Telecom News Bulletin

Twitter Blockade and Restoration in Pakistan

Twitter has been blocked in Pakistan since 20th May, 2012 morning. Action has been taken on direct orders from Raja Parvez Ashraf, Minister for Information and Technology according to sources and media. Mr. Ashraf directed for stern action against websites that are directly or indirectly publishing blasphemous content and  PTA contacted Facebook and Twitter to [...]

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Wasim Akram Joined Ufone as Its Brand Ambassador

Wasim Akram has once again joined Ufone as its brand ambassador.  It is important to mention here that he was part of the initial team when Ufone was launched. Wasim Akram is a world famous celebrity and is one of the greatest heroes of Pakistan. He started his career as a fast bowler; then he [...]

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Operators to Establish SOP, DNCR and Blacklists to Control Spam: PTA

In an attempt to curb spamming and unsolicited and fraudulent communications, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued a revised regulation draft requiring  all operators to establish standard operating procedures (SOP), Do Not Call Registers (DNCR) and black lists. The draft, a revision of the Protection from Spam, Unsolicited Fraudulent and Obnoxious Communication Regulations, 2009, stated that all operators [...]

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Telenor Pakistan quarterly figures stable for Q1 2012

Telenor Group has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2012. According to the results Telenor Pakistan’s subscriber base grew 4% over the previous quarter. It added 1.21 million subscribers as compared with 822,000 subscribers in Q4 2011, ending with a customer base of 29.3 million. Both EBITDA margin and ARPU were higher [...]

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Telenor India Harmed By Indian Supreme Court Ruling in Telco Corruption

India’s Supreme Court ordered telecoms licences issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale be revoked, striking a decisive blow against corruption that plagues the country and roiling the world’s second biggest cellular market. The ruling applies to 122 licences held by eight operators including Norway’s state-backed Telenor which said it may quit India rather than wait [...]

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Lars Christian Iuel Appointed New CEO of Telenor Pakistan

Telenor Pakistan today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Lars Christian Iuel as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He takes up the position on November 1st, succeeding Mr. Christian Albech who will retire after 20 years of service to Telenor. It is a pleasure to announce that Lars Christian Iuel [...]

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Top 10 Best Android Gaming Phones

Motorola Atrix, LG Optimus 2x, Samsung Galaxy S II, and so on are all about to hit mobile stands across the country, bringing about the next generation of Android handsets and (potentially) opening up a number of new doors for Android gaming. But patience is for the boring. So here’s our list of the top [...]

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