Telecom News Bulletin

First Time in Pakistan Ufone UPayments Offers Inter Bank Funds Transfer

Ufone has once again verified its claim to be a leader of innovation and maintained its stance as a customer centric organization by introducing Funds Transfer facility, a one of its kind service in collaboration with Habib Bank Ltd.

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MCB and NOKIA Join Hands for Providing Financial Services

According a press release issued today, MCB Bank Limited and Nokia Finland have announced that they have signed an agreement for provision of financial services to million of mobile phone users. This is the first agreement of its kind in Pakistan. No financial institute has joined up with a telecom giant to provide services before.

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Accounts of Defaulting Telecom Firms to be Seized : NA Body

In a latest advancement the National Assembly’s standing committee on IT and Telecom has voiced its concern over the problem of recovering of payments that are due by telecom companies.

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19.5% GST on All Telecom Services From 1st August : Centres, Provinces

In a meeting held in the finance ministry it was decided that GST of 19.5% will be applied on all telecom services from 1st august. All finance secretaries and FBR chairman Salman Sadiq were present in the meeting and chaired by federal finance secretary Dr Waqar Masood.

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Easypaisa Mobile Accounts to Help Empower People

Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Microfinance Bank Limited launched a branding campaign for one of their products under the branchless banking solution, Easypaisa. Through Easypaisa Mobile Account customers can send & receive money and pay their utility bills right from their mobile phone, anywhere, anytime.

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NFC : The Must Have Technology of Tomorrow

Near field Communication or NFC is simply a data communication technology. It came in lime light again after Nokia’s much anticipated N9 was said to have this technology. Using NFC, your cell phone can act as a credit card, ID card, or can be used for transferring music, pictures or video.

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Telenor’s Easypaisa Emerging Payment Preference in Pakistan

Telenor a Norway based company in Pakistan is working greatly with ranked 2nd in all five telecom operators. Telenor always face cruel conditions in Pakistan whether it is the retaliation of some campaign or any other thing but it is committed to serve its consumers from anyway.

Pakistan is an under developed country and most of its population don’t have formal banking accounts especially the people who are living in rural areas of country. Telenor in 2008 launched Easypaisa that is branchless and informal banking with the collaboration of Tameer Micro finance Bank.

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