly comes under Orascom, and does not have anything to do with Mobilink. Could you confirm? However, they are currently in trial phases of their Mobilink Broadband offer, which is in direct competition to Wateen’s WiMax offer. Cheers.
June 23rd, 2008 @ 12:33 am
The current market positions are:
1. Mobilink
2. Telenor
3. Ufone
4. Warid
5. Zong
A lot depends on how sustainable your offer is, which market segment is your target, how much would you benefit from this offer.
and i hope you all will agree that “first in market will always remain first in consumers mind”.
June 24th, 2008 @ 2:59 am
Seems like Mobilink’s Bubble is finally shrinking and if they don’t do anything about it, they will be facing a harder time than PAKTEL, INSTAFONE.
June 24th, 2008 @ 8:17 am
It’s like this: Just like when there is a new girl or a guy in your office/gym/social group and you loose interest over your wife or husband or girlfriend or boyfriend. The cellular industry is going through the same frame. Once you realize that it’s only your partner that takes your crap, you come back to them. I cannot be more clear on the market situation!
August 2nd, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
I am doing my Master’s Dissertation on Mobilink’s customer orientation and innovation, so i need data to collect about it. I have already published questionnaire online, so i have request you all to please take participation in this survey which will enable me to reach on conclusion. Your response will be strictly anonymous. You will not be asked for your name or any other identification.
Link is given below
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=13rI33CoJz6anKgu1fZhRA_3d_3d
I am hoping that you can be a part of this survey,
Thanks
Raja
October 5th, 2008 @ 6:17 am
salam,
Mr. Bhatti i need the source of this chart??…i am workin on a research report on mobilink need it for my analysis..
October 6th, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
Awais,
I took all the numbers from PTA site. Email me if you need the excel version of the data.
A word of caution though: PTA has pulled off some of these numbers from its site. Perhaps there were doubts about the actual number of SIMs being reported …
Babar
January 12th, 2009 @ 11:42 am
The current market positions are:
1. Mobilink
2. Ufone
3. Telenor
4. Zong
5. Warid