By Mr. Jung Hyun Park, MD Samsung Electronics Pakistan It was forty years ago that the world’s first mobile telephone call was made in New York. Mobile telephones in the 1970’s and 1980’s were huge pieces of equipment. That first call was made on a chunk of plastic that was nine inches tall with thirty circuit boards, it took ten hours to charge up and [...]

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Remaco, the operator of Pakistan’s first private sector hydroelectric power scheme, has tapped IBM to help meet the business challenges of running the $235 million plant. TNB Remaco chose IBM software to help streamline business operations. Currently, the total power generation capacity of Pakistan is 23,538 Mega Watt with energy consumption having grown by almost 80 percent in the last 15 [...]

Telenor has announced to change charging pulse rate from 30 seconds to one minute for its professional postpaid plans. According to information available on Telenor’s official website, call pulse and charging rate for all professional postpaid plans will be revised to one minute from April 30th, 2013. Along with, off-net and on-net call rates are also revised as following: On-net Price = Rs. 1.2/min + [...]

Cut the Rope is now a worldwide sensation. Downloaded hundreds of millions of times, it first appeared on the horizon in 2010. A sequel followed in 2011 in Cut the Rope: Experiments. Now, after a wait of two years, ZeptoLab has released its third instalment of the series: Cut the Rope: Time Travel. The new game is available on Android and iOS platforms. Gameplay If [...]

Nokia today unveiled the latest device in its Asha family, designed to offer consumers more social experiences at an affordable price. The Nokia Asha 210, available in Single-or Easy Swap Dual-SIM variants, features a Nokia design and smart imaging that sets it apart from the crowd. It supports Wi-Fi to help people enjoy more of the Internet for less and is the world’s first phone [...]

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has announced achieving 500,000 wireless internet customers mark. Launched in 2009, PTCL’s EVO wireless internet service has grown steadily, and now serves customers in more than 250 cities and towns across Pakistan. PTCL EVO wireless broadband is Pakistan’s fastest wireless internet service, offering customers’ superior internet experience on-the-go, and has also revolutionized the way people connect with each other and [...]

The Twenty lucky winners that hit the jackpot in the ‘ShahCar Offer 2013’ launched by Ufone earlier this year beamed in front of the national media in a press conference here on Tuesday, making it public and official that they were the ones on whom lady luck smiled. The lucky Ufone customers who have won a Toyota Corolla each are : Abdul Sattar from Karachi, [...]

3 lucky wild card winners from Ufone-PCB “King of Speed” trials joined the national bowling camp. The high profile bowling camp held under the supervision of legendary and former captain of Pakistan National Cricket team Wasim Akram also brand ambassador of the fastest data network, Ufone. Trials for round 1 were conducted in 10 cities including Multan, Faisalabad, Garhi Khuda Baksh, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, [...]

Android is growing fast in terms of services and apps – that are high hungry for battery – and hence its becoming quite hard to keep up with a battery life of an Android smartphones that lasts all day. Some people out there can probably stretch the life of a an Android phone battery to say 16 hours or even 24 hours on a single [...]

Sale of new mobile phones dropped by almost 30 percent after imposition of Rs. 500 tax on feature phones and Rs. 1,000 on smartphones, reported Dawn news citing Azad Lalani, Director Teletec, a mobile phone distributor in the country. Mobile phone traders have protested against the decision and requested the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan to take back the decision, which has increased the [...]

After launching Double Number Offer for prepaid, Warid now brings Double Number Offer for postpaid users as well. If you want to use two numbers – one for business and another for personal contacts – and if you are tired of carrying multiple handsets for both the SIMs? Or looking for the best Dual SIM handset? Warid’s this offer is for you, which takes care [...]

There’s hardly a game that we’ve played in recent times which is quite nearly as simple yet interesting as this one. “Go rich boy, go!” puts you in the shoes of an unnamed boy from a posh area of the city of Karachi who is going out to vote for the first time in his life. It is written by Jahanzaib Haque, the web editor [...]

wi-tribe has introduced this new offer to enrich customer’s experience. The latest offer called ‘Double Volume’ is targeted towards 1st time subscribers of the 1Mbps Basic package. The ‘Double Volume’ promotional offer will increase the current 12 GB download volume of the 1 Mbps Basic package to 24 GB for a period of 2 months without any additional costs. The offer is valid from April [...]

Mobilink Foundation has launched the ‘Teach 2 Transform’ (T2T) initiative to educate the underprivileged across Pakistan. The program aims to involve Mobilink Torchbearers to offer teaching assistance at marginalized schools in the country. The pilot phase for T2T was launched at the DSRA School in Karachi where 46 students benefited from teaching assistance provided by Mobilink employees. The students were tutored in subjects including Math, [...]

Samsung and Ufone have joined hands to launch Samsung Galaxy S4 in Pakistan during the first week of May 2013. An MoU was signed between both the companies today, under which Ufone will become the exclusive cellular partner for the launch and sale of Samsung Galaxy S4. Ufone said that it will offer Galaxy S4 to its customers at easy instalments, However, no further details [...]