Just yesterday, International Women’s Day was celebrated; we got little late in getting the approval for publishing this report and preparing our article, but let’s catch the frame before we are too late. We had briefly reported about this study“Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity”, jointly prepared by GSMA Development Fund, Cherie Blaire...
CEO USF Parvez Iftikhar inaugurated the first of 28 off-grid sites planned throughout the country, at a distant location - almost 7 hour drive from the main city of Karachi and at least an hour and a half from the nearest town – Umarkot, the site lies in the deep interiors of the Sindh province. At the occasion, Iftikhar appreciated Telenor...
Ufone has introduced this value added services, called UExaminer, targeted at students of 9th, 10th, 1st year. 2nd year and O/A level. Using this service, students can get themselves prepared for final board examinations. Uexaminer will allow students to go through online SMS MCQ’s/quiz/fill in the blanks based on text books and last 5 years board...
It is proven that a single un-registered or illegally obtained SIM can turn out to be real test for a subscriber and/or for the cellular company. We have mentioned before that all the procedures adopted by PTA, till date, for eliminating the illegal SIMs in the market, were not 100 percent successful. For instance, PTA asked Telecom companies to block...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has penalized Ufone for selling SIMs without following SOP, told us sources at authority. Decision issued by PTA said that Ufone didn’t follow 789 Standard Operating Procedure for activating new SIMs, resulting sale of illegal SIMs, told the source. Determination said that one of illegal SIM sold by the company...
By A Cellular User I have been living in this country since I was born 37 years ago. I have seen so many ups and downs in the country, when I was told that Pakistan is in serious crisis. Worst of all, all the serious situations were severe than the previous ones. As a common person, with my limited vision, I can understand that all those situations...
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...
Just recently we wrote on importance of local content generation and its important for broadband and ICT uplift in the country. Now in this conference held yesterday over the on the same topic, and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that it will encourage and facilitate local content providers to participate in the ICT based economy...
As we mentioned earlier today, Telenor has launched Easy Paisa Mobile Accounts. Curtain raiser is on the roll in Karachi right now – meanwhile, we got hold of this early product information that we are sharing with you. By definition, Easy Paisa Mobile account is similar to a bank account that you can manage through your cell phone. Or let’s put...
Ufone has launched live news feed, which it says will help their customers in remaining aware of every happening in and out of Pakistan as and when it happens. With ‘Live News Feed’, Ufone users can now listen to Express News, Express 24/7 and Aaj News simply by dialing 7774 from their Ufone. Charges: Re.1 / Min + tax Rs.10 / Month...
We have mentioned before that Telenor’s Easy Paisa’s earlier products, i.e. bill payments and money transfer through EP outlets, were just the beginning. Further products in pipeline were pretty evident, which we had expected to surface with time. Telenor says they were able to do as many as 420,000 bill payment transactions and about 120,000 Money...
I thought well before writing this post, let me tell you why? Our readers may know that ProPakistani keep a notable distance from politics or political conversations, however, along with, we feel our responsibility to opine an un-biased review about those political comments that directly impact Telecom and IT industry of Pakistan. APP yesterday asked...
Warid Pakistan is going to get a CEO – according to multiple industry sources. It is told that Mr. Muneer Farooqui, who has remained the CEO of Warid Bangladesh till now will be traveling homeland to head Warid’s Pakistan operations. Muneer Farooqui has served Mobilink’s CS department before he headed customer services at Warid Pakistan. Latter...
PTCL’s Average Revenue per User (ARPU) has declined to $3, ranking it as the lowest of the company’s international operators, revealed Chairman Etisalat Mohammad Omran. Etisalat announced 60 percent dividend of the face value of its shares for 2009. Company’s board also recommended distributing one bonus share for every 10 held, said a...
Warid has ultimately decided to take Facebook as a serious medium. Not through a conventional fan page with a simple game, while offering iPod Shuffle for the winners. http://apps.facebook.com/waridfixthemix/ There is this one advert of Warid’s recent campaign – all you need is to complete the advert by fixing the picture. One who will complete...
