Mobilink’s BlackBerry® Solutions to Empower Campus Life at LUMS
LAHORE: September 3, 2007 – Mobilink, the country’s market leader in innovative mobile solutions,
with a growing base of over 27 million customers countrywide and part of Orascom Telecom, recently
announced its collaboration with the country’s top-most business school, the Lahore University of
Management Sciences (LUMS) to provide exclusive BlackBerry® communications solutions to its campus
life.
Mobilink is offering unique communications solutions to the Lahore University of Management Sciences
faculty and students, which will facilitate them in keeping in touch with their peers and teaching staff. After
successfully providing Blackberry solution to the key businesses in Pakistan, Mobilink is now focusing its
attention towards the education sector.
Zouhair A. Khaliq, President & CEO, Mobilink while launching the service, said, “Our commitment to
reshaping lives from all walks of life, is as steadfast and dynamic as our resolve to strengthen the bonds of
our corporate social responsibility. Therefore, Mobilink is proud today to have taken a leap forward to
empower the educational sector at the University level by offering its BlackBerry solution. We are very
pleased with our partnership with LUMS and hope that our pioneering effort in creating Pakistan’s first
“mobile enabled education system will give support to the educational sector in times to come.”
Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Vice Chancellor LUMS appreciated the offer made to LUMS by Mobilink. He
opined, “Exposure of faculty, staff, and students to an integrated wireless solution like BlackBerry would
dovetail magnificently with a number of other IT initiatives that the university is undertaking and lead to a
marked increase in productivity. There is every reason to believe, that LUMS could collaborate with
Mobilink in the development of applications for BlackBerry through the involvement of its Computer
Science faculty and students”.
Both LUMS and Mobilink will harness their respective expertise in developing specialized campus
applications that will give mobile access to the university’s existing processes, such as viewing schedules,
grades, assignment submission guidelines, class announcements and even the dining center menu! Teachers
and staff will also be able to streamline their busy days with the scheduling system of the Solution and get
more out of their working days.
On the other hand, students will be able to check their email and receive course notification’s while out of
classrooms or on the go, be it the playing field, the dining center or their hostels. They will also be able to
browse the Internet through the superior browsing speed of the BlackBerry® devices, stay in touch with
their friends and family through the BlackBerry® messenger and manage their daily routine through the
Calendar. BlackBerry® device also comes with multimedia capability for them to relax and enjoy their
time off.
“Apart from providing complete backend infrastructure to upgrade the university’s mail system to
BlackBerry® technology, Mobilink is offering special rates to enable the educational sector along with
discounted handset rates; and this partnership with LUMS is just a first step in this direction,” added Mr.
Khaliq.
Mobilink launched its BlackBerry services in Pakistan in December 2005 and has achieved a unique
distinction in the world of fast and efficient communications. The device is a business tool, which
improves an individual’s productivity and efficiency, qualifying the handset to be an indispensable asset for
every organization and its human resources.