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| Jazz | |
Native name | جاز |
| Formerly | Mobilink |
| Company type | Unlisted public company |
| Industry | Telephony and Internet |
| Founded | June 1994; 31 years ago (1994-06) as a joint venture between Saif Group andMotorola Inc. |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Pakistan |
Key people | Aamir Hafeez Ibrahim (CEO) |
| Products | Mobile telephony Mobile banking |
| Revenue |  Rs. 304.649 billion (US$1.1 billion) (2024) |
| Rs. 39.643 billion (US$140 million) (2024) | |
| Rs. 23.813 billion (US$85 million) (2024) | |
| Total assets | Rs. 798.916 billion (US$2.9 billion) (2024) |
| Total equity |  Rs. 158.767 billion (US$570 million) (2024) |
| Parent | VEON |
| Subsidiaries | JazzCash |
| Website | jazz |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of 31 December 2024[update][1] | |
Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL),[2][3] doing business asJazz, is a Pakistanimobile network operator headquartered inIslamabad.
It is currently led bychief executive officer (CEO) Aamir Hafeez Ibrahim.[4]
As of December 2025, Jazz has 73 million subscribers in Pakistan, among which 55 million are 4G subscribers. It has the highest market share of all mobile network operators at 37%.[5]
Jazz was founded as Mobilink in 1994 in ajoint venture betweenSaif Group andMotorola Inc. In February 2001, Egypt basedOrascom Investment Holding bought Motorola's shares in Jazz to become the majority shareholder with 69% control.[6] Then, in June 2007, Orascom further purchased the remaining shares under Saif Group's control to become Jazz's 100% owner.[citation needed]
In 2010, Dutch operator VEON agreed to acquire most of the telecom assets of Orascom, including Jazz, in a $6.5 billion deal, creating the world's fifth-largest mobile network operator by subscriber base.[7] In November 2015, VEON announced the acquisition ofWarid Pakistan, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Group. Completed in July 2016 after due approvals, the first-ever local telecom company acquisition created a combined subscriber base of 50 million. Following the merger of Mobilink and Warid Pakistan, Mobilink was officially rebranded to Jazz in 2017.[8]
In March 2021, VEON's ownership rose to 100% after acquiring 15% of the shares held byAbu Dhabi Group forUS$273 million.[9]
Jazz has over 14,000 active cell sites in the country,[10] with over 25,000 kilometers offiber-optic cables laid.Huawei,Nokia-Siemens, andZTE are the primary vendors for networking equipment at Jazz, includingRadio Base Stations, microwave equipment andnetwork switches.[11]
In 2014, Jazz participated in the 2014 NGMS auction held by PTA, which allowed them to bid for a 3G license, and a 10 MHz block in the 2100 MHz band was allocated to Jazz.[12]
In March 2017,Jazz inaugurated theirNetwork Operations Center (NOC) which makes use ofIBM andDell EMC products to manage day-to-day network operations and provides the company with 24x7 network surveillance.[13][14][15]
| Frequency | Protocol | Band | Class | Channel Width |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 MHz | GSM/GPRS/EDGE | 8 | 2G | 7.4 MHz |
| 900 MHz | LTE/LTE-A | 8 | 4G/4G+ | 5 MHz |
| 1800 MHz | LTE/LTE-A | 3 | 4G/4G+ | 20 MHz |
| 2100 MHz | LTE/LTE-A | 1 | 4G/4G+ | 10 MHz |
Jazz's participation in the 2014 NGMS Auction held byPTA allowed them to bid for the 3G license, which included a 10 MHz block in the 2100 MHz band. In July 2014, they announced that they have over 10,000 3G and 9,000 4G ready cell sites. Jazz did not bid for any 4G spectrum in the 2014 NGMS auction.
Post-merger with Warid, Jazz was able to use Warid's license allowing them to become a 4G network using a 5 MHz block in the 1800 MHz band. In May 2017, Jazz won the 2017 NGMS auction held byPTA.[16] This includes a 10 MHz block in the 1800 MHz (FDD-LTE Band 3) frequency to be used for Jazz 4G. Jazz was also awarded additional 4G spectrum on 30 June 2017 byPTA.[17][18]
Jazz has refarmed a 10 MHz block from its 900 MHz spectrum for carrier aggregation with their existing 1800 MHz 4G spectrum. The LTE-A network would be rolled out to cater for growing demand.[19] This makes them the third carrier afterTelenor Pakistan andZong 4G to officially launchLTE-A in the country.[20]
In July 2021, Jazz upgraded its existing LTE network toLTE-A Pro, with the introduction of 256-QAM and Massive MIMO.
Jazz testedVoLTE in May 2017 with its partnersHuawei andNokia, announced in a press statement.
Jazz rolled out VoLTE across its network in February 2022, with supported devices includingApple,Samsung,Huawei,Oppo,Vivo,Itel,Xiaomi,Realme,Infinix and Jazz Digit branded feature phones.[21]
Jazz rolled outVoice over WiFi (VoWiFi) capabilities branded 'JazzFi' in July 2023. It is one of the two carriers in Pakistan to offer VoWiFi.[22]
In January 2020, Jazz had reported that they had successfully carried out 5G trials with reaching speeds of 1.5 Gbit/s. These trials were carried out on the 2.6 GHz spectrum.[23]
Jazz announced that it would shutdown its 3G network nationwide by November 2024 to repurpose the spectrum for expansion of its 4G network.[24] Their 3G network was shut off nationwide on 18 November 2024.[25]
Jazz had partnered with Mobilink Microfinance Banking to make an entry into the banking market, initially launched under the MobiCash brand name, it was later changed to JazzCash. It is a direct competitor toTelenor Pakistan'sEasypaisa.
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