Telecom News Bulletin

According to Dunya News NWFP’s provincial assembly has also passed a resolution to put immediate ban on late night mobile packages. They also demanded ban on SMS packages too.
Punjab Assembly passed a similar resolution but mobile companies are still offering night packages.
Lets see how other provinces, and ultimately national assembly catch up the issue.
Lets see [...]

The role of Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is highly significant to protect the rights of the consumer and to create a system of check and balance, especially to discourage unhealthy trend of cartelization in the country. To bring investment in Pakistan and restore the confidence of local and foreign investors, it’s highly imperative to [...]

There should be a list, publicly available on PTA website, of the banned websites in Pakistan along with the reason of the ban. There should also be a procedure to review the decisions of blocking such websites. This was demanded by Press United to Serve Humanity (PUSH), a Pakistan-based non-profit, non-governmental, and non-sectarian consortium of [...]

Telenor Pakistan has just launched their “Karo Mumkin – Pakistan in future” campaign. The campaign inspires everyone to realize possibilities by sharing ideas about future Pakistan. The whole concept revolves around hope, inspiration and believing in the realization of possibilities.

Telenor Pakistan has been a pioneer in innovation and a few months back, realized an incredible [...]

Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd, the country’s most trusted and fastest growing cellular operator, announced that its Board of Directors have appointed Mr. Muneer Farooqui as company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to the appointment he served as Chief Executive Officer of Warid Bangladesh. He has with him almost 20 years of experience mainly in [...]

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has laid out a confident vision for continued growth and expansion in the region at the Samsung Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Forum held in Vienna. Samsung reinforced its leadership in markets such as home entertainment and mobile phones. Before a high-powered audience of media, dealers and partners, Samsung showcased [...]

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, has been recognized for Marketing Excellence by the Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP).
The MAP Marketing Excellence Award for 2009 has been conferred upon Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice President Marketing Mobilink for outstanding Performance in the field of Marketing & Management, and for [...]

Mobilink offers its subscribers amazing value added services at their finger tips. Keeping this tradition, Mobilink brings yet another exciting new service, ‘Jazz TV Guide’, for all the TV lovers out there. Jazz TV Guide offers amazing convenience and utility to Mobilink customers as the subscribers can access program [...]

PTCL Evo PCMCIA Card:
As for all of you who are wondering about the title i.e. what on earth is an Evo PCMCIA card? Allow me to tell you that it is Aladdin’s magic carpet which will take you around the world on a magic ride. PTCL Evo Rocks! Not really ….. Not without an Evo [...]

In the past decade, Orascom Telecom has grown from an Egyptian start-up to an international telecommunications giant that attracted more customers than any of its Middle East peers.
The company rode the explosive growth of mobile phone use across Africa, the Middle East and the subcontinent, in combination with a strategy of making big investments into [...]

The import of used IT equipment has played a vital role in the nation’s development. The imported used and low cost computers are used by IT educational institutions, middle class and lower middle class students and families. Likewise, hospitals, clinics, departmental stores and all types of small and medium size business enterprises, even [...]

Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) has rejected the proposal for a ban on the import of used computers and IT accessories. The proposal is being considered at ministry of information technology on behest of some vested interest groups.
Munawar Iqbal, the president of PCA said that the move will benefit multinational companies dealing in new computers and [...]

Facebook Mobile Alerts
Ufone subscribers can now:

Update their Facebook status
Subscribe to friend’s status updates and reply to status updates
Send & Receive a message to and from a friend
Post a message on friend’s wall or receive wall messages from friends
Add a friend
Find email address of a friend
Find information of a friend
Poke a friend
Undo status changes
De-activate/Re-activate notifications on [...]

The management of National Database & Registration Authority, NADRA has foiled 11,396 attempts of obtaining computerized identity cards (CNIC) by confirmed aliens, the applications are blocked permanently and cases are marked as fraud, this was stated by spokesman Nadra clarifying exaggerated figure by a section of press in this regard.
Referring to some news reports regarding [...]

A company is incomplete without its human core. It may be a building with high-tech equipment, it may be an entity with a hefty monetary value yet at its very heart, an organization breathes and lives every day through its workforce. All companies across the world realize the importance of human resource and the uniqueness [...]