ISLAMABAD: Turkey’s Turkcell and Jazz collaborated to spread the latter’s instant free communication and life platform BiP in Pakistan, a statement said.
BiP is an easy-to-use instant communication app that offers fast and secure messaging, high quality voice and video calls, secret messages, and instant translation.
BiP also allows users the ease of discovering channels like food, sports, entertainment, and fashion. It is actively used in 192 countries and has reached nearly 99 million downloads.
Jazz Chief Digital Officer Aamer Ejaz, and BiP Chief Executive Officer Gökhan Yüksektepe signed a memorandum of understanding.
Turkcell Chief Executive Officer Murat Erkan said that expanding its digital services is a critical growth factor for Turkcell, as it tries to deliver on the evolving needs of its customers.
“We strongly believe in the power of partnership and we look forward to collaborating with Jazz to expand BiP within the Pakistani market. This cooperation with Jazz is a milepost in achieving Turkey’s goal of boosting high-value-added technology transfer,” he added.
“Once BiP’s usage grows in Pakistan, we will look to extend this partnership model across other VEON countries as well. We are happy to contribute to the development of these countries’ digital economies,” Erkan remaked.
BiP Chief Executive Officer Gökhan Yüksektepe said that the communication and life platform BiP is gaining ground with Pakistani users.
“We are dedicatedly working towards our goal of making BiP a global communication application, providing customised local experiences to its users. Regarding this strategy, it is important for us to collaborate with a partner in the region like Jazz,” he added.
Today, BiP and Jazz are starting a strategic partnership with the aim of increasing the penetration of BiP in Pakistan, he remarked.
VEON Group Chief Executive Officer Kaan Terzioğlu said that messaging is a strategic application and a key enabler of the group’s digital operator strategy.
“We aim to provide messaging solutions with a wide range of services in the countries we operate, offering high levels of security and enhancing the local technology economy. BiP is an excellent service that is already proven in different parts of the world and its expansion in Pakistan by Jazz will benefit both users and the digital ecosystem,” he added.
Jazz Chief Executive Officer Aamir Ibrahim, said that Jazz’s digital operator strategy focuses on serving as a lifestyle partner for 120 million mobile broadband users in Pakistan whether they want to perform financial transactions or stream TV shows, listen to music or buy insurance.
“With the launch of BiP, we are further strengthening our digital services portfolio and providing subscribers with a multi-purpose communication app,” he added.
This collaboration between both these digital operators is an example of how tech diplomacy can deepen, already close relations between both countries.
By offering exclusive features like translation, BiP is a uniquely inclusive app that will aid communication and enable multilingual local masses to readily adopt its usage.
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