NADRA Successfully Executed Phase-I of Watan Card; said Tariq Malik

14 June 2011

“1.645 million Flood affected families were disbursed PKR 30.3 Billion rupees through Watan Card” National Database & Registration Authority, NADRA is all set to start second phase of Watan cards after issuance of over 1.6 million Cards effectively and transparently resolving all complaints of flood victims by using its efficient Complaints Redressal System. This was stated by [...]

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PTCL to invest Rs16 billion in next five years: Walid

14 June 2011

Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL), would invest about Rs16 billion in telecommunications sector in next five years in Pakistan, this was stated by the President and CEO PTCL Walid Irshad. Addressing a luncheon meeting at Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Irshad said that PTCL is going to introduce super-speed internet very soon in Pakistan and [...]

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Warid, Wateen Headquarter May Shift to Islamabad

14 June 2011

The managements of Warid Tel and Wateen, the two major telecom and broadband operators of Dhabi Group, are mulling to relocate companies’ headquarter to Islamabad as a strategy to boost up their operations and business with accelerated pace. Sources in the Dhabi Group told Telecom Recorder that management of two companies have planned to shift [...]

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Samsung Puts Smart TV in the Palm ofYour Hand

14 June 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics,has today introduced their latest convenience for their customers, the Samsung“Smart View” application. This new application enables users to view images from a Samsung Smart TV or other input device right on their mobile devices. Availablenow for the Samsung Galaxy S2 Android smart [...]

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Techlogix Kicks Off Implementation Of Oracle-PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions (ECS) Across ASEAN

14 June 2011

Revisiting fundamentals, introducing any form of change to an institution is only possible if the benefits are multifold at a cost fractional to it. Aiming to bring a change into the education sector, Techlogix, a globally leading Consulting and IT Services Company and an Oracle Platinum Partner, moderated a deployment of Techlogix Enterprise Campus Solutions [...]

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PTCL’s Manager PR Farah Hussain sacked

14 June 2011

On request of PTCL’s public relations agency we have removed the post. Update PTCL clarifies In reference to the news item appearing in Telecom Recorder dated May 27, 2011 regarding Ms Farah Hussain Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, PTCL management clarifies that Ms Hussain resigned of her own accord to pursue better career opportunities for which management of [...]

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PTCL broadband Users Double, Coverage Area Expanded Fivefold in 16 Months

14 June 2011

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has broadband subscribers base doubled to increase 100 percent and network coverage areas expanded to five times in past 16 months. The PTCL enjoys the unique status in Pakistan for providing Broadband services in over 1000 cities across the country to over 600,000 customers, according to a press release. The biggest broadband [...]

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Budget Proposals for 2011-12: PCA Seeks Drastic Reforms In IT sector

14 June 2011

IT sector in Pakistan is still nascent and needs to be patronized for a reasonable time period therefore the government ought to introduce drastic reforms and curtailed the tax rates on computer hardware equipments and accessories in the upcoming budget Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) in its budget proposal suggested the government to reduce the tax on computer [...]

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Mobile operators to generate billions in revenues from hypochondriacs

14 June 2011

The global market for machine-to-machine (M2M) healthcare applications will be worth €69 billion in 2020, a large portion of which could go to the mobile operators, according to a new report from Machina Research. The company predicts that connected devices in the healthcare space will number 774 million by the same date, identifying people’s concern [...]

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Blackberry Internet Service Black-Out Completes 1 Year

14 June 2011

The ban on Blackberry Internet service has completed its one year in May with no hope of restoration by the cellular operators in the country. The corporate and high end users have been facing black out for more than one year of blackberry internet services on different network as cellular operators and telecom authority are [...]

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