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...
In this age of information it has become imperative to keep yourself updated. Live coverage of all major events is fueling the growing need of updated information. Currently, different telecom service providers are offering SMS & MMS-based news alert services to their users and therefore to satisfy the need of staying up to date with latest news,...
By Hira Zaffar 2010 has just started and if we take a look around we live in an entirely different world today as compared to what it was almost a decade ago. One might wonder that what would be the reaction of those, who never lived to see this wireless cyber age, if somehow manage to get back to life, they’ll die again instantly of surprise and...
We have successfully completed beta trial of ProPakistani SMS alerts, at this moment, we thought of sharing our experience with our readers. It was wonderful as well very challenging for us to maintain the quality with scalability. Today there are more than 6,000 subscribers, while we sent more than 40,000 text messages during this beta trial that...
SensibleTicker is a free application or let’s call it desktop gadget for getting latest news updates categorized by topics, latest products, bumper discounts and more right over your desktop. Looks like an interesting idea, especially when news items are latest and are of public interest. SensibleTicker.com is a project by Syed Rehan, from Karachi...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is famous for blocking access to various web portals including YouTube in Pakistan. It seems only a matter of time when PTA blocked access to certain premium Pakistani and foreign web portals. It’s not a long ago, when PTA blocked WiredPakistan for countless number of times; and for no reason. Some news and politics...
As time has been changing, so are the media trends in Pakistan. Now online media in Pakistan that includes blogs, forums, online news websites and other online resources, have been aggressively, vigilantly and timely reporting for variety of topics; ranging from politics, business, stocks, technology, telecom, culture, education and this list goes on…! Lately,...
Yes, you will have to believe this, as reported by Daily Times. Infact i read this news yesterday, but was unable to counter check it from PTA’s website… (By the way PTA’s website is still down due to some scripting issues). We hope this is not a typo or mis-communication, as this has happened before with Zong. By the way, i am unable...
Businesses in Pakistan are now making themselves ready for internet; many of them have already proved their presence on internet. Similarly, Print Media organizations in Pakistan are excessively investing their time and workforce to make themselves available on internet. Newspaper readers, specifically Urdu newspaper readers have multiple options to...
Zong has started a video service (similar to Ufone’s Video News Alerts that they launched 2 weeks ago) that will offer 5 video news alerts and breaking news to be sent to mobile subscribers via MMS. Zong has partnered Geo News and Geo Super to bring these latest happenings to customers’ mobile phones with its service that Zong calls “Video on...
Cellular companies are coming up with innovative value added services in order to acquire new and retain their existing customers. Maybe, it’s nothing new to get video news on your mobile phones for a developed country’s cellular subscriber, but this is happening for the first time in Pakistan. Ufone offers Video News service to be delivered on...
We have plenty of choice when it comes to TV Channels, specifically News TV Channels. But investors in the country can still see the potential in electronic media. After successful launch and mixed response for Express News, the group has decided to launch Express News English Channel. Express group (Lakson Group of Company) is largely considered as...
Khaleej Times has reported that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued six new TV channel licenses to be operated in Pakistan, which includes Geo English as well. Those new channels includes Geo English Business Plus, Wikkid Plus, ARY Shopping Channel, Aruj TV Asset Plus channels Paper reports that the decision for issuance...
Geo News is airing repetitive message that the TV Channel is going to shift broadcasting its transmission from Dubai to Pakistan. We don’t know much about what actually is going around. Updates are expected soon; however, there is nothing being on-aired on TV except this message. Earlier on, Geo Television had said that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf...
American News Agency, Associated Press, does not want any one (specifically the bloggers and other internet media) to quote their news items. What they allow is to quote only four words without paying. Techcrunch has already banned AP on TechCrunch and all their sister concerns. What other gonna do? AP says that you can quote AP stories in more than...
