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Mobilink Recognized For Marketing Excellence

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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 Recognized For Marketing Excellence

Thursday, March 4, 2010

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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 [...]

PTCL Advice to Public Exposes Its Inefficient Customer Services

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has advised its valued customers to contact its support team or Regional General Managers on email addresses in case their complaints are not addressed through 1218. PTCL’s announcement is infact confession of its inefficient customer services help line 1218. The success of service based companies depends on how effective and efficient [...]

Telenor Encourages Stealing Ideas in Tv Adverts

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Whatever happened to originality? Why is there suddenly no creativity left amongst the ‘biggest and brightest’ in our industries and why do companies think they can get away with stealing ideas and concepts? I was astonished to watch the new Telenor Easy Paisa commercial on the television the other day. It is unbelievable that a company [...]

Delegates’ Registration Open for TeleCON-2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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Registration for Delegates to the 3RD Global Telecommunication Congress 2010 (TeleCON 2010) being held on April 24, 2010 in Lahore has been opened by the organizers. Prospective participants have been advised to visit the website: www.shamrockconferences.net and register early. The theme of the annual conference is “Taking Pakistan to the Next Level of Technology Frontiers” and [...]

The First of Its Kind in Pakistan : PTCL Launches Tele Presence

Friday, February 26, 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has raised the bar in delivering cutting cutting-edge business solutions to customers and corporate clients through the introduction of telepresence, the first of its kind in Pakistan. PTCL TelePresence is an innovative new technology, rich sound with high-resolution video in combination to achieve a true virtual meeting experience per person [...]

Ufone Users Now Listen to Express News, Express 24/7 and Aaj News from their Ufone Numbers

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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Ufone the leader in innovation recently launched live news feed to help keep their valued customers aware of every happening in and out of Pakistan as and when it happens. Ufone users can now listen to Express News, Express 24/7 and Aaj News simply by dialing 7774 from their Ufone. This is the first of its [...]

DG Intelligence & Investigation Has Recently Seized a Large Number of Consignments of Computer Industry

Monday, February 22, 2010

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Pakistan Computers Association (PCA) has expressed serious concern over the growing number of cases of harassment by the Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation involving seizure of computer consignments during transportation with-in the boundaries of Pakistan even though these components are exempt from customs duty. The staff of DG Intelligence and Investigation and mobile squads has [...]

Viper Technology Aims to Cease Lahore IT Market

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Viper Technology, Pakistan’s leading IT solution provider, has taken an initiative to aware the general public about the server technology through its mall based activities in Lahore. The idea is to bring the high-end technology forward through the direct consumer interaction. On the idea Syed Ali Zafar, Manager Marketing Viper Technology stated, “We’ve always been doing [...]

Telenor Khuddar Pakistan – National Wheelchair Users Cricket Tournament 2010

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Inspector General of the Islamabad Capital Territory Police, Syed Kaleem Imam awarding a shield to Agha Hussnain captain of the winning team Mehran Tigers, after the National Wheelchair Users Cricket Tournament, 2010 concluded at Islamabad. Telenor Pakistan’s Manager Corporate Communication and Responsibility Affan Haider (second from top right) and Director Cultural Affairs of the Saudi [...]

PTA Achieved 95 Percent of Its Targets of 2009

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), in its annual meeting here on Friday, noted that it achieved 95 per cent of its targets and goals for the year 2009 and new ones for the year 2010. Chairman PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen chaired the session while Member (Finance), Syed Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi, Member (Technical), Dr Khawar Siddique Khokhar, Director [...]

3rd TeleCON-2010 on April 24 in Lahore

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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The 3RD Global Telecommunication Congress 2010 (TeleCON 2010) with a special emphasis on “Taking Pakistan to the Next Level of Technology Frontiers” is being organized on April 24 at the Pearl Continental Hotel-Lahore by SHAMROCK Conferences International. This high profiled forum is held annually, under the patronage of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). TeleCON-2010 is the [...]

PTA Issues Show Cause Notice to PTCL on Poor Quality of Service

Monday, February 8, 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued Show Cause Notice to initiate proceedings against M/s PTCL on showing poor quality of service, based on the results of the joint Quality of Service (QoS) Survey conducted recently by PTA. PTA has given 30 days time to PTCL to submit the reply. Based on the outcome PTA, under [...]

Warid Offload Sizeable Shareholding Along With Management Control Soon

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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The Abu Dhabi Group, an investment company led by members of the Royal Family, is in talks with several Pakistani telecommunications groups to sell a controlling stake in Warid Telecom in a deal that would create the largest mobile phone operator in the country. The company would not reveal the size of the stake or the [...]

Mobilink Jazz ‘24 Ghanta’ offer

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding has launched its 24 Ghanta Offer which allows customers to talk for 100 minutes in a day for only Rs 29. Mobilink Jazz, Pakistan’s favorite prepaid cellular brand, always strives to bring unique offers to address the needs of different prepaid customer segments. [...]