Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, has announced that government of Pakistan has plans to allocate PKR 17 billion (USD 190 million) in next year’s budget for stretching the broadband services in un-served and under-served areas of the country. It is anticipated that this money will be taken from USF’s pocket, which was specifically...
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) today announced that it has achieved one million broadband customers in the country, that is over or around 50 percent of broadband market share. A messages by Mr. Walid Irshaid, President and CEO PTCL, published on its official website says: With over 3 million fixed line users and 1 million Broadband...
PTCL has played its long kept GB card for its EVO services. To give the WiMAX service providers a tough time, PTCL EVO now comes at decreased rates with monthly limit of 5 and 10 GB (in addition to a package that offers unlimited downloads with 3.1 mbps and 256 kbps speeds). These packages are especially suitable for those who want to retain EVO services...
Read this post in Urdu Reports suggest that submarine cable SEMEWE4 cable – linking majority of internet and telephony traffic in Pakistan – has been cut near Alexandria, causing serious sluggishness for internet browsing in Pakistan. Various Internet Service Providers confirmed ProPakistani that cable cut has been reported and that internet speeds...
Read this post in Urdu Average connection speed for internet in Pakistan for both broadband and narrowband connections stood at 741 kbps in fourth quarter 2011, slightly down from 763 kbps in third quarter 2011. According to stats revealed by Akamai in its ‘state of the internet’ report for fourth quarter 2011, 1.2 million unique IPs from Pakistan...
Read this post in Urdu Wateen Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Punjab IT Board for enabling e-learning in the province. Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Naeem Zamindar, CEO Wateen Telecom signed the agreement at the PITB E-Government Exhibition held at Arfa Technology Park earlier today. With the agreement, Wateen...
Read this post in Urdu Link Dot Net, Orascom’s fully owned subsidiary for DSL broadband services and sister concerns of Mobilink, is considering to wrap up its operations in Pakistan, amid low returns and to shift the group focus on core cellular services and branchless banking. Sources familiar with the development have confirmed ProPakistani that...
We told you earlier about wi-tribe Bazaar, a first of its kind software buy-sell portal for local market, where local developers can submit their web/mobile applications and games to grab revenues through sale of apps. Taking its commitment further towards local software development, wi-tribe has gone a step ahead with the announcement of Pakistan Developers’...
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has recently launched its 3G EVO Nitro wireless Broadband service in the Rawat Industrial Estate, near Rawalpindi. President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industries (RCCI), Mr. Javed Akhter Bhatti inaugurated the state-of-the-art wireless Broadband services of PTCL EVO Nitro in a colorful ceremony...
COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) has announced the launch of its VPS (virtual private server). CIS claims to be the first ISP to offer VPS with local hosting in Pakistan unlike other VPS service providers who offer foreign hosting. With VPS, a customer uses a dedicated server on a rental basis hence saving on the costs of purchasing a full-fledged server....
Read this post in Urdu Wateen Telecom has announced to start its service in Pakpattan, which is an addition to Wateen’s WiMax network and came as part of Wateen’s collaboration with the Universal Services Fund (USF). Through the USF, Wateen offers discounts to subscribers in areas where internet penetration is extremely low. Wateen is already working...
WorldCall Telecom has been in focus of investors’ attention at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for past one month as shares’ trading of the company was witnessed huge volume with constant improvement in par values. On Monday, it was once again seen a top performer at KSE 100 index in terms of volume after number of shares traded crossed 30.86 million...
Qubee has announced that its WiMAX operations in Pakistan reached 75,000 subscribers at the end of March 2012, showing 130 percent year-on-year increase in number of subscribers. Qubee is a subsidiary of Augere, a WiMAX wireless broadband internet access provider, having operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Qubee said that it had 125,000 subscribers...
The WiMAX Forum, the global body that certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products, hosted the South Asia Conference 2012 at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. The event was held under the patronage of the country’s regulatory body, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, and co-organized by...
Cyber Internet Services (Cybernet) and Augere Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore mutual business opportunities including the provision of redundant connectivity to clients and enabling 4G LTE services in the future. “This cooperation between our companies will enable Cybernet to strengthen its promise to deliver...
