Qubee, a Wimax Operator in Pakistan, is set to roll out their services in Pakistan. “Qubee is the creation of a group of global telecoms professionals who saw that a new technology called WiMAX could really change the internet experience for millions of people worldwide.” They are currently in Karachi only. But they will soon hit other cities. Currently, they are offering business users packages [...]

In a joint ceremony held at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters, PTCL and Trans World Associates (TWA) have signed an agreement on establishment of local Internet peering for routing of domestic Internet traffic. It was decided that initially the link between two parties will be of Fast Ethernet providing a peering capacity of around 80 to 90 Mbps. This arrangement will bring cost efficiency vis-à-vis [...]

Wi-Tribe has officially launched its Wi-MAX services in Pakistan – they did a press conference yesterday, where they inaugurated their services. We know that Wi-Tribe had been testing since long, and then soft launch happened, however, this marks their official launch in 3 cities of Pakistan, Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Broadband Packages About Packages, i am afraid there is nothing much to cheer, reason is [...]

Wi-tribe is making sparkling new addition to the Wimax competition, a USB gadget for Wimax connectivity. Inside sources in Wi-tribe have revealed to us that Motorola has already supplied the USB dongles to the company and Wi-Tribe is testing these gadgets these days. Motorola has came up with USB dongle last year and they have received huge applause for this USB based WiMAX device. USB [...]

PTA is in process to hire a consultancy firm to conduct a survey for getting the right number of broadband subscribers in Pakistan. PTA didnt had the exact figure earlier and they were relying on other resources. They mentioned that the subscribers are generally mentioned in terms of active connections whereas single connection sometimes are in use of up to 20 people. By the way [...]

For our valuable readers on Propakistani, We are proud to break the news of Unlimited package for Wateen Wimax users. Its been first time in Wimax history in Pakistan that any wimax operator has launched Un-limited Package. It has been confirmed that users with 15GB quota will convert to Unlimited automatically. Whereas 10 GB users have to pay some minimal charges to go ahead with [...]

WorldCall Telecom Limited’s after tax loss has increased to Rs 299.288 million in the half-year period, ended December 31, 2008 as compared to a net loss of Rs 46.354 million recorded in the corresponding period in 2007. The company’s per share loss increased to Re 0.35 in the period under review against Re 0.06 in the same period a year back. According to the financial [...]

In response to PTA’s directive, Internet service Providers of Pakistan have responded to PTA negatively – and said that that they cannot monitor voice traffic over their networks, due to lack of infrastructure. It merits mentioning Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had asked all Internet Service Providers to ensure that their bandwidth is not used for voice or VoIP for any other un-authorized purpose. Here is the [...]

Augere is reportedly launching its services before schedule, reported ApnaTime in addition to our soruces confirmed the same. ApnaTime further claimed that Augure is currently doing the friendly user test (FUT) in Karachi and soon it will be available for public. According to the company, Augere is quite happy with the results of FUT and it is going to target the niche market with its [...]

Wateen conducted a countrywide road show introducing customers to their product and service portfolio. During the events which took place in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, the company’s senior management presented demonstrations about Wateen’s Data, Voice and IP-based solutions, which included Security Surveillance, Hosted Contact and Data Center along with their System Integration Solutions. Representatives from the Banking and Financial sectors, Service and Distribution, Media houses, [...]

PTCL and Wateen will be awarded with WLL linceses for Azad Jammu and Kashmir & Northern Areas today (June 3rd), told us by reliable industry sources. License Awarding ceremony will be held at PTA head office, Islamabad. It merits mentoning here, that bidding for WLL licenses for AJK and Northern Areas was held back in November 2008 Update: As we had reported, the licences has [...]

PTCL will be commercially launching its EVDO service in Lahore, Karachi & Islamabad on 3rd June, 2009. PTCL has branded its EVDO services as “Evo Wireless Broadband”. The brand name “Evo” has been chosen to communicate that this is truly an evolution of a new internet era in Pakistan. Pricing: Click here for Pricing For bill payment there are two options: Package 1: For PTCL [...]

As we have earlier reported about Wi-tribe soft launch in Karachi & Lahore, this time we have news for our readers about soft launch in Islamabad & Rawalpindi. Reportedly, Wi-tribe is soft launching on 1st of June,2009. Most of the places have been brought under coverage area. For now, people can call on their call center (111-187-423) to get the CPE (Consumer Premises Equipment). Upon [...]

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that Nayatel (Pvt) Ltd. is preparing to deploy the first gigabit passive optical network (GPON) in Pakistan; to provide its customers with the most advanced triple-play services – such as high-definition television, innovative telephony services and ultraband Internet access. Nayatel’s Pakistani customers can expect the new network to be up and running by the end of 2009. “In 2005, Nayatel was the [...]