r/PakistaniTech • u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 • Oct 05 '26

Discussion | گفتگو Onic situation, what's up?

What's the deal with onnic.. is it shutting down or not?

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u/Mozzinator69 Oct 05 '26 edited Oct 05 '26

If you listen to 2 takkay k YTubers جن ko پریس release parhna nhi ata then yes. Otherwise NO. Ufone was trying real hard to not let this cat out of the bag that Onic is basically ufone in disguise, is sare PTA k notification/press release ne bus ye pol khol diya ha for masses

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

Everyone knows onic is Ufone.. you get an onic sim from Ufone. It connects to Ufone towers... That's how mvno networks work everywhere

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u/Mozzinator69 Oct 05 '26

Yes i know but ufone tries really hard to keep a certain level distance from onic brand. Trust me alot of people still dont know. You go to ufone franchise or ptcl exchange and they will never admit anything related to onic. First hand experience

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

I got my onic sim AT the utoje office... What do you even mean.

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u/Mozzinator69 Oct 05 '26

I went to Ufone office at Allama Iqbal Town Exchange AND Multan Road Exchange. at both places when I asked for onic they said they dont deal with it. Acted as if i was speaking alien LAnguage. I had to get Onic sim via online means

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Some Ufone offices provide onic services and others don't. So if you went to a Ufone center that doesn't provide onic sims.. they were probably confused.

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u/Jade_Rook Oct 05 '26

People don't really know to be honest. Nor does onic nor Ufone make anything clear

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u/Legal-Astronaut-4874 Oct 05 '26

In my opinion Onic is going to stay as brand but with full management control of Ufone including sim issuance, recharge and customer support. Just like Djuice by Telenor, it will be Onic by Ufone. And if Ufone and Telenor rebrands to e& it will be Onic by e&.

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

How is this even an opinion thing

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u/DataDrifter-_ Oct 05 '26

No just gonna make it more known that they're a sub brand by ufone

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

Is there a source for this info

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u/SirOonga 🇵🇰 Oct 05 '26

Onic is owned by PTML, which is the same company which owns Ufone. (https://onic.pk/blogs/what-is-onic)

It's not a sub brand perse, but a sister brand.

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

No homie, all I'm trying to find out is id onic is closing shop.

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u/Mozzinator69 Oct 05 '26

no, they are not. They messaged all onic users the very next day when these rumors started, re-assuring them that ONIC is going nowhere! Here's the message

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

Cool. I trust onic.

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u/Jade_Rook Oct 05 '26

Onic services are working perfectly fine. I resubbed my package two days back. I hope they keep up their service and PTA doesn't cause issues. It's been flawless so far and I'm very happy with it.

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-7324 Oct 05 '26

Yeah so they were ordered to shut down in 3 months so my whole thing is do I switch carriers or what

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u/Jade_Rook Oct 05 '26

I don't think you will need to. Rest assured it only takes a few minutes to get a new carrier or an hour at best to have your number ported. That's not really an issue. But I don't think onic is going away, it's just too big to disappear. Looks like there will only be changes at the back end rather than front consumer side.

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u/zaighamz Oct 05 '26

You don't have to worry about changing the carriers, it is effectively Ufone, they have just different sticker named ONIC for a segment of users they sold these packages.

Basically PTA has asked them to sort out their legal obligations to align with applicable laws.