Hamari Awaz, a mobile social network, will start charging for sending and receiving messages starting March 12, 2010. Charges: Sending SMS: Rs. 1 plus tax Receiving SMS: Rs. 0.40 plus tax Hamari Awaz, a US Government Backed mobile social network, allows users to create groups, which other mobile phone users can join. Any message sent to the group...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has planned for changing annual spectrum fee for radio based services. For the purpose, authority has asked the industry for input on the matter, before March 15th, 2009. PTA says that current spectrum charging methodology was defined back in 2000. It said that the situation has changed altogether due to increased...
Unlikely partners Intel and Nokia have joined forces in an attempt to fend off increasing mobile competition from Google, Apple, and Microsoft. The two companies have merged their mobile OSes into one entity: MeeGo. You can expect the first mobile devices running on MeeGo later this year. MeeGo will be a Linux-based software platform designed to work...
Prices of mobile chargers and batteries have gone up after an increase of 15 cents in import duty on chargers and 32 cents on batteries, hurting small dealers some of whom have closed their shops. The Federal Board of Revenue increased import duty on these two mobile accessories following cases of heavy under-invoicing by importers in the purchase of...
Are you one of those who have to wait for several minutes before call center representative responds to your call? It often turns out to be very irritating particularly when help line calls are being charged and there are good chances that your call gets dropped (due to any reason) during this long wait. Okay the fact is that not all mobile phone users...
Telenor brings “RACING GP” a mobile phone Bike racing game. There are two attractions, first you can personalize the game, can add your own and friends snapshots as racer, can choose the bike and also can select the location where you are going to race. Second you can provide your feedback to telenor about this game and win Free Airtime and Cool...
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...
No doubt, “TMT”, Technology, Media and Telecommunications will be a next BIG thing in the world and it is now not so far to expect that in every part of the world, maximum percentage of the people will be dependent to “TMT”. Technology is evolving day by day; From TV’s to IPTV, Internet TV and now 3D TV and highly innovative mobile phones...
We are doing this survey to calculate the strengths of a mobile phone operator. We will try to find out which mobile phone company has customers with what reasons…! We will also be able to identify the customers’ loyalty of a particular mobile operator; along with we will be able to dig our amount of customers having multiple SIMs. However, after...
Email service can easily be used with windows mobile, Android and Apple iPhone devices. All you need is EDGE enabled above devices and some IT permissions in-case of official exchange server emails. How Emails works on Windows mobile? Get EDGE settings from mobile operators. TAP or select SMS/Messages from menu on your windows mobile. Select Options...
Count of Mobile phone users in Pakistan reached 96.7 million in November 2009, reported Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. With monthly growth rate of 0.83 percent, best in last half year, total amount of cellular subscribers in Pakistan stood at 96,709,585 with net addition of 790,856 subscribers in month of November 2009. With 96.7 million subscribers,...
In the wake of emerging mobile technologies, the spread of mobile phones across Pakistan presents a remarkable potential for m- banking/ m- payments for financial providers as well as mobile operators. With the influx of alternate delivery channels (ADCs) in the banking sector, mobile banking has undoubtedly become the most popular trend in the buzzing...
Abacus Consulting, the most premiere consulting, technology and BPO firm has entered into an agreement with Imperial Electric Company for the development and implementation of SAP integrated, Field Force Mobile Application. Agreement was signed by Mr. Abbas Ali Khan, Partner at AbacusConsulting and Mr. Reza Rehman, Director Operation at Imperial Electric...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is closely working with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on the draft of “Third Party Mobile Banking Regulations” which will be finalized soon. Once finalized, it will connect all banks of the country with cellular mobile operators for mobile transactions. It was said by Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen while...
Telenor will become the 12th operator in the Indian market when it launches its operations today, said a company statement. Last year Telenor bought into a nascent telecom firm floated by Indian realty Unitech Ltd, and it will launch its services under the Uninor brand in different parts of India. Telenor’s move into India is likely to be followed...
