Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan ICAP Karachi have signed an MoU, under which, PTCL agreed to provide special discount on EVO (3.1 Mbps wireless broadband service) to ICAP members, faculty, staff and students. Under the MoU that is valid up to September 15, 2010, 3.1 Mbps EVO (unlimited package) rack rate USB cost Rs4,000 after 30% discount Rs 2,800, [...]

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information Technology Sardar Latif Khosa has dispelled the impression that there is a ban on the import or sale of used computers. The IT Adviser said access to information was a fundamental right of every human being. The government, he said, would make such decisions, which could benefit the people. Khosa added that the duty imposed on the import [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launched a crack down against illegal gateway exchange operator in Islamabad and busted two illegal gateway exchanges in the areas of F-10 Markaz and F-11/4, Islamabad and confiscated other accessories whereas one person was arrested from the scene. This raid was conducted based on the information obtained through PTA’s facility which detects illegal telecom traffic. It [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) have joined hands to deploy the largest Financial network in Pakistan. PTCL will provide an end to end solution with enterprise-wide network connectivity architecture, all necessary hardware, software & management of the network, on the basis of managed services as well as State-of-the-art Wide Area Network. The WAN will be used for various banking [...]

Advisor to Prime Minister for Information Technology, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa met with a three member delegation of Telenor headed by Executive Vice President and Head of Telenor Asia Region, Sigve Brekke to discuss the expansion of the Telecom Sector. CEO Telenor Pakistan, Jon Eddy Abdullah and Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President Corporate Affairs, Aamir Ibrahim were also part of the delegation. Latif [...]

As the budget month is nearing, business entities are gearing up their efforts for lesser taxes, Telecom sector being the worst hit in past is also pushing for the same. Efforts include for stabilizing the taxes, if they can’t be lowered. For the purpose, Telenor Telenor Pakistan has asked for Board of Investment’s support in rationalizing the taxation structure for the telecom sector to ensure [...]

Mobile World Congress has nominated MCB Mobile, a service launched by the MCB Bank in 2009, as the best across the world. The nomination was an acknowledgment for the recently launched innovative mobile banking solution by the MCB Bank and GSM Association (GSMA), said a press release. Other mobile payment services nominated were from South Korea (t-cash), Philippines (Smart Money) and Kenya (m-paisa). MCB Mobile [...]

Zong has recently signed an agreement with Pakistan Airline Cabin Crew Association (PACCA) under which it has offered telecom services to PACCA. Picture shows Rizwan Akhter (2nd from left), Director advertising and promotions, Zong and Mr. A. Q. Alvi (3rd from left), President, PACCA, signing the agreement along with the representatives of both the companies.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has upgraded and advanced its contact centers to facilitate its customers.  Now PTCL customers can utilize its services through these contact centers with out leaving their homes or offices. PTCL has four contact centers one each in Karachi and Rawalpindi and two in Lahore. These contact centers operates round the clock 24/7, 365 days a year. A well trained staff [...]

On 3rd April 2010, Roxen and Strings performed at Divine Gardens, Lahore Cantt where the concert was attended by over 600 people. Families and youth of Lahore witnessed two fascinating  performances and danced the night away. Live interviews were conducted by FM 91 where people expressed their views and appreciated efforts of Warid for entertaining people during a time when there is a big question [...]

Adviser to the Prime Minister for Information Technology Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa said information technology (IT) facilities would be provided to the NWFP equal to the other provinces of the country. He also conceded to set up an IT Park in the province, which would be inaugurated very soon. Khosa was talking to a 3-member delegation of NWFP government headed by Minister for Science [...]

Samsung Electronics has announced the appointment of cricketing icon Shahid Afridi as its new Brand Ambassador. This announcement was made at a press conference held by Samsung at a Country Club in Lahore. Shahid Afridi will be engaged in various media activities and events to promote the latest electronic appliances and cellular devices from Samsung. Afridi enjoys an international fan following, including millions of young [...]

SECP has approved the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Wateen Telecom Limited and fixed April 13, 14 and 15 as dates for subscription of shares. The IPO is the largest one through which the company will get Rs 2 billion from the country’s stock market thus expanding its paid up capital which has been approved by its sponsor directors. Wateen Telecom Limited after getting itself [...]

Djuice is offering Din Raat and Jagtay Raho subscribers, 4 minutes free after every minute for FnF (Pakka Dost Calls). Djuice subscribers on other packages can also get the goods in the form of a minute free after every minute whenever they call their pakka dost. How to Avail Offer? Simply dial *345*101# to activate your FnF Tariff: Calls to Friends & Family numbers: Rs [...]

Zong has introduced new postpaid packages, and likely the most feature rich in postpaid market. Zong postpaid comes with opt-in unlimited SMS, free on-net and off-net minutes, 15 MB of free GPRS quota and more. Following are tariff details. Those Zong customers, who are using old packages will have to call helpline to get new packages activated, as per their wish. Note: Rates are inclusive [...]