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PTCL establishes free PCOs for IDPs

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) in an effort to connect the displaced families from Swat with their loved ones and missing family members has established PCOs at five different relief camps. These PCO’s will provide free communication services to the IDP’s. Besides the company has also established medical teams and has donated medicines. PTCL doctors and paramedical staff will visit all the major relief camps on a rotation basis. More

PTA says it has completed Q1 targets

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has completed targets and goals set for the first quarter (January to March) of 2009. An Authority meeting was held at PTA Headquarters to review the progress on the targets and goals set for the year 2009. The meeting was chaired by Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammed Yaseen, Member Finance Mr. S. Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi and Member technical Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar. More

Oracle Asia Pacific experiences growth in Q3 FY2009

Organizations across key industries in Asia Pacific continue to adopt or expand implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle Business Intelligence, and Oracle Applications for their strategic company-wide business systems. Allied Bank, Barclays Bank Pakistan, Berger Paints Pakistan, EFU Life Assurance Ltd and Wateen Telecom from Pakistan are among those organizations who have selected Oracle to streamline their business processes. More

PASHA signs MoU with BASIS

On the evening of March 16, at the Dhaka Club in Bangladesh, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) Jehan Ara, and the President of the Bangladesh Software and Information Services (BASIS) Mr. Habibullah Karim. More

Microsoft joins hands with FIA against IPR Infringement

Microsoft Pakistan and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) jointly conducted a training session to increase awareness of copyright infringement cases amongst FIA officials. The session was aimed at identification of different forms of copyright infringement, detection of counterfeit software, and investigation of software evidence to prosecute culprits in the court. More

ICTRDF Pakistan bending to Microsoft instead of local entrepreneurs (an open letter)

ICT R&D Fund is one of the few institutions in the country that are doing an excellent job. I remain in touch with the people who are actively pursuing research projects at NUST, LUMS, UET and other places and they always appreciate the constructive role and support from the ICT R&D Fund. Before we make conclusions, we need to understand the role, responsibilities and the procedures which govern the activities of such R&D bodies.
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Bank-AlHabib chooses Inbox for Disaster Recovery Solution

After the successful completion of Oracle E-Business Suite last year at Bank Al-Habib, Inbox signed an agreement with the bank to provide more applications on running ERP System. Inbox being one of the Value Added Reseller, System Integrator, and Certified Implementation Partner of Oracle, offered the bank Disaster Recovery (DR) solution implementation. More

Berger Paints selects Oracle E-Business Suite

Berger Paints Pakistan has selected the Oracle E-Business Suite to improve and standardize its business operations. Berger Paints has purchased key modules from the Oracle E-Business Suite including financial and inventory management, purchasing, order management, process manufacturing, product and scheduling, payroll and business intelligence.
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PTA to incept new SIM activation system

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Dr. Mohammed Yaseen, has said that all arrangements have been finalized for the inception of new system for issuance of non-activated SIMs and their activation after verification from February 01, 2009. He said this during a visit to Call Center and Customer Services Center of CM Pak Mobile (Zong). More

Towerbank engages Ultimus

Ultimus, Inc., developer of one of the most widely-deployed business process management software suites in the world, today announced its growing success in enabling banking institutions to optimize and improve processes with its BPM solutions. The reality of today's economic conditions drives the need for the kind of productivity and time to market and, most importantly, cross-company visibility that BPM brings to an organization. More

PTA establishes 350 telecenters

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has completed establishment of around 350 telecenters across the country for the provision of basic telecom services in rural areas. These telecenters, called "Rabta Ghars", are equipped with modern communication facilities such as computer, fax, printer, scanner, telephone and internet. More

Government of Sindh & Microsoft ink accord

The Ministry of Information Technology Sindh, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft Pakistan. The MoU will cover areas of cooperation between Sindh IT Department and Microsoft for conducting quality assurance and supervision activities during ongoing trainings in various institutes across 23 districts of Sindh and carrying out tests and certifications to top qualifying candidates. More

Huawei & PTCL signs nationwide strategic contract

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. has today announced that it has signed a strategic contract with PTCL, the largest telecommunications company in Pakistan. Huawei, according to the agreement, will build a complete nationwide LH DWDM Network for PTCL by replacing existing outdated 10G DWDM. It is the first time in Pakistan to introduce the cutting-edge 40G/wavelength (readiness). More

Warid Telecom to reach 250 more cities

Pakistan's cellular operator Warid Telecom has said it will soon add 250 more cities to its network. These include very remote areas with poor infrastructure and facilities in the country. According to a company statement, it is expanding its network very fast in order to provide its cellular phone services to every corner of Pakistan. The ongoing aggressive expansion phase will soon add new cities to its network. More

Regulator auctions WLL frequencies for AJK and NAs

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) conducted the bidding for the grant of frequencies of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) licenses for Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) and Northern Areas (NAs) in Islamabad. The issuance of WLL licenses would augment the efforts of government to provide enhanced and affordable telecom services to the people of the area. The bidding of WLL licenses in 3 Telecom Regions (TR) is likely to capture huge investment as well. More

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