General Elections 2013 are happening at a time when Social Media usage is on the rise and around 25-28 million population of Pakistan is connected to internet for various purposes. Similarly, there are over 120 million mobile phone users in the country. This population, which is either connected to internet or via mobile phones, is gigantic. Collecting data from this population is relatively easy and [...]

Rozee Research recently did a survey to find out from the educated community of Pakistan as to how, if applicable, YouTube ban has affected them. Rozee.PK’s survey tried to dig out into which sub-sector, students vs. employed has been affected by the YouTube ban and in what ways. Are people happy with ban? do they perceive it as justified? Who do they blame, (Google, Government [...]

Telenor Pakistan is airing a new TVC for its unlimited call offer, that is available to all djuice customers. Before we go into further details, let’s have a look at the TVC that we are talking about: And here is the art work that Telenor is using to promote the offer. We have copied this creative from Facebook page of djuice and pasted below for [...]

Telenor Pakistan has been ranked as the top employer in the country amongst various sectors, as per the survey conducted by ROZEE.PK in collaboration with Yougov, a leading a leading global opinion pollster based in UK. Compensation & benefits, brand image, career growth, better work environment and social responsibility were the factors for selection of Telenor Pakistan as the most preferred employer. In the industry [...]

In the light of the recent ban on night time talk time packages, the question that almost everyone seems to be asking is: would there be an actual significant impact of this ban? And if so, of what nature and magnitude should we expect it to be? When the news of the ban reached the general population of Pakistan, a mixed reaction was recorded; some [...]

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے As technological advancements are paving new ways for individuals to find their soul-mates beyond their vicinities, the trend of Internet Marriages is fast becoming popular in Pakistan. A recently published report said that acceptability of internet marriages is still limited in Pakistan, however educated families in main metropolitans tend to readily accept such proposals where young male and female meet through internet. [...]

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے Telenor launched Easypaisa back in 2009, at a time when masses didn’t know anything about branchless banking. Telenor gets this huge credit for all the awareness we do have today about Mobile Financial Services, its usage and effectiveness. When most of the homework for preparing the market has been done, Mobilink and Zong back to back launched their Mobile Financial services [...]

Electronic media, that specializes in sensational reporting on political issues, rarely touch topics related to Telecom and IT industry. It’s a dilemma, however, that’s how it is. However, whenever these mighty TV anchors or news reporters try to cover a topic related to telecom or IT industry, they often end up embarrassing themselves (that’s what I think, you can differ with me here). This is [...]

A poll conducted by Comptel Corporation at the annual Comptel User Group revealed that the vast majority of telecommunications industry executives consider the ability to anticipate subscribers’ needs and proactively and personally interact with users is critical for effectively managing the customer experience. Paralleling findings from consumer research conducted earlier this year, the survey found that two-thirds (67%) of telecom industry high-ups believe a lack [...]

Dr. Mohammad Yasin, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, will reportedly step down next month. Dr. Yasin was promoted from member technical to Chairmanship of PTA back in 2008 to replace Maj. Gen (R) Shahzada Alam Malik. Unlike Shahzada Alam, who enjoyed two service extensions, Dr. Yasin is not being offered such a chance, reportedly due to his differences with government following 3G auction process. Having said [...]

As we earlier reported, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had conducted this Quality of Service survey for wireless and wireline broadband operators throughout the country during third and fourth quarter of 2011. Authority has now made the survey results public, which we are presenting for our readers. Performance Indicators: During Quality of Service (QoS) survey PTA considered following indicators: Service Availability, Download and Upload bandwidth Speed, Round-Trip [...]

Read this post in Urdu Like we reported before, PTA earlier in September/October 2011 had launched this SMS based consumer perception survey for cellular companies to measure consumer’s perception about services of five mobile phone operators. PTA is issuing the results for the said survey tomorrow morning through full page supplements (paid textual content that is published in papers; usually at the end). But we [...]

According to a survey conducted by LirneAsia, an ICT policy and regulation think tank, Pakistan has topped in Asia Pacific for having best telecom regulatory environment. Pakistan topped the charts by hitting 3.3 TRE scores. LirneAsia says that the TRE (Telecom Regulatory Environment) Survey asks senior level stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of the telecom regulatory environment in the fixed, mobile and broadband subsectors along [...]