Banking is one of the most information intensive sectors and is an ideal domain for the successful development of E- Commerce. ebanking refers to the use of the Internet as a remote delivery channel for banking services. It has fulfilled customer’s anywhere, anytime, anyway banking dream. Ebanking involves consumers using the Internet to access their...
PTA has finally realized the need of E-commerce gateway in Pakistan. Be-lated but still Timely. Right now,they are looking forward to a consultancy firm to help them in this project. Here is what PTA says about the need for gateway: With the advent of Internet technology and its rapid growth during the last few years, electronic commerce has become...
With Mobile Phones getting fancier, popular, and more expensive by each passing day; these devices are increasingly exposed to theft cases. These thieves are normally interested in your cell phone, and don’t show not interest over the data that is stored in your cellular phone. However, at times these thieves or ultimately the new buyer of your...
In 1998 when I was working in a Karachi based advertising agency, all the time we had to focus on print ads and a rare TVC or intro was produced for a big client like PTCL. At that time, graphic designers were very important and they used to have a prominent value in an advertising company. They even had better salaries. These designers worked day and...
The word “Help” means “To assist”, “To aid”, and lot of other meanings are also available in dictionary for the word “Help”. But, none of these meanings involved money with the verb help; instead the idea of paid aid or paid assistance is called service by definition. Here comes the question, why and how Telco’s define Help line and...
Two major cellular companies have proposed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to increase call rates, terming it an undesired but due action due to declining revenues of Telecom industry, reported The News. A report filed by Jawwad Rizwi said that this proposal was put forward in a meeting held at PTA headquarters on January 14, 2009, headed by Chairman...
Pakistan is emerging as the destination of choice for IT outsourcing in Pakistan for the following reasons: An IT workforce of 133,000 with good English language and people skills growing at a phenomenal rate of almost 20,000 a year. A hundred and ten ISO-certified IT companies, with over 25 undergoing CMMI rating. A reliable digital telecommunications...
A vibrant, expanding economic contributor, Pakistan’s IT Industry generates over 2 billion dollars each year for the country. Rapid investment is being fuelled by the mushrooming growth of exports along with the support of government organizations and policies. A global service provider, Pakistan offers multiple benefits for outsourced services...
Shoaib Cheema was very excited when he purchased a laptop from Karkhana Market of Peshawar for just Rs 4700. It was a new IBM think pad and the original price was Rs. 5500. However, he got successful in getting some relief from Khan Sahab with some requests to lower the price. “It was a wonderful deal – my dream of having a laptop at last turned...
New in the series, this time PTCL’s SMART TV’s website: www.ptcl.net got hacked. This is PTCL’s IPTV portal… Google’s cached page is available here or here Note: Website has been down for more than 12 hours, and apparently PTCL guys are still thinking to take any action! Update: www.ptcl.net is not being pinged. Credit:...
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...
India and Pakistan share not only the history and culture but also the way people of both countries think for specific matters. Governments of both nations judged the demand of Telecom and IT, very early, somewhere in mid nineties. But when it comes to execution and better planning, India just crossed Pakistan. Though India has quantitative advantages,...
Post by Farhan Janjua of Wizardies Nokia Kashmir Mapping controversy caused a wild protest by the youth wing of Indian Political Party BJP. MSN India reported that Nokia Mapping software was showing entire Kashmir as a part of Pakistan. The youth wing of BJP acting wildly, entered into a Nokia store in Jabalpur city and broke out the shop and burnt...
In my previous columns, I discussed the advertising industry and its relation with Telecom sector in detail. In this article my focal point will remain the banking sector and few of its ads. But before discussing the current banking situation, I want to overview previous few years regarding finances of Pakistan. In previous regime, I mean Musharraf’s...
