State Bank of Pakistan has reported that net foreign investment fell by 34.4 per cent to $1.466 billion during July-January against $2.234 billion in the same period last year, reported the media. As per reports, State Bank said that this fall in FDI is observed in almost every domain, including telecom, financial, cement, oil and gas exploration and...
Farhan Ibrahim Chaudhry is Country Director Technology Business, Pakistan, Afghanistan & SAGE-West. Chaudhry is responsible for Field Sales of Technology Licenses. Chaudhry joined Oracle in 2005, as Regional Business Manager, FSI. As Regional Business Manager, Chaudhry was responsible for Technology Sales Business in Financial Services Industry...
Here comes a new sales promotion from PTCL, this time the target market is calling card users. What’s the deal: Now for NWD callers first minute will be charged and subsequent two minutes will be free similarly 4th minute will be charged and 5th and 6th minute will be free and so forth. (From 9PM to 7AM). Moreover Callers to mobiles shall avail...
Ufone’s recent most offer, called Ufone Solid Offer clearly depicts that Ufone desperately wants to get back the market share in terms of subscribers. Just Last week, we evaluated Ufone’s ratings – after which it responded so aggressively. It may be recalled that Ufone’s Solid offer, allows Ufone subscribers to make free on net calls...
While visiting a sports shop for buying some cricket stuff, I asked the shop keeper about the current trends for buying sports goods. “Shopkeeper spontaneously said that “Sir, Trend for buying sports goods is too low” I asked him reason for such low trend in buying of sports goods, He replied: “Sir, Mobiles”!!! People are more interested...
Orascom Telecom’s chairman, Naguib Sawiris, said he saw need for consolidation in the Pakistan mobile market but Mobilink is unlikely to participate because it is the market leader. “I don’t think its good for me to increase dominance in Pakistan,” Sawiris said at an investor conference. Sawiris has just recently stepped down...
The China-made handsets have proved to be a nightmare for the business of other famous brands with their ‘china price’, advance technology and multiple features. The sales of the Chinese mobile sets have been increasing constantly with its growing popularity among the middle- and lower-class customers for the last couple of years. The second copy...
Cellular companies strive hard to keep bringing the innovation in their services, sometimes through interesting and useful Value Added Services, with better pricing or sometimes with bundle offers. Through these ever changing tariffs and new promotions, these cellular companies aim at higher number of customers, higher usage of products and higher return...
Global financial crunch has hit general enterprises as well as telcom operators across the world. Lowering outcomes in balance sheets and layoffs has been making headlines in global and local markets. So the situation is nothing new to anyone but the impression that current recession can go longer than what we were expecting is shaking minds and bringing...
In Pakistan, it’s been long time that we have not seen longer investments in the post-paid segment of Telco market of Pakistan. The main reason for ignoring Post-Pay market is ARPU and “instant payment as You Use” and list goes on… The future of Pakistani Telco market is vulnerable (for postpaid segment at least) and will not be opportunistic...
PTA has recently released the subscriber’s stats of mobile operators, which are somewhat similar to what we saw in recent months. Mobilink has lost its huge customer base with almost 1,575,587 subscribers in couple of months only and so far market dynamics predict that Mobilink will keep on loosing customer base in January as well. Without wasting...
Jameel Ahmed Memon has become Pakistan’s First ITIL V.3 certified. ITIL is a public framework that describes Best Practice in IT service management. It provides a framework for the governance of IT and focuses on the continual measurement and improvement of the quality of IT service delivered, from both a business and a customer perspective, it is...
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...
Let’s welcome Mohammad Ali Raza, who has joined ProPakistani as a writer. Ali is a security expert, and keenly eyes and manages security for countless web applications for Europian and US companies. These days, I am facing tons of troubles, like many of you, while using internet. This is due to the reason that my broadband service provider, including...
Mobile Phone Manufacturer, Sony Ericsson has discontinued its office in Pakistan and has decided to manage sales and distribution of its products in Pakistan from the company’s Middle East and Northern Africa regional hub office in Dubai (UAE). A company statement that confirmed this information also said that Pakistan will continue to be an important...
