According to (officially) unconfirmed news, PTCL is going to introduce new packages for Vfone Customers. PTCL holds a vital market share in WLL market, with huge capacity and coverage. PTCL is apparently not satisfied with the performance of its WLL unit, despite free home deliver services and other incentives. However, they are expecting that their upcoming Vfone packages will impress WLL users. It merits mentioning [...]

As the headline clearly says, it’s a rumor… hence no official confirmations are there about this offer from Ufone. But we are told by reliable sources that Ufone will start giving Rs. 500 handsets to those who will port-in to Ufone from other networks through Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Speculations are that this Rs. 500 handset is going to be Huawei T206, exactly the same [...]

Ufone has struck its competitors, yet again, by offering Blackberry services for its prepaid customers as well. I am not sure if this move is going to make big difference in Ufone’s balance sheets or subscribers’ stats… but this launch of Blackberry for prepaid customers is going to greatly hike Ufone as a brand. Ufone says that its prepaid customers can get BlackBerry from any [...]

Cabinet Division has floated an advertisement, inviting applications for vacant Member Technical slot. It merits mentioning here that Member Technical is second senior most position in PTA’s hierarchy along with Member Finance, after Chairman of PTA. This position hold significant importance as one out of two members (Technical or Finance) is normally promoted to the seat of Chairman PTA. Member Technical slot was freed by [...]

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It is reported that District Consumer Court Judge Syed Maruf Ahmed Ali ordered PTCL to refund Rs 4,300 along with the cost amounting to Rs 10,000 to the petitioner within 10 days on an suit case filed by Muhammad Jamshed Rana under Punjab Consumer Protection Act, 2005, for the recovery of PTCL bill payments he made with the cost of suit – He had been [...]

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Has announced that it has closed a deal with Telenor Pakistan to develop their CRBT (Color Ring Back Tone) system platform, said a press release sent by Mr. Jim Huang, Manager Marketing from Huawei Pakistan. Press release, while quoting Mr. Lars Christian Iuel, the Chief Marketing Officer of Telenor Pakistan, said, “Under this contract Huawei will provide a highly scalable and [...]

There was a news in print media yesterday, that Police has been allowed to directly access cellular user’s information; this includes our incoming and outgoing call details and information regarding SMS that we send and receive. I am not sure if Police can also access the content of calls (voice tapes), as it was not explicitly mentioned in any of news report. If we consider [...]

While virtually all Pakistanis fast in Ramadan and feel more pious, hence they are easily found attracted towards Ramadan related services from cellular companies. Almost all cellular companies in Pakistan had come up with services relating to Ramadan that included Namaz Alerts, Special Ring Tunes, caller tunes, Quran Majeed download and so on. I was browsing though websites of all cellular companies and found that [...]

Warid Telecom wants you to keep your Warid Numbers switched on round the clock at any cost, and they say they can even give you prizes for that. So the message is clear, keep your number alive and keep waiting to get a lucky call from Warid… While I am writing this post, there were no updates available on their website. (They may update it [...]

TechCrunch has reported that long awaited Android based HTC Dream is going to hit the surface on September 23, 2008 at 10:30 AM. Pricing is anticipated around $200 with a 2-years contract from T-Mobile. For more details and Android coverage: Click Here Specifications: Click Here Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmniBnVB6wA&e

Only couple of years ago, bearing a post paid connection was considered a high profile element, and as a status symbol. Then people used to judge others’ status by the type of connection one had. It was then a highly praised element, and deservingly so, as post-paid costumers used to get lot of attention and care from telecom operators; in terms of services and the [...]

Ufone seems quite satisfied with the feedback it is getting from its Ramzan Offer, hence it has now decided to extend Ufone Ramzan Offer for 2 more hours. Meaning that now Ufone customers can call from 12 PM to 7 AM at Rs. 6.04 (including taxes) per hour. At same time, we hope that we gonna get something to eat as well at Iftari along [...]

Banking transactions made over internet (known as E-Banking) are rapidly getting very common amongst businesses entities and masses in Pakistan. This was reflected in a recent report prepared by State Bank of Pakistan, which read that E-Banking has grown as high as 32 percent growth last year (2008). This report that got published in print media today, said that, a total of 124.6 million e-banking [...]