Zong AIOU MoU
Islamabad, 15th April, 2015 --- Zong, Pakistan’s most advanced and only 3G & 4G
operator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Allama Iqbal Open University
(AIOU), Pakistan’s biggest university in terms of student enrollment. With Zong’s focus
on becoming an indispensable digital life partner, this MoU will facilitate the
academia and student body of AIOU in its educational pursuits through access to various
Zong products and services.
Zong’s cutting edge 3G & 4G technology is empowering a great number of Pakistanis
each day, and this partnership with a university of the academic stature of AIOU
implies that an even greater number of individuals, in particular youth, will be able
to experience empowerment in the arena of education through our technological
innovations.
AIOU staff and students will be able to enjoy a vast category of Zong’s cutting edge
products and services, ranging from Zong’s latest 4G enabled handsets through our
installment plan and WiFI connectivity for the AIOU Headquarters through Zong WiFi
devices to mobile broadband based connectivity in 42 regions and mobile financial
solutions for timely disbursements of monthly wages and collection of fees amongst many
others products and services. These benefits will be enjoyed by a population of over
1.3 million students, over 70,000 tutors and over 2400 employees.
In this regard, Mr. Liu Dianfeng, CEO Zong said that “Zong is a subsidiary of the
world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), and is
working diligently every day to provide innovative and localized products and services
for the Pakistani market. This partnership is a step in the same direction, and I
sincerely hope it goes a long way in paving a bright future for both the stakeholders
involved.”
Also present at the occasion was Dr.Shahid Siddiqui, Vice Chancellor AIOU, who noted
that "AIOU and Zong’s collaboration provides an innovation & creative solution to
faster communication between the university and its students. The MOU signed today will
also strengthen our student support system; through the communication system provided
by Zong we will be able to reach our students on greater pace in every nook &
corner of Pakistan."