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Nokia introduces affordable mobile devices for Pakistan

Nokia today introduced a range of affordable mobile devices specifically for people in Pakistan which will help in bridging the digital divide. In addition to Nokia's lowest cost handset to date, as well as its first handset for Pakistan market with an integrated digital music player. Speaking at the occasion, Marko Keskinen, Director of Strategy, Business Development and Industry Marketing at Nokia said "Nokia is well aware of the needs of emerging markets and we are executing a strategy to provide exceptional quality products and services to our consumers. More

Orascom's Mobilink commercially launches "Mobilink Infinity" mobile WiMAX service in Pakistan

Mobilink, Pakistan's cellular market leader, and Alcatel-Lucent have announced the commercial launch of Mobilink Infinity, a wireless broadband and telephony service for residential and enterprise consumers based on the mobile WiMAX standard, 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e). Mobilink Infinity went live on October 22 in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and major business center. More

Warid Telecom & Trafco Group renew agreement, sign VoIP & data communication contract

Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. and Trafco Group renewed their agreement and signed another contract through which Trafco Group will utilize voice and data communication services of the GSM and EDGE network of Warid Telecom. Warid Telecom is providing voice and communications services through its state of the art GSM and EDGE network to Trafco since May 2006. Both Trafco and Warid have enjoyed and benefited from the partnership and has decided to strengthen the business relationship by extending the service contract for another year. More

PTA held 'Open Dialog' session on broadband prospects in Pakistan

An open 'Dialogue' meeting was organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on 6th November, 2008 in a local hotel to discuss proliferation issues in the country. The meeting was presided over by Dr.Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA and attended by high level representatives from Ministry of Information Technology, Universal Service Fund, ICT R&D, Pakistan Software Export Board, PTA, Broadband Service Providers, Cellular Mobile Operators, Vendor, Consultants and Academia. More

Microsoft Pakistan held media workshop on software piracy

Microsoft held an interactive workshop for journalists to raise awareness on the role of media in the fight against software piracy, copyright infringement and to highlight the value of genuine software to consumers, businesses and the national economy. Microsoft took this initiative keeping in mind the hazards and threats posed by software piracy. More

PTCL signs GIS agreement with LMKR Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL) and LMKR have signed an agreement for the deployment of a turnkey GIS solution. The solution will enable PTCL to better manage Access and Transmission networks and inside plant (OSP and ISP) infrastructure including its copper and optical fiber network. The GIS component will offer greater visibility to the technical staff by providing quantitative and qualitative spatial information about the capacity and integrity of the PTCL network and pinpoint faults and issues when they arise. More

Microsoft launches Imagine Cup 2009 & Innovation Accelerator Program in Pakistan

Microsoft Corporation launched the global Imagine Cup 2009 and Innovation Accelerator Program in Pakistan in the presence of a large crowd at Usman Institute of Technology Auditorium (Islamabad) comprising of students and faculty members from some of the leading Institutes of Pakistan. The Imagine Cup and Innovation Accelerator Program provide an opportunity for students to win an all-expense paid trip to Egypt and turn their technical products into commercial businesses. More

PTCL takes broadband to over 100 cities

PTCL has become the first company in Pakistan to provide Broadband services in over 100 cities across the country, whereas before PTCL's entry into the Broadband market in 2007, Broadband was primarily only available in the 3 major cities of the country. PTCL is spearheading the spread of broadband culture in Pakistan, where till a couple of years back there was little awareness in the market about the broadband & multimedia technologies, nor were there any significant players entering the field to cater for the mass market with high speed internet access. More

PTA says it is monitoring illegal telecom traffic

A meeting was held at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters to review the progress of establishing International Clearing House (ICH) and Technical Facility to curb illegal traffic. The meeting was chaired by Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammad Yaseen and attended by Member (Finance) PTA Syed Nasrul Karim A. Ghaznavi, concerned PTA officials and LDI operators. More

Microsoft Pakistan announces lower prices for students and home users

Microsoft has launched its "Fully Packaged Products" for the general consumer market aimed specifically at students and individual home users in Pakistan. The FPP offering introduces genuine MS Office in Home and Student editions at a price 40 percent lower than its former price. The single full packaged product allows for licensed installation on 3 computers for the price of one—a benefit unique to the FPP. This promotional offer is being introduced to harbour greater interest and offer affordable solutions to the public. More

Warid Telecom introduces 'Self Recorded Caller Tunes' and 'Copy Caller Tunes' in Pakistan

Warid Telecom has started two new features for its subscribers, 'Self Recorded Caller Tunes' and 'Copy Caller Tunes'. Through 'Copy Caller Tunes', Warid caller tunes subscribers can capture their favorite caller tunes while dialing other Warid subscriber. The subscriber doesn’t need to remember tone identities anymore as the tones could be copied instantly and simply by pressing #. Warid subscriber can have up to five tones in his copy box. More

Nokia N96 arrives in Pakistan

Nokia has unveiled the Nokia N96 in Pakistan, a multimedia mobile device truly optimized for video and TV. With a large 2.8" screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and support for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats, the dual-slide Nokia N96 represents an exciting new chapter in mobile media. More

PTCL signs agreement with Telenor Pakistan to offer Skylink Satellite communication services

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has signed an agreement with Telenor Pakistan for provision of its Skylink brand Satellite communication services. PTCL will provide the Skylink advanced satellite communication solution to enable backhaul of GSM traffic from Telenor Pakistan sites located in rural and remote areas to PTCL hub station located near Islamabad. More

Regulator decides to implement new system in Pakistan for SIMs verification

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to implement a system for activation of new mobile SIMs after verification of customers antecedents from January 31, 2009. Â This decision was taken unanimously in a meeting of mobile companies CEOs and the regulatory affairs officials held at PTA headquarters. More

PTCL announces free dial-up Internet, competitors express concerns

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has decided to offer free internet service to all its customers, effective from October 18, 2008. Effective October 18th, all PTCL landline subscribers will have dial-up internet services free of charge. Internet service providers (ISPs) across the country have expressed their concerns on this 'Free Internet' offer by PTCL. More

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