These days a term “New Media” is used almost everywhere. But only a few people actually know its meaning. “New Media” means to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as “new media”...
Indian Home Ministry is apparently set ready to give security clearance to Telenor Group for hiking its stakes in Unitech Wireless up to 74 percent, but that comes with a condition that none of the staff who have worked in Telenor Pakistan will be employed in India. google_ad_client = "pub-2582615005696185"; google_ad_slot = "8617325131"; google_ad_width...
Mobinil, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt have submitted their respective bids to acquire Link Egypt, Broadband unit of Orascom Telecom. According to OT’ CEO, Khaled Bichara, two other unnamed firms have submitted bids before the deadline, which may include Etisalat, as perceived by analysts. Orascom had announced in February 2009 to sell out 100...
Millward Brown, a subsidiary of the WPP, has come out with its annual list and report, BrandZ, that ranks the most valuable brands in the world. China Mobile, Chinese Telecom Giant, that has its existence in Pakistan through CMPak (Zong), is rated as world’s 7th most valuable brand with total value of US 61.2 billion dollars. Here’s the top 25...
The Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom deeming the deal of selling the part of shares in MobiNil to France Telecom as null and void after the French incumbent failed to meet the deadline. France Telecom has been unable to complete the transfer of funds on time, making the court’s ruling null and void, which had ordered Orascom to transfer its stake...
Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. William D. Richard, Ph.D., Washington University...
Asia-Pacific mobile subscriber growth dropped down by 21 percent in the fourth quarter 2008, with Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Philippines hit particularly hard, reports Business Week, citing a report prepared by Informa Telecoms and Media, a research firm. Research report suggests that this was lowest growth rate in seven quarters, and...
As we are praising our free incoming and free messages, others are busy in innovation and service quality. Recently Telecom Asia Awards 2009 were conducted and Pakistan was not there in single category. We have to show our strength in Asian region and then beyond. Normally, we compare different services in terms of money or number of subscribers and...
Police in Brazil have intercepted two homing pigeons which had been trained to carry parts of mobile phones to prison cells, where the handsets were later assembled by the prisoners. The trick of training pigeons to carry contraband into prisons is not a new idea in Brazil and has been used several times in the past few years. In the last case, the...
Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) has reported a 76 drop in full-year net profit to US$431 million, after one-off gains a year ago were stripped out. Excluding the one-offs, which had included the sale of its operations in Indonesia and Iraq, the firm posted a 7 percent rise in its full-year results. Full-year revenues rose by 13% to US$5.33 billion while...
Paltel Group, the provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has warned that Gaza could be disconnected from the outside world as a result of the Israeli air strikes and ground assault in Gaza. Paltel operates several channels for connecting the Gaza Strip with the outside world, however only one alternative...
Faisalabad based 12-year Irtiza Haider has become world’s youngest Cisco Certified Network Associate. He is a 8th class student. The CCNA, is a certification that emphasizes on the technology and skills needed to work with networks of 100 nodes or fewer, covering both IP and non-IP networks including IPX and AppleTalk. Moreover, you need to have...
As the year 2008 is about to conclude, we can see not that good atmosphere for Mobile Phone manufacturers. Consequently, one can easily anticipate sales going down in year 2009 as customers will be looking for more value than of high priced gadgets. We also saw many markets, globally, maturing into saturated industries, mobile handsets may see a significant...
2008 turned out to be the most devastating year for world’s economy and as per some analysts, 2008 remained as the worst year in terms of economy after “Great Depression” of 1931. Current year’s economic downfall was first sensed in United States when unemployment rate started growing enormously. In one year, unemployment rate broke previous...
Much Hyped third generation services surfaced Indian Capital yesterday when government-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) launched first Indian 3G network it presence of Mr. Manmohan Sing, Prime Minister of India. We are told that this is a soft launch with limited coverage even in New Delhi. MTNL’s statement said that commercial launch, tariffs...
