Rank Country or region Number of mobile phones Population % of population Last updated — World 4,100,000,000 6,797,100,000 60.6 Dec 2008 1 China 703,000,000 1,335,330,000 52.65 Aug 2009 2 India 506,044,156 1,175,710,000 43.15 Nov 2009 3 USA 276,610,580 308,505,000 89.0 June. 2009 4 Russia 190,000,000 141,915,979 134 Feb. 2009 5 ...
Etisalat has acquired a majority stake in its Indian venture Etisalat DB Telecom by buying a 5.27% stake from Chennai-based Genex Exim Ventures for about Rs 380 crore, reported Indian Media. The transaction will push Etisalat’s holding in the company above the 50% mark, giving it effective control of the company. Etisalat is reported to have applied...
Today on my FaceBook feed, I noticed this Telenor EP World’s link. Website says that there is going to be some initiative/service/product by Telenor Pakistan, but customers are asked to guess what it is going to be? So guess what Telenor EP World is and get a chance to Win iPods, Here is Telenor EP Link Also discuss in comments about what you guessed...
The worst effects of the global recession may be over for mobile communications in emerging markets. Second quarter results from major operators in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe show modest growth in subscriptions and usage, according to a recent report from Strategy Analytics. After three successive flat or declining quarters, average...
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Mohammed Yaseen has claimed that Pakistani cellular phone companies are providing cheapest call rates across the globe. “In a recent conference in India, the Indians claimed that they were providing cheapest calls world over. However, I confronted and made calculations to prove that Pakistan was...
The Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom deeming the deal of selling the part of shares in MobiNil to France Telecom as null and void after the French incumbent failed to meet the deadline. France Telecom has been unable to complete the transfer of funds on time, making the court’s ruling null and void, which had ordered Orascom to transfer its stake...
Mobilink has been ranked amongst the top 100 Mobile Operator Brands in the world by Informa Telecoms and Media. According to the survey by Mobile Communications International, which evaluated the Top 100 cellular brands in the world on various criterion of quality, service and perceptions, Mobilink has been ranked 3rd among the “Brands Punching...
Paltel Group, the provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has warned that Gaza could be disconnected from the outside world as a result of the Israeli air strikes and ground assault in Gaza. Paltel operates several channels for connecting the Gaza Strip with the outside world, however only one alternative...
Faisalabad based 12-year Irtiza Haider has become world’s youngest Cisco Certified Network Associate. He is a 8th class student. The CCNA, is a certification that emphasizes on the technology and skills needed to work with networks of 100 nodes or fewer, covering both IP and non-IP networks including IPX and AppleTalk. Moreover, you need to have...
2008 turned out to be the most devastating year for world’s economy and as per some analysts, 2008 remained as the worst year in terms of economy after “Great Depression” of 1931. Current year’s economic downfall was first sensed in United States when unemployment rate started growing enormously. In one year, unemployment rate broke previous...
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...
Wow another offer to snatch as you see it. Okay if you have got your family, friends or business in US, Canada, Australia, China, France, United Kingdom etc (or in any other of 34 countries listed below) then this offer is service is going to rock…! This Unlimited calling is not going to be an ordinary voice quality that we experience with majority...
Don’t get shocked, this was just a rumor, and industry insiders have denied this news in any case. However, TheTechthurtle today morning claimed that UK based Vodafone and Orascom have closed a deal to sell 26% shares of Pakistan’s largest cellular company Mobilink to Vodafone. Blog, without citing any source, claims that both the companies were...
Enriched with enhanced data capabilities, Apple’s new iPhone 3G has hit the stores in more than 22 countries world wide, sales started with Japan/New Zealand and ending the drama in west shores of US in Seattle and California. Technology and Gadgets blogs remained engaged with iPhone discussions whole day long, but what these discussions mean to a...
PTCL in an email has notified all Internet Service Providers that PTCL’s ITI International connectivity with SMW-4 is down due to cable cut in Segment 2.2, 18 km from SMW-4 Karachi Cable Station. Consequently, all International Internet Traffic has been shifted to SMW-3. Due to this shifting internet users will experience some latency or delay...
