PTCL has introduced a new Smart TV Jadoo Plus box, a variation of its Smart TV service that offers TV streaming over IPTV. PTCL claims that new Smart TV Jadoo PLUS will provide customers with 125 channels stream (IPTV multicast stream). More over it will offer customers with millions of videos and a huge library of free Movies. It also provides App store facility, through [...]

Wateen Telecom was recently invited to participate in first ever Punjab Information Technology Board Information Security Conference.Wateen Telecom was represented at the event by its Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Faisal Sattar. The event aimed at creating awareness around information security and the challenges faced by organizations in the ever-evolving sphere of cyber security and business continuity. The conference brought together various stakeholders from the government, [...]

PTCL is said to be blocking torrent trackers or throttling the torrent speeds in Pakistan for last 3 days, which has resulted into a blackout of torrent downloads/uploads in the country for customers who are using PTCL DSL and wireless broadband services. According to several reports that ProPakistani received from readers, all users are unable to keep track of torrent files and hence downloading torrent isn’t [...]

Wateen Telecom has been awarded a PKR 449 million project to develop an extensive optical fibre network in Sindh. The USF Sindh project entails the laying of over (1,037) km of an optical fibre network in Southern Telecom Region. An amount of PKR 449 Million will be provided by USF in the form of a subsidy; the rest of the cost will be borne by [...]

By Sohaib Sheikh I recently read about a prominent Pakistani brand that was super proud of the fact that it had tons of fans on its Facebook page. It even touted this across various media. This got me thinking: are we, as marketers in Pakistan ,really utilising social media to its fullest extent? While having loads of ‘Likes’ on Facebook is great for one’s ego, [...]

After connecting people across the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Africa through its exceptional broadband and communication services, wi-tribe’s parent company, Qtel Group has launched Buzz, a Group intranet connecting employees across its operational companies across the globe with an objective for them to learn more, share more and connect more. Launched at an internal ceremony on Tuesday at the wi-tribe Head Office in [...]

In a first for any corporate organisation in Pakistan, Wateen Telecom recently launched its Core Values during special events organised for all company employees in Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad. The events kicked off with the first one held at the Wateen Head Office at Oberoi House in Lahore. Over 700 Wateen employees were in attendance, ranging from office assistants to the Senior Management Team, Wateen [...]

The power of connectivity is not a good or bad thing in itself but it has the power to be used for both. With the advent of social media, the power of connecting and sharing ideas which can transform societies and cultures is now a reality. It allows for cooperation between different people and can be used to move forward on ideas and collaborate to [...]

PTCL has once again offered this free upgrade for broadband DSL customers from 1Mbps to 2Mbps speeds till March 31st, 2013. Under this special promotion, PTCL will offer free upgrade of data rate of 1 Mbps customers to 2 Mbps without any additional charges till 31st March 2013. Meaning that customers will get 2Mbps speeds for Rs. 1,250 per month till March 1st, 2013. After [...]

By Naeem Zamindar The past year has been an interesting one for Pakistan from a technology and telecommunications point of view. With 2013 well on its way, it’s now time to think about what the future holds. No doubt, there is much looming on the horizon – and all indicators point to 2013 as a year of better performance and service delivery in the telecoms [...]

Wateen Telecom, in collaboration with Cisco Pakistan, held a joint seminar named “Technology Awareness Session” to address the opportunities accessible through technology, which can help business partners achieve their objectives of lower costs and better management. Mr. Hamid Mohiuddin –GM EBU Wateen Telecom, opened the forum by emphasizing the importance of a “Digitalized Pakistan’’ and Wateen’s role in making this dream a reality. This was [...]

wi-tribe has unveiled its new, enhanced, my wi-tribe customer self-help portal. wi-tribe said that the new look offers more user-friendly functionalities and interactive interface. Providing one-stop online solutions to wi-tribe customers, new My wi-tribe will allow the users to enjoy using the more augmented and simplified version to access their account, view usage and billing history, pay bills, purchase add-ons, live chat with customer care [...]

Wateen Telecom has been chosen by Bank Alfalah after a stringent vendor evaluation process for providing Fiber & Radio deployment to establish Data-VPN link for 75 branches and aggregation sites. Wateen is a preferred partner for broadband connectivity and related solutions for Bank Alfalah and over 200 leading companies in the country. Wateen offers organizations support for planning, implementation and management of their network and [...]

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has announced free on-net calls through its Freedom Package and free Wi-Fi modems with new Broadband connections. PTCL Freedom Package enables landline customers to make unlimited on-net calls from PTCL to PTCL and Vfone across the country with monthly charges. All double play customers can avail this offer for only Rs 250 extra while single play customers can benefit from [...]

WiMAX Forum has announced the publication of “WiMAX Forum® System Profile Requirements for Smart Grid Applications”. This document codifies work done on WiGRIDTM, an optimized IEEE 802.16 system profile being developed by the WiMAX Forum against the requirements of the Utility companies. This set of requirements was assembled by the WiMAX Forum’s Smart Grid Working Group, which is composed of technical representatives from major electric [...]