By Mehwish Khan · Friday, Mar 19, 2010 1 Comment
Connectivity is the language of time. From workplaces to home dealings, one wants to enjoy absolute connectivity. But the connectivity we want to talk about is in terms of access and in terms of staying connected with the telecom operators of your choice!
How delightful it is to ask your service provider about which celebrity they are planning to sign...
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By Mehwish Khan · Friday, Mar 19, 2010 0 Comments
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Muhammad Yaseen, has said that the mobile banking regulatory framework would be introduced soon to facilitate the un-traditional banking in the country.
Speaking as chief guest at the inaugural session of the third international mobile conference, “MCB Mobile Commerce 2010″, which...
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By Aamir Attaa · Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 6 Comments
Those Warid customers, who have not used their SIM since January 01, 2010, can re-activate their SIMs right away and win Rs.30 in their accounts as free activation balance.
Not only this, they can also get free balance equal to 50% of their first recharge for three months. So the more a customer recharges the more balance he can get.
Another exciting...
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By Aamir Attaa · Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 20 Comments
This is no mystery that a website with Pakistani traffic earns in pennies as compared to hundreds of dollars for website with US or western traffic.
When compared the numbers of visitors and revenues for several Pakistan targeted websites and similarly the ones with US traffic (can’t reveal the names, owners asked for anonymity), we came to a conclusion...
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By Kamran Bukhari · Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 2 Comments
Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly has directed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to lodge First Investigation Report (FIR) against Directors of 4 telecom companies within 48 hours for stealing tax worth Rs. 320 million in fiscal year of 2006-07, reported Online and carried by various newspapers.
Ch Nisar Ali, Chairman PAC asked FBR to...
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By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 7 Comments
People of Pakistan, for last few years at least, have started expressing their thoughts and opinions – through Facebook, Twitter, blogging, text messages, rallies, elections and so on.
One will agree that a common Pakistani is more aware of surroundings than he was ever before. Not only this, he can sense the upcoming threats, he want to comment...
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By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 13 Comments
Our sources in Mobilink informed us that Mobilink is going to re-launch their prepaid brand JAZZ with a new taglines and that will be from NO SAMJHOTA to APNA HAI.
Recently we had reported that Mobilink’s management asked its franchises to remove all banners/posters and pamphlets containing “No Samjhota” tagline.
The mystery for removing No Samjhota...
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By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 6 Comments
PTA is launching Urdu version of its website . Website is told to be exactly the same in terms of content, but in Urdu language.
We are told that PTA is officially launching Urdu website tomorrow in a ceremony, reportedly, Sardar Latif Khosa, Minister for IT and Telecom is going to inaugurate the website.
But if you want to view website before that,...
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By Jazzy · Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 8 Comments
As we know that Mobilink employees have gone through tough and uncertain phases in past 2 years or so due to cut-throat competition in telecom GSM service providers.
But here is some good news for Mobilinkers, who are receiving Bonus for Year 2009, most probably anytime today. Every employee is excited and interested to have an email about the monetary...
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By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 5 Comments
Orascom Telecom Holding reported net loss for the fourth quarter of 2009, as high as $46 million due to unfavorable events in Algeria and a tax-rate increase in Pakistan.
The company didn’t give a fourth-quarter comparative figure in its statement and issued only combined financial figures for year 2009.
Orascom Telecom net profit in the third...
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By Mehwish Khan · Monday, Mar 15, 2010 6 Comments
Few days ago, we mentioned BBC’s Survey report that evaluated 27,000 respondents from across the world to calculate their thoughts and behavior for internet access and its usability.
Thanks to BBC, we got hold of summary report that reveals several facts about internet users in the world. We have extracted information for Pakistani Internet users,...
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By Mehwish Khan · Monday, Mar 15, 2010 4 Comments
Telenor Pakistan has launched the ‘Karo Mumkin’ campaign with the aim to position itself as a leader in innovation, and provide the people of Pakistan with a platform for inspiration and realization of possibilities. The campaign is designed to showcase the vision of Telenor Pakistan which seeks to explore new business opportunities in telecommunications,...
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By Aamir Attaa · Monday, Mar 15, 2010 7 Comments
Terming low ARPU as the main cause for not getting high returns and sizeable growth, Jon Eddy Abdullah, Telenor Pakistan’s Chief Executive, urged telecom companies in Pakistan merging/acquiring, even before the launch of 3G in the country.
In an interview with Financial Times, Telenor Pakistan’s chief said that five operators in one market are too...
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By Saad Chdhry · Monday, Mar 15, 2010 5 Comments
Due to widespread use of computers and electronic gadgets, every tabletop is now a maze of wires connecting computers, peripherals and other devices. Experienced by all of us, the mess of wires is the most unwanted, nevertheless the most unavoidable impediment on our desks.
Bluetooth technology provides a solution by interconnecting these devices over...
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By Kamran Bukhari · Monday, Mar 15, 2010 0 Comments
India is planning to seek meeting with Pakistan to resolve issue of cross-border telecom signals which are affecting the quality of cellular operators of both countries in Punjab border areas.
Indian cellular operators have complained that signals of Pakistani telecom providers are crossing into Indian territory in Punjab, leading to interference with...
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