Ever Thought of Paying Taxi Fare Via SMS?

By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Mar 3, 2009 0 Comments

With more than 90 million cellular customers in Pakistan Telecom sector, 4.5 million landline users and 5 million internet users, 170,000 broadband users, we should now move beyond the basic telephony and internet services and start using these modern era communication means to further better our living standards. We have started seeing SMS subscription...

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Get Your Zong Dial Tunes with a Single Click

By Aamir Attaa · Friday, Jun 27, 2008 202 Comments

Comprehending the increasing popularity of Dial Tunes and melodies being played instead of those old aged Rings…Zong now offers you to select the dial tunes with a single click. For example, if you are calling you friend, and you hear a song that you like a lot, simply press * button to set this particular tune for your number. Now onwards, when someone...

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Is Mobilink Losing its Grip Over Customers?

By Aamir Attaa · Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 0 Comments

We have recently seen a major reshuffle on points table for cellular companies, where Telenor has overtaken the Ufone and grabbing the second slot on the top charts. Source: TelecomPk.net With emergence of Zong (a brand of CMPak) in Pakistan, all cellular companies are fully charged up to retain their positions. Babar Bhatti has summed up the current...

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Hourly Internet Package on Mobile Phone by ZONG

By Aamir Attaa · Friday, Jun 20, 2008 0 Comments

We have seen a real fight amongst cellular companies in Pakistan, specifically after the emergence of Zong (CMPak), with so many new packages and innovations that are actually benefiting the end users. Zong, as expected has started doing the wonders, first they introduced unlimited GPRS in only PKR 400 per month, and now this hourly offer is going to...

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Broadband Market in Pakistan – An Insight

By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 0 Comments

Pakistan’s broadband market has been slothful despite the fact that broadband services have been made available since five years. Currently there are a total of approx 131,871 Broadband subscribers, which provide dismal picture when compared with other similar economies. Cost of service (Tariff) has been the major reason behind this slow growth. However...

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Pakistan Telecom Market | An Insight

By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 0 Comments

I know Umair Naeem through his posts at NetExpress, and infact i am one of his fan due to his command on the topic for which he writes. Just went through one of his latest art, that covers Pakistan Telecom Market in a very a effective manner… For those who want to have an insight of the market, must go through this article…. an excerpt is...

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FREE Local call and Free Dialup Internet by PTCL

By Aamir Attaa · Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 16 Comments

Today, PTCL has offered its customers with two blessings, one is, free local call (only fixed line to fixed line) from 11:00 PM to 6:00 AM and other is Free Dialup internet for its broadband customers.. Previously PTCL had also offered free late night calls, which didn’t go for long. PTCL, as an SMP, offers all packages as limited time offer but...

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Home Ministry Can Tape your Mobile/PTCL Calls

By Aamir Attaa · Monday, May 26, 2008 0 Comments

Home Ministry of Pakistan is allowed to intercept and tape cellular, PTCL and satellite calls of any customer, reported Daily Jang Today, quoting a news item circulated by NNI. All cellular, satellite, land line and Wireless Local Loop (such as World Call) have granted Home Ministry the direct access to all system through which the ministry can intercept,...

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Warid Telecom to invest additional $1bn by end of 2009

By Aamir Attaa · Thursday, May 22, 2008 0 Comments

Waird Telecom has decided to aggressively start its network rollout throughout the country. For the purpose, Warid has announced to invest US 1 billion dollars till end 2009. In an interview with Romail Kenneth of ‘Daily Times’, Marwan Zawaydeh, CEO Warid Telecom has confirmed this upcoming investment. Along with he said that Warid Telecom is well...

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