Zong 3G/4G internet packages Rates in Pakistan

Are you new to the market of cell phone carrier? Or are you looking to change your cell phone carrier for some reason? No matter what the reason you have, we think this article will be helpful for you.

We bring you Zong 3G Service Review in Pakistan in order to help you out choosing your data services network. Zong along with the new 3G standards, is also the only carrier in Pakistan to offer 4G service. However Zong 4G service is soon going to have a touch competitor after Warid 4G LTE launch date in September.

Zong Pakistan is one of the top 3 cell phone carriers in Pakistan. Rocking a subscriber base of approximatively 25 million users, 10 million behind their main rivals Mobilik and Telenor. Owned by China Mobile, they support the common 2G bands in Pakistan. Zong has recently acquired the 3G and 4G service licenses from Patistan Telecom Authority (PTA).

Apart from that 4G they offer the standard array of services, which means you can grab a prepaid or postpaid plan along with Mobile banking services from them. Even though Zong offers a ton of services.

Zong 3G/4G internet packages Rates in Pakistan

As always in the world, we have to find a compromise between price and quality, this compromise point maybe different for every person. Zong tries to find that point in such a way so they suit the most number of subscribers.

With the commercial launch, Zong officially offers daily, weekly and monthly 3G Packages for its customers. Let's have a look at Zong 3G internet packages Rates in Pakistan:

Zong is also offering Add-ons for its 3G Packages. Add-ons are basically a value addition in the package that will allow customers to use more data with-in time duration of package selected against a price. If you are on a weekly package with 150MB limit, and you are nearing your data limit even before the expiry of the package, then you can select any of the addon to continue using the 3G services. Add-ons will expire along with the data-package that you have selected already.

Zong 3G/4G Services FAQs

What is Add-on?

• Add Ons are small volume increments that can be purchased to keep enjoying 3G experience.
• Customers would be recommended to buy Add Ons when they reach 80% and 100% of their bundle utilization.

What is Out of Bundle Rate

• If a user does not purchase an Add On after reaching volume cap of his data bundle, he/she will be charged an out-of-bundle rate of Rs.1/MB instead of Default rate of Rs.10/MB.
• The validity of this out-of-bundle rate will be the same as validity of base package.

Will Zong Cap Speeds after 3G Bundles are consumed?

• Yes
• After reaching volume cap of a bundle, the user’s mobile internet speed will be decreased to 2G speeds (256 kbps) to protect him/her from consuming too much data at 3G speeds and receiving a bill shock.
• The normal 3G speeds will be resumed once the user buys an Add On or upgrades to a higher bundle.

Keeping an Eye on Remaining Data Limit

• For Daily bundles, usage notification messages would be sent at: 80% utilization only.
• For Weekly & Monthly bundles, usage notification messages would be sent at: 20%, 50%, 80% & 100% utilization

How many times a bundle can be Re-subscribed?

• After reaching volume cap, all packages can be re-subscribed multiple times within the validity period
• The Daily Packages cannot be resubscribed multiple times in a day.

How will Auto-Renewal happen?

• All packages will be auto-renewed (automatic resubscription of package).
• After 4 days of low balance, customer will be unsubscribed

When will the Default Package be charged?

• If a user has not subscribed to any bundle, default rate of Rs.10/MB will be charged.
• After 1 MB of consumption, subscribers would be down-throttled to 256 kbps for customer protection.
• 3G speeds will be resumed once he/she subscribes to a bundle

Review of Zong 3G Service in Pakistan

Their 2G and 3G coverage is reliable, which means that you will have no problem whatsoever finding reception in any major cities, or around the country, no matter if you are indoor or outdoor. Their speed are pretty stable too. It is said to register a range of 2 to 4 Mbps speed in 3G mode without drops of connection or speed. We doubt you will ever have to fall back to using 2G mode, because the most part where 2G is covered, 3G is also.

What about pricing? The standard monthly 3G package that provided you with 1GB of bandwidth is going to set you back Rs. 250 according to the carrier. But they also offer packages that are cheaper or more expensive depending on the data amount and the active period. In comparison with other carriers it is a bit steep, but it is a large offering though. Plus on top of that the carrier will offer you some phones if you opt for a contract, phones which are 3G or 4G enabled.

So is Zong the perfect combination of price and value? It’s up to each and every one of you to decide. All we can say is that Zong is a decent, mid-tier carrier, which can most likely provide you with what you need at the price you need it, and it also has some aces up its sleeve like 4G LTE.

Zong has respectable offerings which if you are on a limited budget will look appealing to you. Coverage is also not a worry with Zong, which will be there for you no matter where you are, just like most of Pakistan’s carriers. We would recommend keeping an eye on it, since it’s not too far away from when LTE is going to be the next big thing.