Archive for October 23rd, 2008

Mobilink Infinity Commercial Launch: Waived Fees Make It Attractive

Published by Babar Bhatti on October 23, 2008 under Broadband Internet, Competitive Trends, Networks, Wimax, Wireless

Wireless broadband is the ultimate connected service. With the recent commercial launch of Mobilink Infinity–Mobilink’s WiMAX Internet and voice services – folks in Karachi have one more choice. For Mobilink this is an important milestone: they started off as a GSM telecom company and now they provide complete telecommunications services. Obviously the service coverage is limited but its a matter of time before the coverage is widened.

The tariffs are competitive. Interestingly, just after a couple of days of announcing the original rates, Mobilink decided to waive the one-time installation fee and security deposit — total of Rs.4K. The CPE cost is 6K and data plan rates range from Rs.450 (5G/256kbps) to Rs. 1500 (15G/1Mbps). This may start another price war with WiMAX competitors which will benefit consumers, many of which have expressed frustration with other wireless broaband services. This is a big test for WiMAX technology as well and I am sure there are many industry analysts watching this closely.

But there is one thing which is more important than rates: execution and customer service. It seems that Infinity has done its home work and is ready to deliver on the promises mentioned on its website. But the only way to know is to find from the actual users in Karachi!