Technology News, Reviews, Analysis and inside stories from Pakistan's high-tech industry. IT Insight's Pakistan Technology News provides IT and telecom news from across Pakistan including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and covers WiMAX, GSM, CDMA, LDI, sfotware, hardware and networks industry of the country. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:10:39 +0500 Tue, 27 Jan 2008 20:09:48 +0500 Over 500 influencers and decision-makers, CEOs and senior executives gathered in London to witness Etisalat and other leading telecommunications players being awarded for their contribution to the telecommunications industry in 2008. This was for the World Communications Awards (WCA), in which Etisalat was named the world's 'Best International Carrier'. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2205 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:00:07 +0500 Du, UAE's integrated telecom service provider, had announced the milestone achievement of 3 million customer base in mobile services on UAE's national day. This has been achieved in just 21 months of operations. This achievement comes shortly after the declaration of the company's first-ever net profit since its inception. The company announced a net profit of AED 31 million during the third quarter of 2008,a year before the stated objective in its financial plan. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2203 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:09:48 +0500 Motorola, Inc. and Mada today announced they have started the roll-out of an end-to-end 802.16e-based WiMAX network Deployment began in September, and Mada is expected to launch WiMAX services before the end of 2008. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2175 Fri, 26 Nov 2008 14:04:38 +0500 Dr. Ahmed Nazif, the Prime Minister of Egypt, received Mr. Ben Verwaayen, Alecatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to probe the company future investments in Egypt as well as desire to extend its partnership with the Egyptian government in the fields of telecommunications and information technology (IT) by further mounting its local investments. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2148 Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:04:39 +0500 D-Link ME the leading provider of networking and communications solutions for consumers and businesses today announced that the company signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to perform interoperability testing (IOT) between Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX infrastructure and D-Link's customer premises equipment (CPE). http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2144 Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:04:40 +0500 Etisalat today participated in the South Asia, Middle East and North Africa summit taking place in Jordan this week. Entitled 'Convergence to Jordan 2008' , the SAMENA summit is bringing together key decision makers and senior representatives from regional and international operators, regulators and telecom experts to share knowledge, industry innovations, insights and experiences. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2139 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:00:51 +0500 Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom company in 22 countries across the Middle East and Africa, announced that it has increased its ownership stake in Zain Iraq from 30% to 62% through exercising a pre-agreed call option between Zain and the owners of Athir National (Bahrain), which is one of the 3 founders of Atheer Telecom Iraq Ltd. (Zain Iraq) for a total consideration of US$ 34.477 million. Zain Iraq is the leading mobile provider in the country with over 8.5 million active customers. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2133 Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:00:51 +0500 Alcatel-Lucent showcased its leadership in wireless broadband and feature its full breadth of end-to-end solutions at GULFCOMMS 2008 show, that took place in Dubai, UAE (October 19th - 23rd) at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2082 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:00:51 +0500 Be it emergency credit, top-up paid by a friend, or even a song dedication to a loved one, Zain Kuwait is focused on enhancing the lives of its customers. By upgrading its prepaid system with the latest release of Nokia Siemens Networks charge@once select Zain is better equipped to improve its customers' experience, and rapidly bring innovative services to market. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2096 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:00:51 +0500 Nokia Siemens Networks is to deploy its market-leading energy efficient radio access solution under a turnkey network expansion and managed services contract with du- the UAE’s integrated telecom operator- worth about US$ 225 million. http://www.itinsight.info/me-technology-news/shownews.php?id=2071 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:00:51 +0500