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Nokia Wins Customers Confidence For Three Consective Years

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Economic Times-Brand Equity’s annual ‘Most Trusted Brands’ survey for 2010 has revealed its findings for India this year and this time again, NOkia has won the hearts and minds of its customers as it is awarded the most trusted brand for the Indians.It is worth mentioning that Nokia has been appearing in the survey [...]

Mobilink Reaches Out to 65,000 Flood Affectees

Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and a part of Orascom Telecom Holding, is rapidly expanding the outreach of its flood relief efforts and continues to deliver healthy food and basic necessities to flood victims across the country. The efforts are being channeled through the Mobilink Foundation using the Rs 85 million pledged Mobilink [...]

Mobilink Jazz Gives Away 3 Cars & Air-Tickets

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and a part of Orascom Telecom Holding, presented the 6 lucky winners of the Jazz “Zabardast Recharge Offer” with three 1,800 cc cars and three air-tickets to any global destination of their choice. Mobilink Jazz, Pakistan’s premier prepaid brand with more than 30 million users, launched the Zabardast [...]

PTCL Offering Most Suitable Package For Its Employees Despite Any Obligation

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) after privatization is a privately run organization, which follows private sector practices for the betterment of its employees. The current announcement by the Government of Pakistan for the raise of salaries by 50% does not apply to PTCL. However, keeping in mind the inflation and employees’ well being, PTCL has [...]

Easypaisa Launches “International Home Transfer” Service

Monday, August 30, 2010

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Tameer Microfinance Bank and Telenor Pakistan made another addition to the bouquet of easypaisa services with the launch of ‘International Home Transfer’ in collaboration with Xpress Money, UK. This service adds on to the existing domestic remittance service Money Transfer by providing international home remittances receiving facility in Pakistan. The latest easypaisa service can be [...]

International Telecommunication Union Appeal For Assistance For Pakistan Flood Relief

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré has issued a global appeal for contributions to assist the flood-affected victims in Pakistan. ITU’s emergency telecommunications team is also working with the Government of Pakistan towards rehabilitating the telecommunication infrastructure, which has been rendered inoperative in many parts of the country. The floods ravaging Pakistan are the worst ever in [...]

Telenor Pakistan Continues to Assist Flood-Hit Families

Friday, August 27, 2010

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Following the country’s most devastating floods ever, Telenor Pakistan continues to work with its field partner Pakistan Red Crescent Society to assist in the flood relief efforts. Telenor Pakistan has handed over to PRCS 60% of the pledged Rs100 million to enable it to provide immediate relief goods to those most affected. PRCS has identified [...]

PTCL Launches Bill Collection Counters at Ufone Customer Services Centers

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has launched its bill collection at Ufone Customer Services Centers (UCSC) to facilitate its valued customers. This new facility would be in addition to already existing 84 bill collection points, operating through various one stop shops, walk in centres/revenue offices of PTCL in various cities of the country. Muhammed Nematullah [...]

Nokia Diverse Culture At China Bejing Facility

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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Beijing the capital of an ancient civilization and a culture that dates back thousands of years, today as china comes forefront to the global stage to center of Asia rising economic power. So what better place for the world largest mobile phone maker to setup a key manufacturing base, research and development, marketing and testing [...]

Acer Appoints Adnan Siddiqui as Brand Ambassador for Acer Pakistan

Saturday, August 21, 2010

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Pakistan: Actor Adnan Siddiqui has been appointed as Acer’s Brand Ambassador in Pakistan. The Pakistani television actor made big waves with his work in the 2007 Hollywood feature film with Angelina Jolie, ‘A Mighty Heart’, and is considered to be thecountry’s top talent. Elaborating on the association of Adnan Siddiqui with Acer, Zahid Mahmood, Country [...]

Nokia China – Campus Culture

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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The campus of Nokia in Beijing is china’s world leading campus has become revolutionary not only because of its design but its atmosphere as well and that has helped them to increase their number of employees more than two thousand. Nokia has become one of the greatest place to work at and their culture is [...]

An Impressive Add With Nationalistic Ethos

Monday, August 16, 2010

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My eyes got misty and then tears rolled down my cheeks as I watched the new TV ad of Ufone. First of all the ad amply demonstrates that the company is capable of making ads signifying the importance of the day, besides mirth and laughter its ads are known for. Secondly the moving theme that struck [...]

Pakistan Press Foundation Website Hacked

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Indian hackers have broken into the website of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), a Pakistani television channel claimed Sunday. The PPF is an independent media research and training centre designed to promote and defend the freedom of press and raise social and political awareness in Pakistan. The website was subsequently closed by Pakistani authorities for [...]

Mobilink Posts Strong Growth in First Half of 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010

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Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH), has posted strong revenues, higher EBITDA and increasing subscriber base in the first half of 2010 as compared to the same period last year. According to the results published by OTH, Mobilink subscriber base increased by 10.5% as compared to same [...]

PTA Asked to Formulate Guidelines to Curb Pornography

Saturday, August 14, 2010

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PTA has been directed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) to come up with comprehensive laws as soon as possible, for the guidance of service providers as to how to curb uploading of objectionable stuff on the internet. The observations were made by a single member bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim on a constitutional petition by a serving bank officer whose young daughter’s pictures were morphed in an objectionable manner by a website.