By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 7 Comments
People of Pakistan, for last few years at least, have started expressing their thoughts and opinions – through Facebook, Twitter, blogging, text messages, rallies, elections and so on.
One will agree that a common Pakistani is more aware of surroundings than he was ever before. Not only this, he can sense the upcoming threats, he want to comment...
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By Muhammad Zohair Chohan · Tuesday, Mar 9, 2010 9 Comments
Zong came up with a new sales promotion named as “Achi Sim”, The promotion comes with a bundle of attractions, i.e. your desired number, free minutes and free value added services.
What will you get?
Buying the Achi Sim can get you:
Your desired number for free.
Free Airtime of Rupees 450 i.e. 300 Minutes Valid for 1 year.
In addition to above...
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By Mehwish Khan · Tuesday, Mar 9, 2010 7 Comments
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...
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By Aamir Attaa · Saturday, Mar 6, 2010 15 Comments
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...
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By Aamir Attaa · Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 9 Comments
Telenor has introduced this service, which will enable you to reach a group of friends with single outgoing SMS.
Procedure is very simple, create a group, add your friends to it and then send an SMS to the entire group with just one message.
It does not end here; you can even add your Ufone friends to the group. What’s even better is that when someone...
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By Valentine Aaqil Mahmood · Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 9 Comments
Its been quite a time since Telenor Pakistan launched Web Self Service for its both prepaid and postpaid customers.
Earlier, Telenor WSS was giving limited features to its prepaid customers but now they have added many new things for its prepaid customers as well, which were not available before, for both Djuice and Telenor talkshawk Customers.
This...
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By Mehwish Khan · Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 3 Comments
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...
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By Valentine Aaqil Mahmood · Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 12 Comments
Missed calls alerts is a service which allows mobile phone users to get SMS notification of missed calls in case mobile was switched off/ out of network coverage, busy or no reply.
Miss Call Alerts can be very handy, particularly, if you don’t afford to miss each incoming call on your cell phone.
Zong MCA (Missed call alerts) service was also...
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By Muhammad Zohair Chohan · Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 15 Comments
Ufone brings a new and interesting service named Ufone Awaz Email, with this service, you can record a voice message, song or any thing you might find interesting and send it directly to someone’s email. You can do this without a hi-fi phone or even with no mobile internet, simply call Awaz Email IVR and you will be greeted with a Welcome Message.
How...
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By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 13 Comments
Lately, it has been observed, and reported by multiple ProPakistani readers, that telecom companies are activating value added services without the consent and demand of customers.
Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) is at top of the list, while other services, such as email to SMS services, daily alerts are other such services that are activated on customers’...
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By Aamir Attaa · Monday, Jan 25, 2010 2 Comments
PTCL is offering this Free Voice Mail Service with an remote login. Previously you could only retrieve your voice messages by dialing 1277 from the number on which VMS was subscribed.
With this new feature of Remote Login, you can receive your voice messages from any landline and mobile within the country or internationally, just by dialing 1277 followed...
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By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 13 Comments
Ufone Background music lets you play music and sound effects in the background of your call. You can play your favorite song in the background, or the sound of the beach, a market place and many more.
Just activate this service on your Ufone, select the song you want and hear the music play during the call. And that’s not all. You can also select...
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By Muhammad Zohair Chohan · Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 0 Comments
Following the footsteps of other Celcos, Warid takes its messaging service to the next level. Now Warid customers can also receive and send SMS to any V-PTCL number within Pakistan any day any time.
What is this facility?
This facility allows all Warid customers to send and receive SMS to any V-PTCL number in Pakistan. Every SMS sent to any V-PTCL number...
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By Aamir Attaa · Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 26 Comments
SMS Delivery Reports are back with Ufone, but with monthly charges. Exactly as we had anticipated about SMS delivery reports, Ufone has opted for monthly rental of a service that was offered free by some of operators.
We have discussed it earlier, that these add-ons put extra load on network, and it is said that not all of subscribers use this service,...
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By Aamir Attaa · Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 0 Comments
Telenor brings you all the professional advice you might ever need via one portal. If you are ever in need of any kind of expert medical or legal advice, guidance on how to chart your career path or any other information, simply dial 1911 to talk to our professional agents and get the personalized attention.
Social Services 1911 include
Tele Doctor
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