Zong Partners with AIOU for Provision of ICT Services

By Gulshan Naz: Zong has 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.

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.