Just yesterday, International Women’s Day was celebrated; we got little late in getting the approval for publishing this report and preparing our article, but let’s catch the frame before we are too late. We had briefly reported about this study“Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity”, jointly prepared by GSMA Development Fund, Cherie Blaire...
Hamari Awaz, a mobile social network, will start charging for sending and receiving messages starting March 12, 2010. Charges: Sending SMS: Rs. 1 plus tax Receiving SMS: Rs. 0.40 plus tax Hamari Awaz, a US Government Backed mobile social network, allows users to create groups, which other mobile phone users can join. Any message sent to the group...
At a time when revolution in telecom is bringing the world together by providing instant communication access over long distances, Indian cellular companies are discouraging its subscribers from making calls to Pakistan. Reportedly, since Jan 21, 2010 an SMS is being received on the mobile phones to exercise extra care while calling anyone in Pakistan. Whenever...
The rise in mobile snatching incidents can be clearly seen in the surroundings. Its the easiest way of getting some petty cash at the end of the day. Government has given one facility to help people block the IMEI and that’s it. Since then government is sleeping with putting a pillow under its head thinking that all the problems have been solved...
By A Cellular User I have been living in this country since I was born 37 years ago. I have seen so many ups and downs in the country, when I was told that Pakistan is in serious crisis. Worst of all, all the serious situations were severe than the previous ones. As a common person, with my limited vision, I can understand that all those situations...
First Pakistan-made cell phone would be available in the market within a year, Secretary of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom Naguibullah Malik has said. Talking to APP, he said: “Dialogue with China and British companies in this regard is underway and the first made-in-Pakistan mobile handset would be available in the market within...
Before reading this article – I would like you to watch above given video from the TV Show “Hasb-e-Haal”, of Dunya TV, aired on February 25th, 2010. It talks about an objectionable video of a girl taken by a boy, which he had actually deleted, got leaked out. We won’t discuss their relation or if he should have shot the video or not –...
When Telcordia Technologies, a vendor of back-end software for wireless and fixed-line networks, sold its software to several cellphone companies in Pakistan years ago, “just as it has done in 14 other countries,” it never dreamed that would be a roadblock to future. Today, millions of Indian cellphone would like to use the services of the...
Service in parts of Lahore, Sialkot, Kasur, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur near the Indian border is being affected by the bandwidth interference from Indian territories, reported Dawn. Citing a source at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, dawn said that the main cause of the interference is the service of TATA Mobile and Reliance Communications...
Women in Pakistan, particularly the rural areas, are one of un-explored and potential areas for telecom operators to extend their sales and ultimately the revenues. A recent research by ‘The charitable foundation’ (founded up by the wife of the UK’s former Prime Minister, Tony Blair) has concluded that woman in a low or middle-income country...
State Bank of Pakistan has reported that net foreign investment fell by 34.4 per cent to $1.466 billion during July-January against $2.234 billion in the same period last year, reported the media. As per reports, State Bank said that this fall in FDI is observed in almost every domain, including telecom, financial, cement, oil and gas exploration and...
The Cellular companies in Pakistan are providing Jobs to thousands of people in different areas of their organizations, This includes but not limited to Engineering, Call Centers, Marketing, HR, Operations, Accounts and many others. Vacancies for jobs are advertised in Newspapers, through online portals, or sometimes people are hired by internal references....
The 3RD Global Telecommunication Congress 2010 (TeleCON 2010) with a special emphasis on “Taking Pakistan to the Next Level of Technology Frontiers” is being organized on April 24 at the Pearl Continental Hotel-Lahore. This high profiled forum is held annually, under the patronage of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). TeleCON-2010 is...
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has appointed Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa as his Advisor on Information Technology. APP says that Mr. Latif Khosa has been given the status of a federal minister, citing Cabinet Division’s notification. Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa is a Pakistani senator and advocate, and the previous Attorney General...
Mobile Number Portability, or MNP as we all know it, allows a mobile phone user to switch to a new operator (recipient) and avail its services while still retaining his old-operator (donor) number. Number portability is always a state/regulatory-body implementation which keeps accord among the network operators participating in it. In Pakistan, all...
