PakBugs, a hacker group from Pakistan, claims to have penetrated into PKNIC servers – the entity that manages country level domains (such as .com.pk, .pk, org.pk and others) for Pakistan – and has taken control of several domains including Jang, The News, Express and ProPakistani. Hackers claims to have account information of 23,000 PKNIC users and their domains. They claim to have complete control over [...]

Shahbaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Punjab and also known as Khadim-e-Alaa, uses over two dozen government websites to promote his personal Facebook page and Twitter profile. These websites – that are owned by government of Punjab and not by Mr. Sharif – are vigorously and shamelessly used by the chief minister to promote a Facebook page and a Twitter profile that he uses for [...]

Much hyped Blackberry 10 was unveiled yesterday, a last hope for Blackberry — formally called RIM — to pull back its stock value and smartphone market share before hitting into a dead end. Blackberry 10 has already impressed the tech world. It has pretty cool features that can easily please the smartphone users by making their lives simpler. Having said this, it appears that Blackberry 10 [...]

Usman Ishaq, the Executive Director Commercial at Zong, has resigned today – we have confirmed with sources. Mr. Ishaq was long rumoured for leaving Zong, especially during the first week of January. However, it was only today that we got the official confirmation of his resignation. Usman Ishaq, considered a close ally of Fan Yun Jun – the CEO of Zong, had joined Zong in [...]

Today is a big day at Blackberry, which is now a company than just a smartphone brand. RIM today announced that it has renamed and rebranded itself to become Blackberry company – the name it has been using for its smartphones since the beginning. The much anticipated Blackberry 10 Launch event is going to serve as a last hope for the company to revive back. [...]

With extremely low cellular tariffs, the phenomenon of conference call is already getting popular in Pakistan. For those who aren’t familiar, conference call is a facility offered by almost every telecom operator that allows more than two callers to speak with each other simultaneously, on a single line. In addition to service offering by your telecom operator, conference call facility also requires your handset compatibility. [...]

Government of Pakistan has published advertisements in various newspapers inviting the applications for filling the positions of Member Technical and Member Finance at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. It is likely that upcoming Member Technical will become the Chairman of Authority. Advertisements said that applicants should be professional telecommunication engineer and will be responsible for assuming a leadership role relating to regulating the telecommunication systems and provision [...]

Ufone celebrated its 12th anniversary on January 29,2013 at the new Ufone Tower in Islamabad. The event was attended by the management along with a large number of Ufone employees from the twin cities of Islamabad & Rawalpindi. With this, Ufone has also moved to its new headoffice. New home of the happiest customers in the country, the “Ufone Tower” is interestingly the tallest building [...]

Abu Dhabi Group, a business conglomerate in the Middle East and a major investor in Pakistan, has announced that it has reacquired SingTel’s shares in Warid Telecom that it had sold back in 2007. As a result of this transaction, SingTel will receive US$150 million in cash and a 7.5% share of proceeds from any future sale or public offering of Warid (if ever happens), [...]

Government of Pakistan, through Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, has directed telecom companies in Pakistan to suspend mobile phone and wireless services on Friday due to security situation on the occasion of 12th Rabiul Awwal. According to PTA’s directive, a copy of which is available with ProPakistani, cellular services will remain suspended from 10AM to 8PM in total of 35 Districts. Keep reading for details. Media reports say [...]

Cellular companies in Pakistan added 1,088,909 subscribers in November 2012 to take the total subscription base to 123,597,202 subscribers by end of November, said recently issued stats by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. This huge increase in cellular subscription – after a long time – can be credited to Zong, which alone added 978,627 subscribers in the reported month. PTA said the cellular density stood hay 69.8 [...]

Telecom industry is abuzz with the word that deployment of Biometric solution at Customer Service Centers, Franchises and retail outlets for the sale of new SIMs is primarily a move to benefit National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), a government entity. They say that the whole episode of banning sale of new SIMs, MNP ban and other similar moves by government were the efforts to [...]

Mobile phone companies have started selling new SIMs at retail outlets, contrary to what PTA had earlier directed, we have confirmed with official and unofficial sources in the market. The decision has been taken unanimously, by all cellular companies, to sell SIMs at retail outlets that are directly contracted by cellular operators. These retail outlets include Telenor’s Sahulat Ghar, Ufone’s Ushops, Mobilink’s Model Shops, Zong’s [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is currently undergoing its worst ever managerial situation of the history. Today, at a time when PTA is carrying its operations without a Chairman,  Mr. Sajjad Latif Awan, Director General (Enforcement) has written a letter to Mr. Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi, member finance, and Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar, member Technical, to stay with-in their limits and to not Act to as Chairman of [...]

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has reshuffled portfolios of two Senior Executive Vice Presidents, we have confirmed with sources. According to information we have got, Mr. Naveed Saeed, previously the S.E.V.P commercial is now appointed the S.E.V.P Corporate Development – a slot that was freed by Mr. Sikandar Naqi earlier this month. Additionally, Mr. Furqan Habib Qureshi, previously the S.E.V.P, Business Zone South, is now [...]