Few days ago, we mentioned BBC’s Survey report that evaluated 27,000 respondents from across the world to calculate their thoughts and behavior for internet access and its usability. Thanks to BBC, we got hold of summary report that reveals several facts about internet users in the world. We have extracted information for Pakistani Internet users,...
PTCL earlier today warned its customers about some fraudulent companies campaigning different fake schemes by issuing a press release. Here is what the content of the press release mentioned: It has come to the knowledge of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) that some unknown companies, firms and/or personnel are using deceptive marketing...
Sami Hinedi moves in as Acting CEO of Wi-Tribe Pakistan while ex-CEO Mohammad Sadiq is going to return to Qtel while being on the BoD of Wi-Tribe, said an official statement. Mohammad Sadiq, CEO of wi-tribe Pakistan, is set to return to his post at Qtel after successfully completing his term in launching the operations in Pakistan. The announcement...
It seems like PTCL is going to double the DSL speeds of broadband customers very soon, most likely with in month or two, at most – same like it did last year. According to news the existing packages will be doubled as 1 mbps to 2mbps 2 mbps to 4mbps 4 mbps to 8 mbps According to PTCL representative and feedback of different users PTCL is testing...
Wi-Tribe earlier today announced the names of the lucky winners of “What is your Idea of a Dream Valentine“. Here are the lucky winners Dubai Tour (with valentine) : Misbah Imran DELL Netbook: Atoofah Rehan DELL Netbook: Muzzammil Ijaz Ahmed Atoofah wrote: I would create a story book in the form of a fairy tale for my valentine with our...
PTCL will introduce a banquet of services for customers, which are already launched for corporate users, called “Life Line”. This banquet will include security, entertainment, infotainment and DSL internet, told Naveed Saeed, SEVP Commercial, PTCL in an interview with The Nation. We are told that PTCL is offering IP based security Camera, IPTV,...
Wi-Tribe Pakistan gets Sami Hinedi as acting CEO, after Mohammad Sadiq, Ex-CEO of Wi-Tribe Pakistan has moved back to the parent company QTel, revealed our sources. Sami’s appointment at Wi-Tribe Pakistan is told as routine management re-shuffle. Mohammad Sadiq is now part of management board at Qtel. Sami brings 23 years of experience spanning the...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched a special program for the promotion of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Sector of Pakistan. In this connection, an inaugural ceremony was held at PTA Headquarters, Islamabad wherein Advisor to the Prime Minister on IT, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa formally inaugurated the PTA program...
A common Pakistani internet user, when logs-in the computer with Internet Access, he has usually nothing much to do, besides email, facebook and maybe couple of news sites at most – and then what? If he is not Yahoo/MSN chatter then he is left with not many options to explore but to sign-off and get back to his life. If we are talking about 5 million...
Another day, and here comes another scam. We are told by multiple readers that there are some fraudulent people offering wireless broadband of 1 MB link for just Rs. 1,000 per month, even lower price in various cities. These fraudulent groups are going door to door to offer their services. They claim to be representatives of renowned ISPs, and that...
We recently posted about PTCL’s customer support issues while paying bill for prepaid PTCL Evo, here is a mechanism for recharging PTCL EVO through Vfone Scratch Cards. Note: This method is valid for Huawei USB and PCMCIA cards only. Old USBs from ZTE can’t be recharged through this method. 1- On the main screen of PTCL EVO Panel, click on the...
Disclaimer: I am myself affected by bad customer support of PTCL, so this post may go biased I am using PTCL’s EVO service as backup for internet connectivity and primary broadband solution while on the go. I am using EVO for previous 6 months. Service is pretty seamless – if device gets signals of proper strength. In this post, I will talk more...
Statistically, Broadband subscribers have reached 585,945 at the end of November, 2009 as compared to 564,352 subscribers in October. This shows a net addition of 21,593 subscribers with a growth rate of 4% as compared to 13% in November 2009. Broadband penetration level has hit 0.36%. WiMAX operators snatched another one percent market share from fixed...
PTA’s in its latest research has predicted 2014 as estimated depletion time for IPv4 for Pakistan. Authority has recommended the industry to adopt IPv6 before the bread limit is reached. IPs are used in networks for computers, devices and applications to connect with each other. IP version 4 or IPv4 only provided for approximately 4 billion addresses...
As we covered earlier about the end of Student Discount Packages over 1 MB, it has been officially confirmed now that company is discontinuing all student packages above 1 MB. A company statement has said that all packages of greater than 1 Mbps i.e., 2 Mbps and 4 Mbps broadband services will not have the student package discount applicable which...
